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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
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Top 10 free things to do in London
Posted by simonager under English, Languages
London can be an expensive place to visit, however there are plenty of places to visit and things to do that won’t cost you a penny. Here are some suggestions:
1. Museums
There are numerous fascinating museums to visit in London, all of which are free, though they do stage some special exhibitions which you do have [...]
Tags: destination, england, english, free, location, london, top 10
Cactus Language ‘Survival Kits’ - your pre-holiday essential!
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, French, Italian, Language Courses UK, Learning a language, Spanish
Katie Bann of Cactus Language Training tells us about the exciting Survival Kits available this June only
‘The limits of my language are the limits of my universe’ - Ludwig Wittgenstein
This June, for the first time, Cactus are offering intensive language Survival Kits in four different languages and we are really excited about them! Being able to [...]
Tags: evening language courses in the uk, french, italian, london, portuguese, russell square, soho, spanish, survival kit
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 Chris Moore)
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Cactus Staff Opinion, English, Language Courses UK
Chris Moore, Head of Cactus Language Training, remembers London when growing up
Life. Change and growth. Relapse and despair. Escape and return. My experience of London parallels the delights and traumas of adolescence, the drunken drift of my 20s, and the discovery of a more centred self thereafter. It’s always been a city to visit, never [...]
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
Why Learn English in London?
Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, English, Learning a language
Learning English in the bustling capital of London is an unforgettable experience
The English language originates in the UK, and a good place to study that language is London, the capital of that country.
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