by Nathalie Danon | Feb 14, 2012 | Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language, Uncategorized
You know what they say: if I tell you how good I am, you might be doubtful; if someone else says it, you will believe it! Last Saturday, we invited Samantha (former secondary school French teacher) to the Academy to observe lessons and give us some feedback. I was so...
by Nathalie Danon | Feb 2, 2012 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Learn a Language, Uncategorized
What an eventful morning today in the Arcade, Newbury, at The Vici Language Academy with the most entertaining radio presenter of all, Nicki Whiteman! The Andrew Peach show on BBC Radio Berkshire this morning asked its listeners: ‘why should we learn another language...
by Nathalie Danon | Jan 26, 2012 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Learn a Language, Uncategorized
Expose yourself. Yes, really! Our ability to learn new words is directly related to how often we are exposed to these new words. So go ahead, expose yourself: a little bit, often, as much as you can and you will soon get there, I promise! My first real language...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 9, 2011 | Bilingualism in Children
As I was rushing around last night to make sure I could pick my little boy up from football practice, I wasn’t paying much attention to anything around his school but was trying to focus hard on getting there on time (and losing my reputation of...
by Nathalie Danon | Nov 7, 2011 | Bilingualism in Children
Offering your child a bilingual education is not just about giving her the chance to speak another language, open her mind to different cultures but you will in the process, undoubtedly, make her more clever! Proven fact. I remember a study carried out in the USA a...
