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Languages Week 2026

Welcome to The Big Beautiful Languages Week with The Language Academy!

The Big Beautiful Languages Week is our first annual celebration of everything that makes languages joyful, fascinating, and potentially life‑changing. Across six vibrant days, students step into a world of culture, creativity, and connection – exploring French, Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Ukrainian * and more through hands‑on workshops, food, music, trivia, and real‑life experiences.

This is not a week of “lessons.”  It’s a week of discovering, tasting, listening, speaking, laughing, and living languages. Please find the full list in the timetable above, and book from the list at the bottom of the page.

Students will dive into the hidden regions of Europe, explore dialects and accents, master verbs and pronunciation, and experience the rhythm of each language through songs, poetry, and storytelling. You will learn how to navigate life abroad and understand cultural traditions.

Alongside our language‑specific sessions, students can enjoy a rich programme of general events: wine and cheese tasting, the language of coffee, TEFL tasters, study‑abroad pathways, careers in languages, opera, and our famous multilingual quiz nights.

You can pick and choose, attending multiple sessions (in which case, check out our Freedom Pass!) or just the ones that particularly interest you.

The Big Beautiful Languages Week is a reminder that languages aren’t just subjects – they’re bridges. They connect us to people, places, opportunities, and versions of ourselves we haven’t met yet.

This is your invitation to step into that world.

Learn, explore, and celebrate with us.

Please note * that the programme is subject to change and not all items are guaranteed to run.

Languages Week 2026 Courses
Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

There is no reason you shouldn’t pronounce any sound in any language – yes, that’s true.  But you get used to the sounds of your first language and it can be difficult to adapt.  We’ll look at some techniques that’ll help you pronounce tricky sounds in Italian.  This is a fun, hands mouths-on session.  Don’t be shy, have a go!
Original price was: £24.00.

(Early bird offer expires 15 Aug 26)

Current price is: £21.60.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

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Details

Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1

Description

While Latin no longer exists as a spoken language, its influence lives on through expressions we use daily in everyday speech and writing but also when referring to legal concepts such as habeus corpus, or alibi.  And we’d surprised if you had never used i.e., e.g. and etcetera in your speech or writing.  In this session, we’ll look at “everyday latin”, its core meaning and why we still use it.
Original price was: £16.00.

(Early bird offer expires 13 Aug 26)

Current price is: £14.40.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

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Details

Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

The Language Academy (LA) aims to offer you the “cure for monolingualism”!  We believe that in these days of online learning, there is still very much place for face-to-face lessons, where you can come together with like-minded people and enjoy the challenge of learning another language.  We are very pleased that many of our students have taken multiple courses with us, working their way up through the levels. As well as traditional evening courses, we run 5-hour immersion days, which include a snack lunch, intensives courses over several days, courses for kids, language holidays abroad, and ‘mastery of English courses’. We charge £1 just so we can keep track of how many students are attending.  
£1.00Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

Ages 17+
30 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

Chris Polatch, our Founder, will talk about his long career in language teaching and running language schools.  You will hear about his time working in Milan and Lisbon, managing a large language school in the hyper-competitive Oxford Street area of London as well as as his brush with a murderer-to-be while on a consultancy trip to Uruguay.  Chris will also reveal his conclusions on how to learn languages.  Spoiler alert – there is no easy way! We charge £1 just so we can keep track of how many students are attending.
£1.00Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

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Ages 18+
30 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

The grand finale to Languages Week 2026! Drinks, quizes, and more fun stuff. The culmination of our week, with students sharing their experiences, socialising with those you’ve met during your sessions and plans for all the language learning to come!
Original price was: £24.00.

(Early bird offer expires 14 Aug 26)

Current price is: £21.60.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

Location

Details

Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1

Description

Spanish tapas is legendary and a visit to Spain is not complete without sampling some of these tasty snacks!  We’ll look at the names and ingredients of popular and less common tapas offerings and how tapas varies around Spain – from pintxos to raciones.  We can’t really compete with Spanish tapas bars but we will offer you a tasty Spanish-style snack and a glass of refreshing white wine.  By the end of the session, you will be on Skyscanner, looking at the “anywhere in Spain” section!
Original price was: £16.00.

(Early bird offer expires 15 Aug 26)

Current price is: £14.40.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

There is no reason you shouldn’t pronounce any sound in any language – yes, that’s true.  But you get used to the sounds of your first language and it can be difficult to adapt.  We’ll look at some techniques that’ll help you pronounce tricky sounds in French.  This is a fun, hands mouths-on session.  Don’t be shy, have a go!
Original price was: £24.00.

(Early bird offer expires 15 Aug 26)

Current price is: £21.60.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

There is no reason you shouldn’t pronounce any sound in any language – yes, that’s true.  But you get used to the sounds of your first language and it can be difficult to adapt.  We’ll look at some techniques that’ll help you pronounce tricky sounds in Spanish.  This is a fun, hands mouths-on session.  Don’t be shy, have a go!
Original price was: £24.00.

(Early bird offer expires 15 Aug 26)

Current price is: £21.60.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

Location

Details

Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

Our French Songs sessions will unashamedly take you back to the days when France was the pinnacle of romance, the smoke of Gauloise cigarettes hung permanently in the air and Brigitte Bardot (RIP) was more of a sex symbol than a glorified zoo-keeper!  Each of these 2 sessions (French Songs 1 & 2) will introduce 3 classic French songs by singers such as Edith Piaf.  You will not regret joining us (did you see how we did that?).  Come to either or both – the sessions will be indepent of each other and you don’t need to have attended the previous one!  Suitable for all but will be appreciated most by lovers of all things French, with some language knowledge.
Original price was: £24.00.

(Early bird offer expires 13 Aug 26)

Current price is: £21.60.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

Ages 17+
25 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

You may well be using an app as a supplement to your structured learning programme with a teacher (we do hope you have a teacher, otherwise you could find things tough-going!).  Apps (eg Duolingo) can be good, but they cost!  On Instagram, you will find all sorts of pages that give you FREE input!  We will take you through some of the best in this session.
Original price was: £24.00.

(Early bird offer expires 18 Aug 26)

Current price is: £21.60.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.

Location

Details

Ages 17+
10 students max

Required level

Course Date

Duration

Weeks: 1
Hours: 1.5

Description

This session will introduce you to Catalan and you will learn a few useful expressions. It’ll be a valuable taster, and you will be able to gauge whether it’s a language you could embark on learning.
Original price was: £24.00.

(Early bird offer expires 18 Aug 26)

Current price is: £21.60.Per Person

This course has already started, but you’re still very welcome to join. The price has been adjusted.