by laacademia-author | Mar 31, 2016 | Latest News, Local Knowledge
One of the most sought-after football souvenirs is a pair of Lionel Messi’s boots. But the cultural connotations of shoes in some cultures are quite different from Messi’s home Argentina or from Spain, where he plays football. The world’s favourite footballer caused...
by laacademia-author | Mar 4, 2016 | Language classes, Languages, Latest News
Some interesting recent research in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology tested whether bilingualism in early childhood and adulthood affects people’s ability to process information and pay attention. Quite fun, and backs up a lot of other research we’ve...
by laacademia-author | Feb 8, 2016 | Latest News, Spanish classes
Lineker uses Spanish on MOTD “Match of the Day” featured two Spanish-speaking English footballers on Saturday, which was an unexpected treat! First Dean Austin, the Watford Assistant Coach was shown and we were told that his Spanish skills are helping communication in...
by laacademia-author | Jan 15, 2016 | A level MFL, GCSE MFL, KS2 languages, Languages, Latest News
The University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) has “major concerns” about the current state of, and proposed changes to, GCSE and A-level Modern Languages. 9 professors and other senior language specialists wrote to the Chief Regulator of Ofqual, who oversee...
by laacademia-author | Jan 6, 2016 | Languages, Latest News
Recent research in Taiwan has shown that people process language in the same way, even when their native languages are very different. Studying speakers of 4 very different languages – English, Spanish, Hebrew and Chinese – the team showed that their brains show...
by laacademia-author | Dec 24, 2015 | Language classes, Languages, Latest News
Would it be cool or scary to be taught by a robot? A 3m euro EU programme starting in January will use humanoid robots to teach languages to 4-year-olds. Some will learn English as a second language, while immigrant children in Germany who speak Turkish as their first...
