With New Zealand’s border still closed to most arrivals, Languages International is now offering a way that international students can start on their NZ university study pathway while they’re waiting to come here. Our English for University – Access course uses a blended format, with online and on-site components leading to the English New Zealand
One of our teachers, Sally, shares her experience of teaching during lockdown. Did you have much time to prepare for teaching online? The NZ Government introduced the 4 level alert system for Coronavirus on Saturday 21st March. We were immediately in level 2. Then two days later, on Monday 22nd, we told students this was
We’re really happy to announce that Languages International is getting ready to welcome students back to classes at our school in beautiful Albert Park! We’ll be making sure we ‘play it safe’, as our Prime minister has encouraged us to do, taking precautions like social distancing, spacing in classrooms and practising good hand hygiene –
If you are a current student at Languages International, you will have been using Zoom a lot recently, and we suspect that many of our former students and other friends around the world have been using Zoom a fair bit too. So, here are some photos you can use as your Zoom background to give
Right now, many of our students around the world are staying home and saving lives. Our current students here in Auckland and all our staff are doing the same. While you are doing your bit by staying at home, you might want to relive your New Zealand experience or perhaps you are looking forward to
Languages International is one of just three schools officially approved to offer a pathway programme – an Approved Pathway Assessment – for admission to any of New Zealand’s eight universities. This is the result of an agreement that English New Zealand and Universities New Zealand signed in 2019. A student who completes our English for
At the end of 2019 we had another sad farewell at Languages International. Our teacher Liz has moved on to new role as Auckland University’s DELNA Language Advisor. Liz made an enormous contribution to LI over the years, taking on lots of different roles at the school. She started her career at LI in 2005
As 2019 came to a close, we were very sad to say good bye to our teacher Rhonda who retired in December after 14 years at Languages International. Rhonda is a much-loved and highly flexible member of the LI team. In addition to teaching all kinds of
Languages International in Auckland is offering the Cambridge Delta (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Module 2 as a face-to-face, part-time course from late February to November 2020. Cambridge Delta is an advanced blend of theory and practice that provides professional development for teachers with at least one year’s experience. It gives
I was talking to one of our former Swiss students on Instagram the other day, and she was telling me all about the wonders of a winter Christmas in Switzerland. That got me to thinking about what the iconic elements of a New Zealand Christmas are that make it so special. To find out what
