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New Year, New Language
The New Year brings a wide range of opportunities for us all. From planning vacations, events and goals for the year ahead, the end of the year and start of the new one is the time when we make plans for the coming 12 months. Some of the most...
Easiest Languages for English Speakers to Learn
Learning a new language can seem daunting to many. In particular for native English speakers. The majority of major cities around the world cater to English speakers as standard and so the question always arises, “Why bother?”. While this...
Why is Now a Good Time to Learn a Language?
Learning a new language is a skill which sits highly on many peoples list of things to do. But why is now a good time to learn a language? We have taken a look at job opportunities, the current economical climate and career benefits that come with...
Italian False Friends
Italian False Friends: Common Mistakes Made By Learners So you’ve already taken a number of Italian language courses over a span of several months, you’ve attended every lesson, and followed self-study advice to the ‘T’…… you think you...
How Long Does it Take to Learn a Language?
How long does it take to learn a language is a question most people will ask before joining a course! Learning a language can be fun and easy but can take time. We will be looking at how long it will take you to become fluent. How Long Does it Take...
Why Learning Difficult Languages is a Good Idea
Learning Difficult Languages: Why We Should All of us working at the Cactus Language head office in Brighton have two things in common: we are all multi-lingual and we are all passionate about languages. This means during the working day we often...
Top 4 Volunteer Programmes to Improve Your Language Skills
Learning a new language is fun, rewarding and can bring new people and new experiences into your life. At Cactus we know that learning a new language can also be challenging and hard work! One of the best ways to put your new language skills into...
Learn with the Experts in Northern European Languages
Experts in Northern European Languages: Learn Dutch, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian As the leading provider of evening language courses across the UK Cactus Language is one of the few language schools that offers multiple start dates a year for the...
How To Roll Your Rs In Spanish
How To Roll Your Rs In Spanish: Top Tips For Spanish Learners The double ‘r’ sound in Spanish is one of the most difficult things for many learners not used to it in their native language. This sound is usually the last one a Spanish-speaking...
Improve Your Language Skills with Oscars’ Week
Oscars’ Week: Best Foreign Language Films for Improving Your Language Skills The 89th annual Academy Awards – the Oscars 2017, takes place this Sunday, 26th February at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles. To...
Basic Grammar Glossary
Basic Grammar Glossary When learning a language it’s important to understand the parts of language and to be able to talk about these different parts. We refer to this as ‘metalanguage’ the words we use to talk about language. Below we have a...
Bet on Brighton for the Best British English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTkSO8pPBCw Brighton: Home of the Best British English If you want to improve your English this summer and want to learn the best British English then there is only one place to go – Brighton! Known as...
7 Ways to Fast Track Language Learning
Learning a language takes time and patience. How long does it take to learn a language is a question most students will ask and it depends on a lot of variables. However, it is possible to fast track your language learning. You can use these 7 ways...