‘What’, I hear you cry, ‘How can it be good news that fewer pupils are learning a language’. Of course, there is a downside – but also an upside. And that’s what I’d like you to consider. . . First …
…We really think so! We have a great record in teaching Japanese at la Academia, and it is one of the languages our students enjoy the most. It has a reputation for being difficult to learn, but we feel that’s …
Some interesting research from jobs website Adzuna this week. They looked at all their job listings, which were posted in English, but which asked for other languages. They could then see which languages employers look for and which pay the …
1. 1.357 billion Chinese people can’t be wrong! Well, you wouldn’t want to argue with them, would you? 2. Businesses – 1.357 billion potential clients! Even if you sell to a niche – say doctors – the numbers are staggering. …
In an interesting article in The Scotsman last week a Scottish MEP courted controversy by claiming that “in terms of international trade French is a very minor language”, and suggesting that schoolchildren should learn “Spanish or Arabic or Mandarin or …
Football is an international business, and at the highest level this means clubs need to manage players and coaches who come from across the globe, speaking many different languages and with varying levels of skill in English. La Academia works …
Here at la Academia over the past few months we have been starting to roll out language lessons via Skype, and this is proving to be a very successful way to help students develop their language skills. One Spanish language …
Just posted up a case study for some Business Italian classes la Academia is running in Cheadle for Chiesi. A lot of businesses are being encouraged to export, yet report that they don’t have the language skills that they need …
Our Japanese translation services could help you to keep in touch with colleagues, clients and friends in Japan, even if you are not fluent in Japanese yourself. We can translate anything from business documents to medical notes – and can …
Found this very interesting post about China and learning Chinese by Martin Jacques for the BBC on Friday. So convinced is Jacques of the importance of learning Chinese that his son started Chinese lessons aged 5. Jacques puts forward an …