by Craig | Nov 30, 2018 | Foreign Language Learning, Spanish
It’s that time of year again. You get in the car, you turn on the radio, and your favorite station has switched to all Christmas all the time. It’s the same songs every year, over and over and over again. You can’t escape it. It’s everywhere. This year I bring to you...
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 2, 2018 | Foreign Language & Business, Foreign Language Learning, Spanish, Teacher Insights, World Languages
I have been doing some soul searching lately and have been spending a lot of time thinking about what we do at the Language Academy and why we do it. Hands down, the best answer I can give is the people. I am talking about the students and the teachers, and the...
by Craig | Feb 14, 2018 | Foreign Language Learning, Spanish, World Languages
As the owner of the Language Academy I get asked a lot about things people can do outside of class to practice their language skills. I have worked with and have seen other teachers work with all kinds of materials, some great and some not so great. I have a few old...
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