"Everyone spends at least 11 years at school. That's a long time. So surely it's not unreasonable to expect young people emerging from the system to be ready to make a positive contribution to the working world? I'm not talking about examination results. They are just one indicator of someone's capacity to be a great employee, or even an employer. I'm talking about the skills that actually matter in the workplace. Shouldn't pupils in our schools be given the chance to develop skills in communicating with confidence, solving problems, working in teams, being polite, using technology and organising themselves. And once they have developed the skills fully shouldn't some recognition be available? Employers certainly think so. And so do I." says Phil Crompton, Executive Head of the Trent Academies group.

In a separate study, a team of researchers, led by Dr Peter Dodds from the University of Vermont, built a database of billions of individual words from 10 of the most popular languages using online sources.

What’s the #1 mistake that Spanish learners make? Learning only from textbooks. Even if textbooks are certainly the most helpful tool for learning, they lack the ability of communicating the nuances of the Spanish language and culture.

After all, slang, dialects, emotion and humor – that’s where the real “soul” of Spanish resides. One great way to cross that bridge from your very own sofa is to watch some movies.

En la actualidad somos muy conscientes de la importancia que tienen los idiomas en un mundo cada vez más globalizado e interconectado. En la era de Internet y de la globalización, conocer idiomas es algo fundamental para no quedarse atrás en la comunicación. Las barreras, tanto intelectuales como culturales, que evidencian el desconocimiento de una segunda lengua son muy notables. Nosotros, como academia que quiere enseñar el tercer idioma más hablado del planeta, queremos dar a conocer algunos aspectos o datos de la importancia de hablar español en la actualidad.