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English Language

ENGLISH: The language of exciting, new opportunities.

Do you want to improve your English? Perhaps you want to travel around the world, improve your career prospects or maybe you would like to study at an English-speaking university.

NorthTec offers English as a Foreign Language to help you improve your English or prepare for the IELTS exam. International students and migrants can study full-time (25 hours/ week) or part-time (15 hours/week) in our classes, which run throughout the year. For more information about the English as a Foreign Language, download the 2012 English Language Course Dates.

All of our tutors are fully qualified and have taught English around the world. The classes are small and friendly. You will quickly feel at home here.

English Language Classes

For International Students

Meet the English Language Tutors

Grant Beran
Grant Beran first became interested in English language teaching on a 1989 bus trip in Ephesus, Turkey.
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Maureen McAulay
I was born in Whangarei and started my life in Waipu and consider Waipu my 'home town'.
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Penny Bunting
Penny Bunting is a New Zealander who has experience teaching both high school and tertiary students. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Social Science), a Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary), a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) and has held University of Cambridge IELTS Examiner Certification.
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Zana Bell
English tutor Zana Bell grew up in Zimbabwe. She has a Masters in Second Language Teaching from New Zealand, a high school teaching qualification from Auckland and a qualification in teaching English as a Second Language from London.
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Meet the Students

Aichun Zhong - English as a Foreign Language

Taking the course here is a huge challenge for Aichun because she has never left home before. “I have to learn new living skills in a new culture. The tutors have encouraged me and they helped get a Home Stay for me when I started.”