English Language Partners are proud to help learners understand what it means to be part of bicultural and multicultural New Zealand. At the end of June 2019, our ESOL Intensive Palmerston North class participated in a tukutuku workshop organised by …
This year, ESOL Intensive and Roslyn ESOL Literacy groups were fortunate to have had community dance leader Tania Kopytko run some sessions at English Language Partners’ Palmerston North centre. Tania’s philosophy is that to “dance is to live and to …
English Language Partners Wellington Job Mentoring Service continues to help skilled migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds to find their first meaningful job in New Zealand. The service has a team of dedicated volunteer job mentors and in May 2019, …
ELP Wellington’s ESOL Intensive class were lucky to have a visit from Ani Prasad who is of Maori descent. Our teacher Ruth met Ani through her Zumba class as this multitalented woman is a Zumba teacher https://www.facebook.com/zumbakanikani. Ani was able to …
Our ESOL Intensive class, made the most of an offer by the fabulous Jackie, the Bunnings Porirua Activities Organiser, to carry out activities with Bunnings. This small class is for adults of refugee and migrant background who are at pre-intermediate …
Chinese dance and Tai Chi with Master Sun and Mr Li! ELP Wellington’s ESOL Intensive class were lucky to have the New Zealand Chinese Culture and Arts Association visit for a demonstration of dance and tai chi. Thanks to Linda …
Masu was a former refugee from Myanmar. She lived in Mae La Camp in Thailand from young to early adulthood. She attended schooling in the camps right up to high school. After marriage, Masu lived with her husband at Umpiem …
Xiaoyan Liu, known as Yanny, arrived in Taupo in 2010, leaving a big-city life in Canton province for a quieter lifestyle. When I came, it was very hard,” Yanny Liu says. “I couldn’t speak English, and my husband didn’t make much money, …
A joint English Language Partners and New Zealand Red Cross initiative in Nelson is giving former refugees the freedom – and employability – of being able to take to the open road. One of the first things Luis Godoy will …
Learners from our ESOL literacy classes and two of our English Language groups at our Auckland South centre recently partnered with students from Te Kura Maori O Nga Tapuwae students and learnt to say Maori greetings. After lots of laughter …
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