by Nathalie Danon | Feb 5, 2014 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Learn a Language
The popularity of French in New York schools would surely be a reason to pop the Champagne corks with so many children benefiting from learning a second language? Not according to the website New Republic, which has demanded “Let’s Stop Pretending That French Is an...
by Nathalie Danon | Jan 28, 2014 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
It seems like only yesterday the tabloid papers were filled with fear mongering headlines about Polish plumbers coming over here ‘stealing’ jobs… How different headlines this week suggest that no matter what your nationality, you will not win certain plumbing jobs...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 29, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
Without any sense of irony a branch of Domino’s pizza is insisting that all staff speak English, making it a disciplinary offence if they are caught speaking their native language. We know that the branch of the take away is doing this after Stuart Horton, a delivery...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 22, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language
What do the 10 most important languages for the UK’s future and the 10 foreign languages taught by the VICI Language Academy in Newbury have in common? Absolutely everything – they are identical! In a widely reported report published by the British Council...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 8, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Learn a Language
In the global marketplace it is becoming ever easier for UK workers to travel abroad for the right job and of course for foreign workers to bring their skills back here. Looking more closely at those foreign workers, the experience at VICI is that typically the...
by Nathalie Danon | Oct 30, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language
It has been said that where America leads the world follows and the New York Daily Post has just published a story which suggests the demand for a second or even third language could be greater than even we at the VICI Language Academy have suggested! With a headline...