Learn English

Learn English in a group. Or at home with a trained volunteer.
If you work, you can join our English for Employees programme.  

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Our programmes

1. ESOL home tutoring
2. English language groups
3. ESOL-Literacy
4. English for Employees
5. English for Migrants (pre-paid ESOL tuition)
6. Additional local programmes 

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1. ESOL home tutoring

• One hour each week
• Learn in your home
• Learn with a trained, volunteer tutor
• Learn about NZ culture
• Free
• Social events
• For NZ permanent residents 

Find a centre | Register as a learner | Make a donation

 

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2. English language groups

• Learn English in a group
• Two hours a week
• Meet other learners
• Learn about NZ
• For NZ permanent residents 

Find a centre | Make a donation

 

 

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  3. ESOL-Literacy

• For learners who do not read or write well in their first language
• For NZ permanent residents
• 10 hours a week, 32 weeks a year
• Bilingual tutors
• Free
• 8 centres offer ESOL-Literacy classes: Auckland West, Auckland South, Waikato, Palmerston North, Porirua, Hutt, Nelson and Christchurch

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4. English for Employees

• For NZ permanent residents who work  
  (full-time, part-time, casually/seasonally or self-employed)  
• Improve your English language/literacy/numeracy
• 2-3 hours per week - flexible hours
• Trained teachers
• Free
• Small groups or 1:1

Read our brochure

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5. English for Migrants (pre-paid ESOL tuition)

• For people who paid NZ Immigration Service a fee for English lessons
  before they arrived in NZ
• One-to-one lessons in your home
• EFM teachers are qualified teachers

Read our brochure | Register as a learner  or call 04 471 2382 (English Language Partners' national office) to find a teacher.

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6. Other local programmes

Ask your local centre about other programmes they have. 

• social events
• English in the workplace
• job mentoring programmes
• driver licence classes
• Maōri culture and language programmes
• Kiwi cooking