Spanish language lessons are still creeping up on French and German as the most wanted amongst UK language learners. A fact that hasn’t gone unnoticed by Miryam, who teaches Catalan and Spanish to many of our amazing students. She recently …
It’s not just unfounded theory. It’s actual science that learning a foreign language is achieved so much more quickly and effectively when repetition teaching methods are used. Repeat Day is celebrated on 3rd June every year. So, it’s a befitting …
Anglia Ruskin University has confirmed that learning a language in childhood will equip you with better multitasking skills than if you aren’t bilingual. Learning a language as a little one increases a child’s attentiveness and ability to juggle multiple thoughts …
A lost 3.5% of GDP due to missed business opportunities. That’s a lot of money not landing on these shores as a direct result of our language skills being below par in an international arena. Our pre-Covid GDP in 2019 …
It’s sometimes overlooked that Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese. In fact, Spanish is the first language of approximately 30 countries. Including most South American countries. Furthermore, it’s also sometimes overlooked that Spain …
The Gift of Language Our children are growing up in a very different society. One where the largest retailer doesn’t own its stock (Amazon), a global taxi company doesn’t own its vehicles (Uber), and the most popular hotel chain doesn’t …
We love teaching Spanish in nursery schools. But, you might be thinking that teaching pre-schoolers is futile. Not true – in fact we now know that the best time for a child to learn another language is in the first …
Save the Children’s report (Lighting up Young Brains) states that a child’s early years are a ‘critical opportunity for the brain to develop key skills’. Toddlers’ brains are twice as active as adults and form connections at twice the rate …