by laacademia-author | Feb 17, 2015 | Languages
Ways to learn more foreign language words! Thanks to “Current Biology” for publishing some really interesting research last week, specific to learning vocabulary in a foreign language. When looking at most areas of learning, using different sensory methods is...
by laacademia-author | Sep 22, 2014 | KS2 languages, Language classes in schools, MFL in primaries
Welcome back, Primary School students and teachers! One aspect of your lives that may be about to change is that learning a language is now compulsory at KS2. This may fill teachers with dread – one more subject that someone will have to teach – but...
by laacademia-author | Jan 25, 2013 | Language classes, Languages
It is commonly believed that children are able to pick up languages much more easily than adults – sometimes this even prevents adults from trying to learn a foreign language when they are older, as they believe they have missed the window of opportunity. However,...
by laacademia-author | Aug 1, 2012 | Business language courses, courses, Language classes, Languages
Should British people be embarrassed at their ‘failure’ to speak foreign languages? Here at la Academia in Manchester, we don’t think so – every day we’re encouraging our students to carry on a great British tradition of learning languages. When Britain...
by laacademia-author | Mar 12, 2012 | courses, Language classes, Language school, Languages, Spanish classes
There are plenty of positive outcomes to Spanish classes for Manchester language-learners. Simply being able to order food and drink in non-tourist parts of Spain is reason enough for many people to learn the second language, while others may have ancestral roots in a...