Business English Students Put Theory into Pizza-selling Practice

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Let me introduce my experience in Christine’s business marketing class. We had studied the theories of marketing in business marketing class. One day, the teacher said we were going to sell pizzas the next Friday at the school. I was so excited because I wanted to apply the theories that I have studied to a

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Great Achievement of Our Staff Members

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Congratulations to Languages International staff members who graduated from Auckland University this month Our Marketing Manager Brett Shirreffs has completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. Three of our teaching staff also graduated: Derene Els, with a Master of Professional Studies in Language Teaching; Charlie Eng, with a Master of Arts in Language Teaching; and

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Auckland West Coast Beaches

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Have you ever been on New Zealand’s amazing west coast? If your answer is ‘no’, you should go to these lovely places as fast as possible. I’ve been to three of these beaches. I’d like to describe them and give you some impressions. The easiest thing to recognise, and also the most exciting fact is that

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Languages International Students Recommend Best Travel Destinations in New Zealand’s South Island

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The following South Island destination recommendations were written by a well-traveled CAE class at Languages International: Akaroa – The Pearly Gates One place you should visit in New Zealand is Akaroa. This lovely small village is only 1 hour away from Christchurch by car, but the atmosphere is completely different. You can feel the French

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Mercer Ranks Auckland One of Best Cities in World

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Auckland is one of the best cities in the world to live in, according to Mercer’s 2009 Worldwide Quality of Living Survey. In the international consultancy and investment service provider’s survey of 215 cities, Auckland was ranked fourth-equal with Vancouver, rising from fifth last year. The winning city was the Austrian capital of Vienna, with

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In New Zealand for the 3rd Time – Why Benjamin Keeps Coming Back

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I’m back in New Zealand for the second time since I left the school (Languages International). The reason why? Hopefully, my following notes will explain and show why. Let me first start with the school. The school was recommended by a language retailer called Prolinguis in Switzerland. Though offered several schools in different countries, I choose

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Living and Studying in Auckland City

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Hi we are students from one of the intermediate classes at Languages International. We are Mariko, Yutaka from Japan and Stefanie from Switzerland. We would like to introduce about Auckland city. Auckland city has a range of popular attractions. First, our school is in Albert Park which has really beautiful flowers and trees. It is

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Words of the Day

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This quiz was written by Tomoe, Adel and Jacqueline, who are students at Languages International. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences. In each number, the gaps are filled in with exactly the same word. Have a look at the example and then enjoy completing numbers 1 to 3!  Example: 0. Katie is

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