Author Archives for Kinga Macalla

Book review: Bilingual Families by Eowyn Crisfield

September 25, 2024 4:25 am Published by Leave your thoughts

“Bilingualism does not cause language delays or learning difficulties.” I found out about this book at an event on bilingualism with the author, Eowyn Crisfield. The session was organised by the publisher Multilingual Matters in mid-June 2024. It was a very informative and practical session for parents wanting to raise...

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Book review: Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui

June 19, 2024 4:48 am Published by Leave your thoughts

The untranslatable word ‘ama’, which in Japanese means ‘women of the sea’, refers to the legendary female free divers of Japan and Korea. I spotted it in one of my favourite bookshops in Bristol: Arnolfini. I love going there to leaf through their books and magazines (and the children’s literature...

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Happy Easter!

March 26, 2024 4:35 am Published by Leave your thoughts

We would like to wish you all a lovely Easter break. We hope you have a great time. Our SPRING language term starts in April 2024, and we have a truly diverse selection of 10 languages: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. And we...

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Goodbye 2023 and hello 2024

February 14, 2024 4:28 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Hello, I hope 2024 has been a good year for you so far. We also started the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in February. And most importantly, we started our winter term at Bristol Language School! We had many students re-enrolling on our language courses this winter; it is...

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Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | Fröhliche Weihnachten | Feliz Navidad | Veselé Vánoce | Wesołych Świąt

December 20, 2023 4:35 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Hello, As the festive time approaches, we would like to thank you for this wonderful year and wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Veselé Vánoce! / Счастливого Рождества! (Schastlivogo Rozhdestva) / С рождеством Христовым!  (S rozhdyestvom Hristovym!) / Wesołych świąt Bożego Narodzenia! / Feliz Navidad! / Buon Natale! / Joyeux...

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Happy Easter!

April 5, 2023 4:34 am Published by Leave your thoughts

We would like to wish you all a lovely Easter break. We hope you have a great time! Our spring language term starts on Monday, 24th April 2023, and we have a truly diverse selection of 10 languages: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Enrol...

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