Scarborough woman to launch new Spanish and French language school for adults

Alison Wraight was first smitten with the language learning bug when she learned Spanish and French at secondary school in Cumbria.

Her classes will use the popular Language for Fun method, making her the company’s first licensee in the Scarborough area.

Mrs Wraight said: “After teaching Spanish and French in secondary schools in Essex for four years, I gradually moved into tutoring both adults and children on a one-to-one basis.

"The onset of COVID in 2020 meant that my lessons all moved online which was a challenge at first but I learned to adapt.

"Getting used to Zoom also helped a lot when I was getting to know my husband who was born-and-bred in Scarborough – we met online during lockdown and did a lot of our dating over Zoom!”Now settled in Scarborough, the front room of the couple’s home has been fully kitted out as a classroom for language teaching.Mrs Wraight added: “My house was once a corner shop, so has a large front room and a business entrance separate to the house entrance, making it very suitable for a classroom.

"I am very much looking forward to teaching groups of adults in person rather than over Zoom as it will add a new dimension to sharing my love of Spanish and French language and culture.

"As my business expands, I hope to also offer Language for Fun Italian lessons as I also studied this language for my degree and lived in Italy for a year.”Mrs Wraight will be running classes in her central Scarborough classroom and at the Flask Inn on the A174.The Language for Fun method aims to take the stress out of learning with classes that are friendly, sociable and pressure-free.Students learn through real conversations but are never made to speak in front of the group, homework is optional, and grammar is kept to a minimum.To find out more about Alison’s lessons, visit languageforfun.org and search for classes in Scarborough.