by Craig | Sep 27, 2019 | Foreign Language & Business, Italian
We’ve been working with Roberta Pietrobon for over 10 years and I didn’t know until recently that in addition to teaching Italian and French, she also teaches cooking classes! After learning this I decided to ask her a few questions about it, and here are...
by Craig | Mar 26, 2019 | Foreign Language & Business
The Language Academy turns 15 this week and anniversaries like this can make you reflective. As I look back, I can’t help but go over all the things that have happened, the lessons I’ve learned about running a business, and the people I’ve met and spent time with...
by Craig | Jul 9, 2018 | Food, Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, Spanish, Student Spotlight
Matt Yarmey has been taking Spanish classes at the Language Academy since September 2017. Somewhere along the way we found out that he was the owner of a craft coffee business in Charlotte called so I decided to talk to him about his business and his experience with...
by Craig | May 11, 2018 | English, Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, Teacher Insights, Uncategorized, World Languages
I adore Elaine Tolbert. She is everything that you could possibly want in an English teacher. She’s smart, funny, empathetic and very professional in the way she deals with clients. She also loves auto racing. I’ll be watching a race at home on the weekend and Elaine...
by Craig | Apr 24, 2018 | Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, French, Teacher Insights, Uncategorized, World Languages
For the most recent installment of our Making Connections series, I wanted to check in with one of French Teachers, and who better to talk to than Alex Vigo. Alex has been a teacher at the Language Academy for many years now and he is not only and excellent French...
by Craig | Mar 8, 2018 | Food, Foreign Language & Business, Korean, Travel, World Languages
A couple of weekends ago I spent both Saturday and Sunday in bed with a not so fun virus that one my kids decided to bring home from school. Not an ideal weekend but when these kinds of things happen, I do what everyone else does and binge watch something on Netflix....
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