Some of our staff members recently participated in the Pink Star Walk, a fundraising event in support of the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. The walk is 21 kilometres long – a half marathon! It starts and finishes in the Auckland Domain. The participants wear pink clothes, and before they finish the walk, night falls and
Hi Sally here. In May this year, I was lucky enough to go on holiday to Japan for three weeks. I travelled with a friend and we visited Tokyo (5 days), Kyoto (5 days), Miyajima (3 days) and the rest of the time we spent in or near Osaka. I met up with two students
A huge congratulations to our teacher Jeremy, who graduated from the University of Auckland with a PhD in Philosophy last week! On graduation day all the graduands walk together from the university down to the town hall, where they receive their degree certificates at the graduation ceremony. The cars are stopped so that the graduands can
An interview with Craig Thaine, co-author of the new Empower course book series Craig Thaine, Languages International‘s Director of Teacher Training, is also the author of several books published by Cambridge University Press. His recently released course book series Empower adds another six books to his body of work. We interviewed him to find out how he does it. How do
Congratulations to our teacher, Melissa, who has passed the Cambridge Delta, which she studied for here at Languages International. Delta, which stands for Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, is widely recognised as the best practical qualification for experienced language teachers. Languages International has an extremely well qualified staff: 20 have a Delta, and
Congratulations to Craig Thaine, our Director of Teacher Training, who is one of the two authors of new English for Academic Purposes (EAP) series just published by Cambridge University Press. The series is called Cambridge Academic English, and consists of books at three levels: Intermediate (B1+), Upper Intermediate (B2) and Advanced (C1). Craig has authored
Happy Lunar New Year to all our students, partners and other friends around the world who are celebrating! May the year of the dragon bring you much happiness, good fortune and prosperity! Best wishes from all of us at Languages International! Who’s in the photos? Photos 1 and 3Back row, left to right: Peter (Assistant
Last week, friends and colleagues came together at Languages International in Auckland to celebrate the publication of Teacher Training Essentials by Craig Thaine, our Director of Teacher Training. This collection of photocopiable activities for teacher training workshops is published by Cambridge University Press and will be an important and very popular addition to the staff
Our teachers currently doing DELTA Congratulations to our teachers HD, Emma, Simon, Melissa, Liz, Lara, Susan, Annette and Victoria, who have all passed Module 1 of the DELTA (the Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults), which they are studying for at Languages International. HD, Emma and Liz passed with Merit. Susan and Lara
All of us at Languages International would like to congratulate our CEO, Darren Conway, on completing his MBA. This latest accomplishment adds to an already impressive resumé which includes a Masters in Applied Linguistics and DTEFLA. Darren gained his MBA from Auckland University, where he also lectures in Language Teaching Management on the Masters in
