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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
Language Learning: Setting Yourself Goals
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, English, French, German, Italian, Learning a language, Spanish
When you learn something new - whether it’s a sport, a musical instrument or a foreign language - it can really help to have a goal, or set of goals. A goal will not only motivate you and provide the impetus to keep going; it will also give you a valuable means of tracking [...]
Tags:Cambridge Further Exams, CELI, DELE, DELF, language exam preparation course, language holiday abroad, language learning, language learning goals, TestDaf
Cactus Opinion: Italian course in Tropea
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, Italian, Learning a language
Sarah Gooding, Online Editor at Cactus, reports back from her Italian language course in Tropea (May 08)
Most people don’t know where Tropea is, and it would appear not many airlines do either. It took a lengthy slog to get to Stansted and several hours’ missed sleep to get the only flight leaving the UK for Lamezia Terme, Tropea’s [...]
Tags:calabria, Italian, italy, language learning, stromboli, tropea
Looking back at Cactus over the last few months
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Language Courses UK, Learning a language, News
Germaine Broadbent looks back at Cactus during Brighton Festival Fringe 2008
So the Cactus events at Brighton Festival Fringe 2008 came to a close with one magnificent party to celebrate langauges and travel at the Western Front!
Highlights included Alex’s wonderful skills at prize-giving…never has a bottle of Vin Rouge been so bigged up!
Tags:Brighton Festival, chailey, evening language course, hove park school, language learning, tefl
Cactus Language Success at Brighton Festival Fringe!
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, Learning a language, News
Alex Wolfson reports back on our Cactus Language Evening in conjunction with Brighton Festival Fringe
I’m sitting at my desk with my hands shaking slightly and a slight pain in my temple after all the San Miguel I ended up drinking last night, but do not feel at all guilty about this because it was all down to the [...]
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: Italian in Cagliari
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad
TEFL Course Advisor Laura Harrison tells us about her Italian course in Cagliari, Sardinia
For anyone wanting to sample that legendary Italian hospitality…and cookery, Cagliari is the place to go.
The school in Cagliari is a fantastic place to learn or improve your Italian. It benefits from a perfect city centre location, and is big enough to [...]
Tags:Cagliari, Italian course, language course, language learning, Sardinia
Cactus Opinion: Spanish in Pamplona
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, Learning a language, Spanish
Senior Language Holiday Advisor Elvira Rodriguez tells us about her fam trip to Pamplona, Spain (April 08)
Hemingway fell in love with Pamplona and wrote a few novels based on this proud and ancient capital of Navarra, especially its world-renowned festival of San Fermin (the running of the bulls). Beautiful novels came out of his experience under the titles of [...]
Tags:language learning, Navarra, Pamplona, pintxos, running of the bulls, spain, Spanish, wine tasting
Languages on the Job: Tips from photographer & author Steve Watkins
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Learning a language
Steve Watkins, photographer and author of the best-selling BBC ‘Unforgettable’ series, tells us about his experiences with language learning…
1. Tell us a bit about what you do…
I’m a professional travel photographer and author. I’ve been working as a freelancer for the past 13 years and I am fortunate that I get to travel extensively around the world, [...]
Tags:career, Italian, language course, language learning, photography, Spanish, travel writing, unforgettable
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