Our Director of Teacher Training, Craig Thaine, has just published a Listening and Speaking Skills book with Cambridge University Press. Craig wrote Listening and Speaking 2 together with Sally Logan and attended the launch of the book in Cambridge in mid March. Listening and Speaking 2 is part of the brand-new Cambridge English Skills series
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24 Hours on the Open Sea Makes Languages International a Great Place to Be…
This weekend 22 students and 4 teachers boarded the good ship Nick’s Cruises for a fun-packed sail around Auckland’s harbour islands. First stop was the stunning volcano, Rangitoto. Some of us made the 45 minutes climb to the top and got treated to breath-taking views while the rest stayed on the boat and fished. One
Discoboat
As the summer sun set on what’s been a fabulous Auckland summer, 116 Languages International students and 7 teachers partied the night away aboard Nick’s Cruises disco boat. We journeyed up the harbour, everyone enjoying the turquoise sea and views of volcanoes. When it got dark, the DJ cranked up the tunes, playing request after
Surf’s up for Languages International Students
New Zealand’s one of the best surfing spots in the world, and every weekend our students go out into the swell to learn to catch that perfect wave. Most students have never ridden a surfboard before, but with expert help from our friend Wayne Glover at Aotearoa Surf, they gain confidence and are standing up
Ponsonby Bar Crawl
Languages International teachers and students hit the fashionable streets of Ponsonby this week. We visited 3 different bars, the first with a great view of the skytower, the second where we ate the famous new Zealand Green-lipped Mussel, and the last with live music – where we partied until the wee small hours. Everyone had
Creative Cambridge Students Launch CAE Class Wiki
A group of students from one of our CAE classes has created a wiki where their classmates can collaboratively record their experiences in New Zealand. The students started the wiki to practise their English and share their experiences with friends and family back home, as well as their new friends here in Auckland. On the
Congratulations to Our Recent DELTA Graduates!
We are very pleased for our teachers Paul, Tom and Karina, who have all just learned that they passed their ‘Dip’ – the Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, or DELTA – which they studied for at Languages International in 2007. The DELTA has a mix of theory and practical teaching and is
Sailing the Ocean Blue
Yesterday, 13 of our students boarded the catamaran Whiskers for a private boat trip to Rangitoto Island – the volcano in the middle of Auckland Harbour. The sea was a deep green and as there was no wind, looked like a lake. Some of us dived off and swam in the cool water under the
93 Languages International Students Hit the Town
This week 93 of our students visited three fantastic pubs in Auckland. We drank real New Zealand beer, did an international quiz and mingled with the locals – who gave a lot of the answers to the teams.
