by Nathalie Danon | Oct 17, 2013 | Bilingualism in Children, Graduation, Latest News, Learn a Language
Children who are learning at the VICI Language Academy had their moment in the spotlight recently when they attended a Graduation Ceremony at the Chequers Hotel in Newbury to acknowledge their hard work and progress over the past six months. It was hard to tell who...
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 30, 2013 | Bilingualism in Children, Latest News, Learn a Language
They say time flies when you’re having fun and here at the VICI Language Academy we always aim to make learning fun and just last week we had what must be our most lovely comment about this! We had a little boy who was already bilingual (his Dad is French and his Mum...
