Welcome to English Language: Choose from Full-time or Part-time study
English at NorthTec is available in part-time and full-time options.
The classes will:
- Enhance your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills
- Expand your vocabulary
- Improve your grammar and pronunciation skills
- Increase your confidence in using English
It will also help you to prepare for entry into an IELTS preparation course if your goal is to undertake academic study in New Zealand. NorthTec also offers IELTS training.
GENERAL PROGRAMME INFORMATION
Start Dates and Prices
NorthTec accepts new students into the English language classes at the beginning of each week throughout the year.
IELTS Preparation classes run twice a year.
Length of Study
You must enrol for a minimum period of two weeks.
Class Levels
You will have an assessment test on your first day. This will help us to place you in the correct English class. English classes are available at various levels from Elementary to Upper Intermediate.
Assessment and Certificates
Assessment takes place weekly and you will receive a written progress report every three months. On completion of your English studies you will receive a NorthTec Certificate in English, provided you have attended 80% of your course. You will also receive a final report, which includes your length of study, level of English achieved, grades and individual comments from your tutors.
Tutors
Whangarei's warm climate and relaxed lifestyle has attracted experienced English language tutors from all over the world. Our staff all take part in continuing professional development activities to ensure they keep up to date with the best practices in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Course Guidance
We recognise that each student has a personal study goal. Our International Student Advisor is available to work with you to provide guidance on study pathways into academic courses both at NorthTec and other New Zealand tertiary institutions.
Student Welfare
Our International Student Support Coordinator is available to assist you with questions about accommodation, visas or any other aspects of living in to New Zealand.
Activities
Northland has a glorious coastline and beautiful green countryside. There are lots of opportunities for outdoor activities, including scuba diving, sailing, surfing, fishing, golfing, kayaking and sight seeing.
NorthTec is close to the beautiful Tutukaka Coast, which offers world class scuba diving in the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve. Other major tourist attractions in Northland include the Bay of Islands, Cape Reinga and Waipoua Forest which has one of the largest trees in the world, the kauri tree called Tane Mahuta. Whangarei is also only two hours drive from Auckland.
The Tourist Information Centre is just five minutes walk from our campus and it has information about how you can book trips such as a Cape Reinga visit or Swimming with the Dolphins. You can go on a relaxed Hole-in-the-Rock cruise or a fast-paced Excitor speedboat ride in the Bay of Islands. The friendly team there can help you to make bookings for excursions, accommodation and transport.
There are also opportunities for you to join sports clubs and try other activities such as horse riding, surfing, fishing and sailing.