What does an afternoon garden tour of 4 learner gardens give? It gives honour to learners, increased conversation opportunity and inspires all – learners and teacher alike! This garden tour was organised as part of our ESOL Lit study topic …
Palmerston North ESOL Intensive class made an unscheduled visit to the hardware store as part of their preparations for Shakeout 2019. While reading the survival items checklist together online they realised only one person in the class had a first …
Congratulation to Joy Sharp, recipient of this year’s Volunteer Canterbury’s Volunteer Recognition Award in June. Joy trained as an ESOL Home Tutor in 2007 and became certified in 2008. She tutored two learners before meeting Lucila her Colombian learner in …
The English Language Partners Christchurch ESOL Intensive class studies Monday to Thursday, 18-hours per week for 15 weeks. This class is designed for learners at a beginner-elementary level of English to continue on their language learning journey. The class this …
One of the core programmes at English Language Partners Christchurch is the ESOL Literacy programme. These classes run 10 hours per week and are designed for learners who can’t read or write in their mother tongue to start learning English. …
On Saturday September 7th, English Language Partners Christchurch celebrated Adult Learning Week with a hugely successful festival, put on in collaboration with Phillipstown Hub. This was a great opportunity for the learners to showcase a range of their fabulous skills …
Whatever do buzzy bees, Maori cosmology, the All Blacks, possums, stoats, kowhai and kapa haka have in common? These are just some of the topics touched on during the ‘Kiwiana’ holiday course taught by talented ELP Wellington teacher Kathy Ombler …
From our Wellington centre, a story written by dedicated ESOL home tutor Tho, who has been working with his former refugee learner Awng San since mid-2017. My name is Tho Vo. I come from Vietnam. I am currently doing my …
Joanne Song has become a bit of a local celebrity at our centre, and no wonder, her story of settling into life in New Zealand is encouraging for any new migrant. Joanne first came to ELP Hawkes Bay for our …
ESOL Literacy 2 visited Bunnings Porirua in September. Bunnings run fantastic community projects…. Jackie (Activities Organiser, Bunnings Porirua) had money boxes all set for us to assemble upon our arrival. Following verbal instructions, and with the use of the tools …
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