Pania Houkamau-Ngaheu and Clara Richards are two special ‘Kiwiana’ course visitors. They’ve just boosted this class’ understanding of Māori tradition and culture. Pania (Ngāti Porou, Tuhoe) and Clara (Ngāpuhi, Taranaki) shared their stories with our Wellington learners. Both work in …
Members of the Electoral Commission visited our Porirua centre’s classes to prepare learners up for the upcoming national elections and referendums. Many learners moved to Aotearoa New Zealand from countries where voting did not occur, was corrupt or just downright …
Mask making at Porirua English Language Partners – hands-on literacy and numeracy learning as students measure and cut fabric ready for sewing, providing new masks for the community! A few weeks ago, Teresa Moore from United Way New Zealand called …
Ha Hoang recently gained her PhD. She teaches for our Wellington centre who are SO proud of her achievement and currently basking in her reflected glory! Feeling bored with a monotonous and repetitive life, I longed for a change. I, …
Following on from a very popular English Language Group Health and Wellbeing class last year, English Language Partners Wellington delivered another successful Health and Wellbeing course in the July holidays. Everyone was delighted to be back in the ‘real’ classroom …
Courier services were busy when lockdown kicked in. Teachers joined the trend – delivering English work to learners’ homes. While the move to online classes worked well for many of English Language Partners’ learners, not all were able to access …
Free travel and tickets inspired a ‘post-Covid lockdown’ trip to the capital Two English Language Partners Palmerston North classes jumped on the comfy ‘Capital Connection’ bound for Wellington. The train ride was a first for many, and everyone managed to …
English Language Partners’ learners are excited to meet up in person again finally! Face-to-face learning is happening again at Level 2, and community ESOL classes started this week at our Auckland South centre. “We’re thrilled to welcome learners back to …
Lynn Ding says it’s been a new experience teaching online classes via two platforms – WeChat and Zoom. “It makes my teaching more effective for low-level learners.” Lynn’s one of English Language Partner’s bilingual teachers. She works with foundation-level learners …
Danièle Helme’s improving her English for her new life in New Zealand. Betsy Boeijen, her English Language Partners’ teacher, says Danièle, from Tahiti, is a truly inspiring learner. “As well as learning English, Danièle’s also a very busy volunteer,” Betsy …
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