Due to increased demand for company language tuition we need more tutors!
“The UK’s education system is failing to produce enough people with foreign-language skills to meet a growing need from business,” according to the CBI.
This may be why we have recently been inundated with requests for language courses for staff and managers in companies across Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. The number of international companies and importers is growing in this region and businesses seem to be recognising that investing in developing employees’ language skills is a wise decision that will bring long-term benefits. We are finding that the most popular languages are Spanish, French and German, with Mandarin becoming increasingly in demand. Continue reading
How Dating Foreigners Can Help You Learn the Language?
Learning a new language is always a good idea. Yet, it’s not always easy. Some are blessed to live in multicultural countries or cities, so they almost have to learn more than one language. Everyone has at least some foreign language classes in school.
But that’s not enough. No one has finished school or even college with a native-level foreign language. Knowing grammar and rules is good, but most people who study any language still travel to the country where that language originates from. Continue reading
How to Learn a Language From Scratch!
Are you planning a holiday, short break in a foreign country this year? Or maybe you are planning to move to a country for work or to spend your retirement. It can be daunting enough to do this anyway but even more so if you don’t know much or any of the language spoken there. The aim of this blog post is to give you a few handy tips of ways you can learn a language quickly for whatever purpose. Continue reading
5 Easy Ways to Learn Spanish During Your Daily Commute
Travelling to work or college is the ideal time to learn Spanish or any other language you are studying. You do this on a daily basis, except perhaps at weekends so this helps you stick to regular learning. Whatever level you are at, this time can be a valuable part of your study schedule, especially if you are busy and struggle to find the time to fit in language learning every day. In this blog post we will share 5 tools you can use to learn Spanish on the train or in your car – most of which can be applied to any language. Continue reading
Online Resources to Learn Spanish Fast
Nowadays there are so many language learning apps, websites, and online resources out there that anyone can learn a language from the comfort of their own home without ever having to visit the country where the language is spoken.
In this blog post we will look at the many different online resources to help you with your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills when learning Spanish. (Most of these apply to all language learning.) Continue reading
5 Countries Where Language Translation Services Shine
In an increasingly interconnected world, language barriers are no longer insurmountable obstacles to communication. Thanks to the global demand for language translation services, people, businesses, and governments can bridge linguistic gaps with ease. Here, we’ll explore five countries where language translation services such as Protranslate are used the most, showcasing the crucial role they play in fostering international collaboration and understanding. Continue reading
Conversation Hacking in Spanish
7 Simple Tricks Anyone Can Master
The traditional way of learning a language is often not that useful when it comes to chatting with native Spanish speakers in real life. Although I learnt Spanish throughout school and university when it came to living in Spain and living with Spanish people, a lot of what I’d learnt went out the window as talking to people every day was a whole new ball game.
In this blog post we will look at how you can become an expert at conversation without years of studying with textbooks. Continue reading
Q&A: Self-Teaching A-Level Languages
Learning another language can be a challenging task, with many obstacles to overcome, including structuring your learning, and getting enough practice in between study sessions. Lots of people find that difficult in a normal class, so it would be crazy to try and go solo, right? Well, this week’s post delves a little bit deeper into my experience of doing just that. Continue reading
The Pros and Cons of Language Learning Apps
Can you learn a language just from an app?
There are so many language learning apps available nowadays each claiming to help you learn a language easily in record time. Popular apps include Duolingo, Busuu and Rosetta Stone. Language learning apps use images, audio and activities such as matching up exercises, re-ordering words in a sentence to help you pick up the basic language. However, just how good are these apps when it comes to actually communicating in the language effectively in real life? This is what we will look at in this blog post. Continue reading
10 Tips For Learning a Language in Record Time!
1. Intensive learning.
A one-hour lesson each week is not enough for you to become fluent within a few months or even a couple of years. You really need to use the language in some way every day; whether this is by listening to a podcast, reading a magazine article or news item, studying grammar, learning vocabulary or writing an email to a friend, for example. If you don’t practise, you forget – simple! Continue reading
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