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 Liz Bertrand | Apr 27, 2017 | Food, Foreign Language Learning, International Events, Teacher Insights, Travel, World Languages
by Liz Rothaus Bertrand When tourists travel to a new country, they usually fill their itineraries with museums, monuments, and super tall buildings for a birds-eye view of it all. So much to see and never enough time, right? But there’s another destination that...
by Liz Bertrand | Feb 24, 2017 | Chinese, English, Foreign Language Learning, French, German, Italian, Music, Portuguese, Spanish, Teacher Insights, World Languages
by Liz Rothaus Bertrand I’ve noticed a recurrent worry among some of my beginning French language students. As they start to gain confidence with their new language skills, they suddenly feel defeated when they hear a native speaker and can’t...
by admin | Jul 28, 2016 | Foreign Language Learning, Portuguese, Recipes, Teacher Insights
by Liz Rothaus Bertrand In case you haven’t noticed, it’s hotter than heck outside. With temperatures sizzling in the mid-90s all week here in the Carolinas and being just days away from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, it seems like the perfect...
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