“I’m doing what I love and what I am passionate about.” Farzana Nazreen Nisha’s connections with English Language Partners are multilayered: student, intern, volunteer and employee – some roles happening simultaneously! Farzana arrived with her grandparents after finishing secretarial studies …
Sue Blakely, QSM, is one hugely committed English Language Partners’ teacher. For over 20 years, Sue has supported hundreds of Christchurch learners, both in and out of class – as a volunteer and an ELP teacher. An incredibly generous woman, Sue’s …
“I love teaching! It gives me a lot of joy helping people learn.” Spring Xing volunteers for English Language Partners because he has a passion for contributing to his community. He’s a migrant and loves the opportunity to help others …
Victoria University student Helen Knott has moved around a fair bit in her life. Her parents are both academics working at Otago, and while growing up, Helen found herself being “dragged” around Europe on her parent’s sabbaticals. She had to …
Each week, over 1,200 ELPNZ volunteers visit the homes of refugee-background and migrant learners to help with English and life in Aotearoa. 20 June kicks off Aotearoa’s National Volunteer Week celebrations for 2021. It’s a great chance to recognise the …
Through 20 years’ teaching two Lebanese Kiwis, David Horne made long-standing friends and added Arabic to the languages he speaks. The avid traveller has been to 302 countries, including Lebanon, where he visited one of the learner’s families in the …
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 …
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 …
“When the lockdown was announced and we were told the lessons were moving to Zoom, I didn’t know what Zoom was.” However, Anne Pentecost not only got to grips with Zoom to complete her English for Employees course during lockdown, …
On a good day, you can see all the way to Te Anau and the Hump Ridge Track,” says Trish Marshall of the family’s third generation farm at Pukemaori. While looking forward to more reading time in the idyllic setting …
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