Leo came to New Zealand early this year and studied in our Taranaki centre English for Employees Programme (E4E) with teacher Callie Boyle on Monday mornings. He felt coming to the class helped him so much with his English but also …
Yiju offer advice for investment and living in New Zealand. Their staff often felt they didn’t understand why a situation had failed when dealing with Kiwi customers and businesses. Cue English Language Partners! Auckland Central manager Eve Price ran a …
Marcela and Ana are from South America and joined English Language Partners’ English for Employees class this year. They say the class has been very helpful – especially for their new business. Marcela and Ana started Peacock Event & Function …
Once a month, XLam staff gather outside for barbecue day. ‘‘We all eat lunch together, like family,” says Dan McKean, who is responsible for XLam’s continuous improvement. “It’s a way to celebrate small wins.” Today, with rain bucketing down in …
Problem: Do you explain something or give instructions only to find half an hour later, that no one is doing what you asked? Do health and safety near misses go unreported? Do you sometimes hear the sound of crickets instead …
My name is Navy Khuy. I came from Cambodia. I came to New Zealand in 2011. My first job in New Zealand was working in a bakery on Botanical Road in Palmerston North, then I started running my own bakery, Olympic …
Former Myanmar refugees are learning new skills and English on the job with a Nelson insulation company. “Hi, I’m Johnsy Johnsy. I’m from Absolute Energy and I’ve come to install your insulation.” The greeting is simple, but it shows how …
Auckland company Thermakraft finds workplace English lessons decrease the risk of damage to expensive equipment and make the factory safer for workers. The English for Employees classes – run by English Language Partners – aim to provide a ‘talking’ user manual for …
In this part of the country, more than 200,000 cows are milked, fed and cared for each day by Kiwis, as well as by a growing group of skilled migrants. Experienced farm hands are in high demand and, as Waikato …
Mark Sanders (above left) owns a small cabinetmaking business and says that he considers himself fortunate to have a former refugee working for him. Thupten’s Tsering (above right) arrived in Nepal, then India, after a harrowing escape from Tibet. In …