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 [...]

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Tags: cagliari, italian course, language course, language learning, sardinia

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, [...]

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Tags: career, italian, language course, language learning, photography, spanish, travel writing, unforgettable

Cactus Opinion: Spanish & Surfing course in Jaco Beach

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, Learning a language, Spanish

Language Holiday Advisor Alex Wolfson reports on his Spanish & Surfing course in Jaco, Costa Rica (Feb 08)

Ever since I heard that Cactus worked with a school which offered a Spanish and Surfing course with the Spanish lessons on flexitime, to guarantee the surf classes took place at the optimum level of time, I wanted to take [...]

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Tags: costa rica, language course, language holiday, spanish, surfing

Learning Spanish and catching waves in Costa Rica…

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Learning a language, Spanish

Student Jonathan Edwards reports back on his Spanish & Surfing Course in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica (Feb 08)

Costa Rica is fascinating mix of the modern and the undeveloped. It’s a country in its adolescence, growing quicker than it perhaps knows how to cope with, but with an optimism and self-confidence that makes it an exciting [...]

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Tags: costa rica, language course, spanish, surfing

Cactus Opinion: French & Surfing course in Biarritz

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Alex Wolfson, Language Travel Advisor for Cactus Language, tells us about his French & Surfing course in Biarritz (Oct 07)

Biarritz is a strange clash of cultures. On the one hand you have the sophistication of the “Atlantic Riviera” and the area around Grand Plage is packed with grand hotels, expensive fashionable boutiques with gourmet food [...]

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Tags: biarritz, france, french, language course, surfing

Cactus Opinion: Portuguese course in Lisbon

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Stephanie Bon, Language Travel Advisor for Cactus Language, tells us about her Portuguese Course in Lisbon (Oct 07)

When I decided to take a Portuguese course, I was hesitating between going back to Brazil, which I already know and love, and going to discover Portugal. Brazil was more tempting for obvious reasons but in the end [...]

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Tags: language course, portugal, portuguese

Learning german - week 2

Posted by tristan under Language Courses UK

Made it too my second week of german on wednesday, with some slightly cheaper parking this week.
This week we were covering the first module from the book. (which is a very good colour one) we looked at it for home work the first week, and now must cover it again. Then we moved on to [...]

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Tags: evening class, german, language course