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Former Cactus intern Cécile Sargueux gives us a bit of history and top tips for celebrating ‘le quatorze juillet’ in her home country…in English / en français! FRENCH / EN FRANCAIS Le 14 juillet est le jour de la fête républicaine française symbolisant la Liberté et l’Egalité, et commémorant le passage de la monarchie à…
Last week we asked you what you wanted to see Cactus Ambassador Ollie Phillips doing in Spain…and the overwhelming response was to see Ollie Phillips dancing flamenco! We listened to your feedback and whilst Ollie was in Spain earlier this week he not only danced flamenco, but he did so at the highly prestigious Museo…
School trips abroad allow students to see the useful of the language they are learning for themselves. If there is one subject that gets a hard time in the UK, it’s modern languages. As the world becomes better at English, and British students opt for other subjects that are portrayed as more useful and appealing,…
Do you want to know first-hand what it’s really like to take a TEFL course? Follow our 2014 Suzanne Furstner Scholarship and CELTA course winner, Shervin Hejazi, who has just arrived in Prague to claim his prize of a 4-week Trinity CertTESOL course at our partner school Oxford House TEFL. Shervin started his course on…
Ollie Phillips Spain – Is Spain ready? So we’ve told you that Cactus Ambassador Ollie Phillips is jetting off to Spain this weekend… Now we want YOU to tell us what you want to see him doing! Reply in the Comments box with your choice of the following: I would like to see Ollie Phillips…
Join the Journey: Learn a language with Cactus! If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like to take a language course, now is your chance to find out – from the comfort of your home or office! Date: Wednesday 3rd July Time: 1.00pm – 1.30pm BST Registration: Google Hangouts Cactus is hosting a free half-hour…
With Wimbledon upon us, it’s time to pick up more than your racquet…here are our top tennis expressions in French and English! With tennis season in full swing – the French Open recently finished and Wimbledon finally here – it is customary for local tennis courts to become full as wannabe Federers dust off their…
Shift your language up a gear with our French cycling vocabulary for this year’s Tour de France Kicking off on 4th July 2015, top cyclists and cycling enthusiasts from all over the world will congregate on French soil for 21 days of gruelling, thigh-burning action that will cover over 3,500 km of mountains, valleys, remote…
Spanish Course Barcelona: Creative Web Manager John Biddulph takes a break from PHP and Javascript to learn a different language – Spanish in Barcelona I took a Spanish beginner course in Barcelona last October, and my first day was very organised and welcoming. I met five other students in my group of different nationalities and…
Whether you want to learn a language for relocation, work, love or brain power, come and talk to Cactus at two fantastic shows this year – and make the most of our special show offers and spectacular course giveaways! 1. The Expat Show 11th-12th September 2015 – Olympia, London Moving abroad is a big decision,…