This is a photo of forty-plus years of experience at Languages International! Sadly, some of that experience is going other places in the industry, with Debbie Chambers, leader of our marketing team, leaving us for the role of Manager at Study Auckland after 12 years at Languages International, first as a teacher and then in
Languages International Teacher Publishes Course Book
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
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
Gracias and auf Wiedersehen to Ebba and Fay!
With heavy hearts Languages International has bid farewell to two of the school’s finest Accommodation and Student Welfare Managers. After over 10 years with LI, Fay Manna flew off to Germany with her family where her husband has gained employment in an international school. The Manna clan first had a well-deserved break at a friend’s
Frances Woolcott, new Chairperson of APPEL
Languages International is very pleased to announce that our Director, Frances Woolcott, has recently been elected Chairperson of APPEL, the Association of Private Providers of English Language. APPEL, whose members enrol about 80% of international students studying English in New Zealand, is the voice for the private English teaching industry in New Zealand.Frances has been
Darren Conway is Languages International’s New CEO
Darren has been with Languages International since 1993 when he was employed as a graduate teacher with experience in Australia, Europe and the Middle East. His achievements during the last twelve years with the school include:-Qualifications: DELTA and MA in Applied Linguistics completed; MBA in progress -Positions: Teacher Trainer, Manager of EAP programmes and DOS:
Autonomy and Language Learning Conference
As part of our commitment to improving the learning environment at Languages International, Sally Logan (our Learning Centre Manager and part of the Teacher Training team) recently attended the ‘Autonomy and Language Learning: Maintaining Control’ Conference.Held in Hong Kong and Hangzhou, China, the event focused on: * Autonomy in the curriculum * The experience of
Books Published
Here are some of the recent publications of our academic staff. On Course for IELTS Published in 2003 by Oxford University Press (http//www.oup.com/elt/global/isbn/7976/)Authors- Darren Conway, Academic Director and Brett Shirreffs, Director of StudiesCAE Testbuilder Published in 2003 by Macmillan (http//www.onestopenglish.com/BookShop/bookshop/retail/testbuilder.htm)Author – Amanda French, Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer
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