7 mental health benefits of learning a new language
Learning a new language doesn’t only have to be about travel or a career in a different part of the world. It’s also a cognitive skill that can work towards improving your mental health. Read on to discover 7 essential mental health benefits of learning a new language. Some of them may pleasantly surprise you. Improved communication This is the most obvious mental health benefit of learning...
What is the best age to learn a new language? A look a the role the ageing brain plays
Have you ever heard the story about the little boy who was raised by wolves in a French forest? Anecdotal history tells us that when humans found this child and brought him amongst their own to educate him, he refused to learn to speak. Other toddlers his age, however, could effortlessly pick up multiple languages fluently, and older children could easily pick up new languages. What is going...
Cape Town is the best city for learning English
If you don’t know already, learning English with LAL Schools is all about real travel, real experiences and real life. We want you to be able to speak English in the world around you, and not just to pass a test or ask for the bill at a restaurant. Our school is based in the heart of South Africa’s Mother City, named one of the best travel destinations in the world every single year. Read on...
The benefits of learning English for your career
Whether English is an additional language you’ve begun to learn, or you’re a first language English speaker, anyone can benefit from English lessons for career growth. You will earn a better understanding of industry vocabulary and jargon, live and work all over the world and make new memories with amazing people hidden behind a language barrier. LAL Schools offers a host of career-specific...
English idioms
English idioms English idioms play an important role in everyday English-speaking life. However, as in the German language, English idioms sometimes make little sense in direct translation, which is why it is important to understand the proverbs in the context of the text. You should memorize the most important English expressions and idioms, because in everyday life, such as on...
Learn English with movies – our top ten
Learn English with movies, Learning a new language, or even just staying on the proverbial ball, can sometimes be quite tedious. You sit in front of your heap of vocabulary with some grammar topping, but the language expert feeling may not really set in. Above all, it helps to deal with the language as intensively as possible. A language trip has several advantages: You are...
The 10 Best Books to Learn English
The 10 Best Books to Learn English You learn a new language particularly quickly and effectively if you deal with it as long and intensively as possible. A language trip is the ideal opportunity to learn a foreign language in a short time and to significantly improve your own language skills. But not in every life situation it is possible to take a language trip abroad lasting several...
5 Christmas Movies to Celebrate the Holidays
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not the movies on our list of 5 Christmas movies to celebrate the holidays will put you in a cheerful mood.
Watch Halloween Movies to Learn English
Do you like Halloween? That’s great! We have a list of Halloween movies for you to watch with your friends and work on your language skills at the same time.