Chris Polatch, our Founder, is an opera fan as well as Italian speaker and he will introduce you to some of the most famous Italian operas (Verdi’s and Mozart’s in particular) and will focus on some key arias.  Some of them you can even sing along to!  Suitable for all but most relevant to Italian students.

Do you have an aptitude? It is believed that some people have a knack for languages.  Women are generally considered to be better linguists than men.  Is this true?  We will look at some language aptitude tests and try them out on you!  But we’ll also talk about motivation, which is another key to language learning success, whether it’s “intrinsic” or “extrinsic” – we will explain!

Reuben, a languages student at Oxford, is an Instagram languages sensation, with 123k followers of his page @reubenlingo, which features not only posts about the various languages he speaks to varying degrees (10 of them!) but also observations on linguistics, which can be described simply as the study of how languages work.  Reuben is not an “influencer” but just someone who loves and is fascinated by languages – so he is on the same wavelength as everyone at LA!  We are delighted to welcome Reuben to Winchester!

No need for a description of this session, really, except to say that instead of pretty pictures of cheese on a screen, we will provide you with nuggets of REAL CHEESE!  The object is for you to identify said cheese.  We will not blindfolding you, so there will be visual clues (tip – mozzarella does not come in a blue version).  Cheese is traditionally paired with wine so, before you ask, yes, there will be wine included!