Monkey Time

02/03/2026

Thank you Sarah Smy at Suffolk Sound for the interview and for creating a conversation about languages and Kilian's visit.

https://listenagain.suffolksound.com/player/player.php?file=LunchtimeWithSarahSmyThursday.mp3&t=1868

FIRST TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!!

We are chuffed Kilian Martin will be visiting us in England from the 6th until the 12th of April for skateboarding lessons.

There will be special classes in Spanish for the students who wish to practise their listening and speaking skills with this internationally recognised, award-winning, freestyle professional skateboarder. As a Californian resident and a bilingual, Kilian will also be teaching classes in English.

Classes can be paid via BACS or PayPal:

Monday 6th of April - London
Tuesday 7th of April until the 12th - Suffolk

Classes will be 1 hour and will run from 11 am until 6 pm.
For direct booking, please PM our page.

13/02/2026

My students may agree that Spanish is a fun and phonetic language even though last week, one student rightfully challenged why we didn't pronounce the vowel "u" in "QUE" . In fact, la "u muda" (the silent "u") in "que", "gue" or "qui" is something quickly learnt and assimilated when we focus on speaking first rather than drilling too much grammar and explaining palatalization in the Romance languages.

Just as this article states:

"Prominent language-learning experts agree that the younger you begin, the better. A developmental psychology lecturer, Dr Eleonore Smalle, recently told the UN that learning a new language becomes harder from about age 12. Before then, children learn language unconsciously: through passive exposure without awareness of what they are learning, but it sticks"

As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice, says journalist Gary Nunn

13/08/2025

We are taking orders for schools that want resources for their European Day of Languages celebrations. For those schools that have already placed their orders, please could you make sure you list your events at: https://edl.ecml.at/Events/Events-Database

Send order forms to: [email protected]