by Nathalie Danon | Jul 24, 2014 | Benefiting Business, Bilingualism in Children, Learn a Language, Uncategorized
The brightest budding linguists at St. Bartholomew’s School in Newbury were given an insight into the importance of being bilingual in the modern world. The audience of some 50 students from years nine to 13 were taken from the school’s Gifted and Talented programme...
by Nathalie Danon | Jul 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
When Andy Murray set about defending his Wimbledon title, he got off to a flyer – three matches, 9 straight sets, absolutely clinical. But when his Wimbledon world fell apart after defeat to Grigor Dimitrov on the 2nd of July, Murray had some thinking to do. What...
by Nathalie Danon | May 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered about actors speaking a foreign language in a movie? I bet you think they have been coached to simply deliver those line with a hopefully convincing accent? Well it would seem plenty of the famous actors who grace the big screen are actually...
by Nathalie Danon | May 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Did you know many children of celebrities are bilingual? Learning a second language is ‘de rigueur’ in Hollywood with Angelina Jolie’s twins, Knox and Vivienne, reportedly speaking French. While, Gwyneth Paltrow’s children speak Spanish. Of course...
by Nathalie Danon | May 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
It has never been easier to communicate without actually meeting up with someone – emails, texts, Whataspp, Facetime, Skype, Google Hangouts or you might even send a letter! The point is we often resort to one of these methods rather than meet face to face. We know in...
by Nathalie Danon | May 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
You must have heard the idiom ‘Birds of a feather flock together’ and certainly when learning English such phrases can be both insightful and tricky! However, here at the VICI Language Academy we use the idiom to describe why our classes are so successful whatever the...
