VICI Language Dynamics Blog
Team Building? Don’t hug trees
“I took my entire team to Vici because I was looking for something we could all participate in which would take us out of our comfort zone and both broaden and deepen our experience of working together.” Phil Jackson, Managing Director You know we run language classes...
Comprenez- vous? Why employers should put languages at forefront when considering skill sets
Prime Minister Theresa May surprised no one this week by confirming that Britain will leave the single market when it leaves the European Union. Which ever side of the debate you are on, one thing is certain, things are about to get a whole lot more competitive and...
Can a small aloe vera farm profit from overcoming language barriers?
Language barriers make business challenging. Being able to communicate with different cultures is very important when it comes to your business, and as in any business, no matter the size, you can profit by overcoming language barriers. Thanks to the increasingly...
Finding care home staff, nurses and cleaners who speak your language.
If you work in an office have you noticed if the cleaners are foreign workers? Or if you have visited a care home recently were the staff from abroad? Did they speak English well enough to understand? The nature of our economy allows migrant workers to take jobs in...
Have you ever wondered how your language teacher learns?
Amid the fun that learning a language brings to students who come to the VICI Language Academy, they can be forgiven for not sparing a thought on how their language coach stays on top of their game. However, just because few think of it, this does not mean it isn’t at...
Why in a post Brexit Trump era it’s never been more important to have a second language…
I am bilingual. I speak French (my mother tongue) and fluent English. I think, and dream, and worry in both languages. And every day I am grateful for it. Having a second language opens up a far wider world; one of greater cultural diversity and shared experience....
Discover The Apprentice making a real difference to business, thanks to language training
Imagine you are interviewing for telesales staff for your organisation and by far the stand out candidate isn’t a native English speaker? In fact he is Romanian with a heavy accent. Well this scenario unfolded at an IT Firm in Newbury where among the English...
Global survey reveals demand for staff who can speak another language
We have been banging the multilingual drum for a long time as we have seen more and more businesses seek out help with language training and language recruitment and now a global survey has confirmed what we have been saying: firms want employees who speak another...
Don’t hire any more foreign staff until you’ve read this…
In today’s market, foreign staff play a vital role. If you’ve hired your own staff from abroad in the past, you’ll know this better than most. In the UK, nearly 17% of all employees are foreign – they really do form a key part of the UK economy, and it’s not clear...
Just speak English loudly and slowly – with an attempt at a French accent…?
The emotions ranged from incredulity to despair… indeed there can be few so exasperated with the attempts at speaking French on The Apprentice than students here at VICI Language Dynamics. Our inbox and social media came alive – first with excitement that the popular...
From not speaking enough Polish to speaking it too much…
No stranger to controversy the security giant G4S is in trouble again for trying to recruit a bilingual English/Polish speaker for a job at Harrogate Magistrates Court and at the same time discount supermarket Lidl is insisting its Polish staff only speak English....
Could your profit be lost in translation on Skype?
Very soon you will be able to use Skype to speak to someone who speaks another language and it will translate your words into their language, and vice versa. Amazing isn’t it? Absolutely and here at the VICI Language Dynamics we are delighted with anything that helps...