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5 Excellent Reasons to Learn Mandarin Chinese
5 Excellent Reasons to Learn Mandarin Chinese 1. The Grammar is Easy (and Pandas are Cute) Chinese has no noun/adjective genders, no noun/adjective cases, and no verb tenses and in fact Chinese grammar is extremely simple and with regards to grammar...
London Language Socials
Practise your Languages for Free Cactus is working with Mundolingo to bring our language learners a great opportunity to practise the language they learn in the classroom into the world outside the classroom! The mission of Mundolingo is to promote...
Have you got what it takes to be a spy?
Do You Have the Potential to be a Spy? Have you ever considered living the life of a spy? Do think you have the skills and the ability to deceive, investigate and work undercover? Channel 4 are currently looking for a group of 20 ordinary men and...
Cactus TEFL Scholarship Finalists
Cactus TEFL Scholarship Finalists Through the Suzanne Furstner Prize Cactus TEFL is giving away a TESOL course in London or a CELTA course in Bogota, Colombia and we have selected our finalists! Our entrants were asked to make a short video...
Teacher Training with Erasmus Plus Funding
Teacher Training with Erasmus Plus Funding If you’re a French, Spanish or German teacher what better way to improve your language teaching skills than to take a fully funded trip abroad? (Preferably somewhere nice and sunny) Erasmus Plus...
5 Reasons to go to Colombia in 2016
5 Reasons to go to Colombia a�� Now! Colombia has changed a lot since its days of drug cartels and merciless kidnappings. Of course, wherever you are travelling you need to be sensible, but Colombia has developed into one of the top countries to...
Language Courses Abroad – Choose Your Course Type
Language Courses Abroad – Choose Your Course Type With so many worldwide destinations to choose from it’s extremely exciting choosing where you want to take your language course abroad. From Ibiza to Panama for Spanish, and Brighton to Vancouver...
Cambridge CELTA or Trinity TESOL: What’s the Difference?
What’s the difference between the Cambridge CELTA and Trinity TESOL? If you want to become an English language teacher either in the UK or abroad you generally need a qualification that proves you know what you are doing in the classroom. These...
Street Salsa, Spiced Rum & Spanish – My Cuban Experience
Street Salsa, Spiced Rum & Spanish – My Cuban Experience by Alessia, Cactus Language Account Manager I decided I wanted to take a trip with my brother who lives in Switzerland to spend some time with him but to also do something that would...
How to Make £53k a Year Teaching English Abroad
How to Make £53k a Year Teaching English Abroad * No one makes money teaching English abroad right? Wrong. If you want to you can make the equivalent of £53K AND save £15k a year. There are plenty of ways to make money, save money and have an...
Ibiza – The Coolest Place to Learn Spanish
Ibiza is a cool place to travel too. It is also the coolest place to learn Spanish! A great destination to enjoy the sunshine and improve your Spanish speaking skills. Ibiza – Is this the coolest place in the world to learn Spanish? Ibiza has...
Top 6 Things to See and Do for Free in Berlin
Are you learning German? Are you looking to visit Berlin and practise your German language skills? Discover the top 6 things to see and do for free in Berlin. Free Berlin: Top 6 things to see and do in Berlin 1. Checkpoint Charlie Checkpoint Charlie...
“It’s Never Too Late for Anything!”
Having studied Italian with Cactus in Manchester on and off for more than 5 years Helen O’Brien talks to Cactus about why learning a language over the age of 50 keeps her feeling good. Why “It’s Never Too Late for Anything!” Cactus offers a...