English Language Skills
Course details
About the course
This programme will help you develop your English language skills getting you ready to then start studying through English. Here you will be introduced to both formal and informal English and you will learn to understand written and oral English.
This programme is taught through a combination of face to face tuition along with supervised and independent online work.
What you will learn:
- Communicate both formally and academically
- Create and understand oral and written texts
- Develop formal and informal communication skills
- Improve English language skills to help prepare you for study
- Actively participating in conversations
Pathways
Students enrol in the course at their level of English, identified by the initial placement test or an officially recognised proficiency test result. They then have the opportunity to progress through the levels as a pathway to the NZCEL (New Zealand Certificate in English Language) level 4 and 5 programmes.
Successful completion of the NZCEL programmes enables direct entry into degree and post-graduate programmes. A student may opt to take an IELTS test upon completion of this programme and proceed to their destination programme.
Enrolment
Students will be placed in class based on their standard of English. Students English standard will be determined by a proficiency test.
This programme will run subject to sufficient numbers.
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* International fees shown here do not include insurance and administration (currently approximately $780 per year of study)
About the provider
Whitireia and WelTec have a history of over 100 years of
vocational education delivery. We are proud stewards of our whakapapa, owning
our collective histories and aspirations for the future through acknowledging
people, place, culture, and values.
Whitireia and WelTec is known for our high student success rates and culturally diverse ākonga. Every year we train over 8,000 ākonga who study at one of our campuses across Porirua and Petone. Our highly skilled staff will be with you every step of your journey, providing the best possible learning environment. We enable learners from every stage of life – school leavers, university graduates, those preparing to reenter the workforce and those wanting to retrain or upskill. Our learning environments are open and ready to welcome you all.
More and more New Zealanders are choosing a local study pathway through dedicated vocational education providers to gain the qualifications they need to get ahead and into their dream job. We offer a range of programmes of study at certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate qualifications. Our programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry to offer excellent vocational qualifications that are future-focused and provide ākonga with practical skills to pursue their career goals.
We are known for our Ahureitanga (distinctiveness), and we have special relationships with Iwi mana whenua as our campuses are in their rohe: Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.
Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou. Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.