by laacademia-author | Jan 1, 2013 | Latest News
Happy New Year to all our language students! The age range of our classes is very wide – from 4 up to… we’d better not say, so some of our students in school language classes may not have been allowed to stay up to see in the New Year, whereas others...
by laacademia-author | Nov 18, 2012 | Chinese classes, French classes, German classes, Italian classes, KS2 languages, Language classes in schools, Latest News, MFL in primaries, Spanish classes
On Friday the Department of Education confirmed that, following a consultation earlier in the year, it will make language learning compulsory at Key Stage 2 from September 2014. The DofE has now put forward a list of suggested languages – French, Spanish,...
by laacademia-author | Oct 26, 2012 | Latest News, Spanish classes
We were quite excited by this news, but rather disappointed on hearing the ad itself, since Mrs Obama doesn’t actually speak any Spanish – subtitles provide the translation of her words into Spanish. Cristina Saralegui, a Cuban-American talk show host who supports...
by laacademia-author | Oct 10, 2012 | Chinese classes, Language classes, Latest News
The Chinese people are just getting back to work after a week off to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was on September 30th. This is a Holiday, followed by another week off from October 1st to 7th to celebrate National Day, so there will have been a lot of...
by laacademia-author | Sep 12, 2012 | Latest News
Speak to the Future – the campaign for languages – has launched a new website at www.speaktothefuture.org. The new site, whose development was supported by the European Commission Representation in the UK, helps you to share your love of languages and...
