Spanish Language Specialists
In the Ipswich and Woodbridge area, Suffolk, UK.
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Novel Review: “La Sombra del Viento”
Review by Lizzie Hammond, student of advanced Spanish. Review of an amazing novel, although challenging and lenghty. Congratulations to Lizzie for completing her reading and reviewing this book in both languages English and Spanish “The Shadow of the wind” (“La Sombra Del Viento”), By Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I have long been interested in literature, what […]
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Academic Year 2022-23
This academic year we are opening a Beginners course in Spanish at Woodbridge Cruising Club on Thursdays at 11.00am. The past two years has been concluded successfully despite the sad events we all lived, with tuition online for students of all levels. Current students follow courses for GCSE AQA and International Baccalaureate, AQA and EDEXCEL […]
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Can learning a language be beneficial for your brain and delay dementia?
Can learning a new language boost your brain? The BBC series – ‘Trust me, I’m a doctor’ explored how learning a language can be beneficial for our brains and even delay dementia (Series 8 Programme 1). But is it worth it? Is it ever too late to learn? Dr Thomas Bak and Professor Antonella Sorace, […]
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Academic Year 2018-2019
This academic year has been concluded successfully, with tuition to students of all levels. Current students included those preparing for GCSE AQA and International Baccalaureate, AQA AS and A2 levels, students preparing for their studies at Birbeck College London, students picking up from the studies they have done recently, or in their youth, students preparing […]
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Academic year 2017-2018
This academic year has been concluded successfully, with the transition to teaching exclusively private tuition to students of all levels. Current students included students preparing for GCSE, AS and A2 levels, students preparing for their studies at Birbeck College London, students picking up from the studies they have done recently, or in their youth. Private […]
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Spanish Café in Woodbridge – 2016/2017 update
The current academic year has finished successfully with courses being even more popular this year, and new ones being offered as a result. Advanced and Intermediate current and past students were able to join the Spanish Café at The Crown Hotel in Woodbridge. The Café provides students with the opportunity to practise their language skills […]
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Academic year 2015-2016
This academic year has been concluded successfully, with the completion of three terms of all courses offered. Four new courses were added to those already running during the academic year 2013-2014. Two of the additional courses took place at Woodbridge Cruising Club; the wonderful views of the river Deben were very much admired on a […]
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Juan Diego Flórez
I have always been very fond of Juan Diego Florez, I think he has a wonderful voice. I listen to him frequently, when he sings Opera, his Christmas concerts in Vienna, and when he sings Peruvian waltzes. He has a tenor voice and sings with almost no effort. I had been wanting to see him […]
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Spanish Film Review: “Flores de otro mundo”
Review by Tom, Spanish Intermediate student. Película española. Director: Icíar Bollaín. Creo que flores de otro mundo es una película bien rodada; trata de temas importantes imparcialmente y consigue humanizar la difícil situación de los inmigrantes ilegales a España. El televidente puede compadecerse de los protagonistas, en particular de las inmigrantes sudamericanas. A pesar de […]
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Novel Review: “La plaza del Diamante”
Review by Marisol Tolliday. La novela La Plaza del Diamante de Mercé Rodoreda se puede considerar como una novela de representación de la guerra civil española desde un punto de vista de género. Natalia, el personaje central de la novela nos narra su vida en la ciudad de Barcelona desde cuando se establece la Segunda […]
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