by Nathalie Danon | Apr 22, 2014 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language, Uncategorized
Good for you if not for your liver! Seriously this witty retort is usually given by someone who doesn’t speak a second language when asked if they do… Little do they know how close to being bilingual they actually are! Assuming for a moment they are not diehard...
by Nathalie Danon | Mar 5, 2014 | Latest News, Learn a Language
Hardly a day goes by at the VICI Language Academy in Newbury without an enquiry from someone who is passionate about learning a language but who has been deterred after trying – and failing – to learn a language online after downloading apps or buying online...
by Nathalie Danon | Feb 24, 2014 | Benefiting Business, Latest News, Learn a Language
Once again a business has hit the headlines amid accusations that it banned foreign workers from speaking their native tongue while at work. At the distribution centre for Hobbycraft in Burton there are myriad languages spoken by workers for whom English is clearly a...
by Nathalie Danon | Feb 20, 2014 | Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language
It’s pretty tough to disagree that teaching children to learn a second language is wonderful! The benefits are evident; not only is it genuinely fulfilling and fun to do, when our children are older, the opportunities will be fantastic. But can we get it wrong when we...
by Nathalie Danon | Feb 15, 2014 | Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language
Here at the VICI Language Academy we are fair bursting with pride over our students most of the time, however sometimes you want to run through the streets of Newbury telling everyone! Readers of our newsletter will have already seen the case study about Tilly and...
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...
