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 celebrities often employ full time language coaches or access foreign languages through private education or tutors. Thankfully for those of us in West Berkshire rather than Hollywood can still access foreign language training for their children here at the VICI Language Academy.
We discovered the language skills of the stars’ children through the Access Hollywood website and better still on the ‘Healthy Hollywood’ pages where it acknowledges that learning a language is good for your health as well as your welfare.
Just as the VICI Language Academy often says, the article confirms:
“Speaking a second language provides both financial and practical benefits in the workplace. Plus, your memory improves, you build multi-tasking skills and some research indicates you can even stave off Alzheimer’s and dementia. So, there are a lot of advantages to being bilingual.”
It also makes clear that children should not worry about becoming fully bilingual and instead parent should focus on a more attainable goal of conversational vocabulary, which only consists of 500 words.
We like to see children encouraged and supported to fulfil their potential and this often means they achieve far more than you expect and we always focus on making the language useful and learning to chat in their chosen language is paramount.
Indeed, we take what we do very seriously, based on our Founder and Director’s vision that languages should be ‘a lifestyle and not a school subject’; as a result, we put together these key elements to help our young linguists excel in their language learning apprenticeships:
- EARLY START from the age of 3
- IMMERSION with a great deal of exposure to two languages in dedicated premises to create high opportunities and motivation
- SMALL CLASSES with a teacher to pupil ratio of 1-7
- CONSISTENCY with classes ALL YEAR long including schools holidays with dedicated workshops
- PLEASURE of DISCOVERY with fun yet challenging activities, inclusive of an introduction to geography and culture; using the latest techniques, IT resources and an access to a language library.
- CONVENIENCE! We offer 3 to 4 flexi hours per week you can choose from… Great for busy parents!
- HOLIDAY PACKAGES only
- 1:1 COACHING available
So if you want the celebrity lifestyle for your children… or at least the bilingual part of it, at a fraction of the price of becoming famous, moving to Hollywood and getting a private language coach, contact VICI Language Academy today where we can help your children learn a language – and there are no paparazzi!