Palmerston North’s annual Festival of Cultures celebrates the city’s amazing, growing diversity. Over the Festival week, 130 ethnicities gather in Te Marae o Hine, The Square. World Fair Day happens right at the end, and on 27 February, cultural activities …
Our Rotorua centre’s ‘hands on’ language-learning classes are based on the concept, ‘Where the hands go, the mind follows.’ These classes have proved very popular with learners. By using crochet, scrapbooking and painting as ways for learners to discover word …
Our Hutt centre’s ESOL literacy classes visit to Matiu-Sommes Island was a great opportunity to take learning outside the classroom. About 40 teachers, volunteers and learners all had a great trip out in Wellington Harbour, as did the children who …
Making the most of a warm and sunny February, our Hutt centre ventured out to bring language to life and life to language! Trips offer learners an ‘education outside the classroom’ experience, so the Upper Hutt English Language Group visited …
You can’t beat Wellington on a good day! Our Wellington centre’s ESOL Intensive class headed to Te Papa museum on a beautiful sunny day in early March. People in this class come from all over the world: Afghanistan, China, Colombia, …
Helen Knott is one of our wonderful volunteers! She trained in October 2020 and has been working with learner Bawi Zi, who’s from Myanmar, since November. Helen shares her cupcake cooking activity as a great way to learn more English …
After seven months in their new home, our Christchurch centre was finally able to hold an official opening party – better late than never! The celebration coincided with a visit from James McCulloch, ELPNZ’s new CE, who travelled from Wellington. …
ESOL learners signed up to find the answer to this perplexing question on English Language Partners’ Kiwiana course. The big idea is a close look at our culture and all things Kiwi: Waitangi Day, hangi, buzzy bees, kiwis, tangihanga, our …
Expressing her culture through dance is just the latest in many life achievements for this Chinese-Kiwi superwoman. Meet Anna Kong, who migrated from China in 1983 to join her parents who worked in a Chinese restaurant and market garden. Anna …
My name is Zhihui (Bella) Lu. I came to New Zealand from China five years ago. My volunteer ESOL home tutor is Coral Gardiner who has been teaching me English since February 2020. Initially, my English learning goal was to …
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