by Nathalie Danon | Oct 11, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
Even in these challenging economic times it is a truism that people still do not rate price as the main reason they buy. They say people buy people yet when you add a foreign language, people will only buy from people they understand – regardless of price. Recently we...
by Nathalie Danon | Oct 3, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
Here at the VICI Language Academy we are delighted to discover we are one of the finalists for the West Berkshire Business Awards 2013, with the winners announced on November 1st at a gala dinner at Newbury Racecourse. We were among many businesses that entered the...
by Nathalie Danon | Sep 26, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
Business is full of sporting metaphors and as far as the VICI language Academy is concerned the multilingual example set by Arsene Wenger truly sets the standard that businesses should model themselves on. Arsenal’s signing the wunderkind Mesut Ozil has gone on record...
by Nathalie Danon | Sep 19, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
We say Chinese whispers, but it could be French, German, Polish or indeed any language if your business employs staff from other countries; indeed, if your team is largely made up of foreign workers, it could be English whispers that undermine productivity. Whether...
by Nathalie Danon | Aug 15, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language
Learning a foreign language is such a rewarding experience and can add so much pleasure to your travel and various cultural experiences; but, despite all our efforts, sometimes our great expectations turn into dismal disappointments. I often use an analogy between...
by Nathalie Danon | Jul 24, 2013 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language, Uncategorized
This was the pertinent questions when I delivered a talk on languages and careers at St. Bartholomew’s School in Newbury in my capacity as the founder of The VICI Language Academy. Naturally I was already talking to young people who were either gifted at languages or...
