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Cactus is one of the world's leading language training companies, providing courses in over 25 languages, in 45 countries and 150 destinations worldwide. It specialises in all forms of trainer-based language training for enterprises and individuals, from evening courses and language learning holidays, to tailor-made packages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Cactus also uses blended learning approaches, included self-study and online & distance learning under the banner "learn a language your way". Read more about Cactus
Learning English & German in Brighton…as a Spaniard!
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, English, German, Language Courses UK, Learning a language
Cactus intern Fátima Rego tells us how she juggles English & German during her stay in Brighton
Hello to all. Thanks for your warm welcome! I am called Fátima, Spanish (from the north-north), and I’ve been living in Brighton for three months. I work in a wonderful company, Cactus, that has offered me the possibility of [...]
Tags:English, German evening course, language courses in Brighton, learn English, learning German
Did Obama get it right or not?
Posted by augusta under Cactus Languages Abroad, English, In the Press, Learning a language
It’s not only Obama’s comment about learning languages that has been interesting over the past week here in New York - “we should have every child speaking more than one language” - but also the responses from a range of groups who agree and disagree with him to varying extents.
Tags:English, French, Japanese, learning languages, Obama
Why Study English in New York?
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, English, Language Courses New York, Learning a language
In my case, although there are a lot of Koreans in New York, I chose to come here to learn English. I was studying English in Florida and Hawaii because I was worried that I would not have as many opportunities to practise my English in New York, due to the number of Koreans studying [...]
Tags:English, english in Florida, english in hawaii, New York
Cactus Opinion: London (by Laura Harrison)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, English, Language Courses UK
Laura Harrison of Cactus TEFL gives us her thoughts on London
To a self-confessed country bumpkin like me, London had always seemed like a gigantic, alien and scary place. This image was no doubt exacerbated by schoolyard tales of city-dwelling elder siblings, whose witnessing of stabbings on the tube trains and muggings in the park had [...]
Cactus Opinion: London (by Sarah Gooding)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, English, Language Courses UK
Sarah Gooding, Online Editor at Cactus, gets poetic about London
A place to work
A place to have fun
But little do we know
The truth about London
Cactus Opinion: London (by Hayley Gee)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, English, Language Courses UK
Hayley Gee, Head of Cactus Language, gives us her thoughts on London
London is an exciting, vibrant and colourful city made so by its stunning architecture and colourful multiculturalism. Walking the historic streets of London you will come across every national of the globe and here a multitude of languages. I like the fact that everyone [...]
Cactus Opinion: London (by Richard Bradford)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, English, Language Courses UK
Richard Bradford, MD of Cactus UK, gives us his thoughts on language learning in London
Warm air hurtles down the endless tube system - carrying with it the stressed, harangued humans from A to B, like rats in a sewer after the rain.
A cocophony of taxis, buses and motorbikes, throbbing slowly through dirty streets. Cyclists weave [...]
Tags:course, English, language learning, london, UK
Cactus Opinion: London (by Germaine Broadbent)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, English, Language Courses UK
Germaine Broadbent, Director of Sales, gives us her thoughts on London
London, steeped in history with a Queen whose family have lived there since the 1600s. Although it is often the West End, Soho, pubs, clubs, shops and traffic that hit the senses hard, possibly it is the contrasts of this city that draw in the [...]
Tags:Covent Garden, English, london, soho, Trafalgar Square, West End
Cactus TEFL launch free podcasts
Posted by Sarah under Cactus TEFL, Press Release
Cactus TEFL, the teacher training arm of Cactus, has just launched its first podcasts on www.cactustefl.com.
Ideal for those who want to find out more about TEFL but don’t have time to surf the net, these new podcasts give valuable information and advice on a range of TEFL-related subjects. Find out how to make the transition [...]
Cactus Opinion: A Taste of English in Ireland
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Staff Opinion
Stephanie Bon, Language Travel Advisor for Cactus Language, tells us about her visit to our English language schools in Ireland: Galway, Dublin & Cork (Feb 07)
Before I visited Ireland earlier this year, my idea of it was very stereotypical: I thought it was going to be grey and rainy, with unfriendly people speaking to me [...]
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