Liz

Farewell to our Teacher / Teacher Trainer Liz

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At the end of 2019 we had another sad farewell at Languages International. Our teacher Liz has moved on to new role as Auckland University’s DELNA Language Advisor. Liz made an enormous contribution to LI over the years, taking on lots of different roles at the school. She started her career at LI in 2005

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Rhonda

Farewell to our teacher Rhonda

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As 2019 came to a close, we were very sad to say good bye to our teacher Rhonda who retired in December after 14 years at Languages International. Rhonda is a much-loved and highly flexible member of the LI team. In addition to teaching all kinds of

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Larissa's farewell card and a pink rose from the bunch of flowers she was given

Farewell to our Regional Marketing Manager Larissa Merz

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After 20 wonderful years working at Languages International in a variety of roles, our talented and creative Regional Marketing Manager Larissa Merz is moving on to explore new projects and other adventures. At Larissa’s farewell, we discovered that in addition to being an artist and dancer, our multi-talented, multi-lingual colleague, also sings beautifully. In lieu

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HD

Farewell HD!

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This is HD’s last week at Languages International as he is retiring after having taught here since the year 2000. In honour of the occasion, our teacher Sally MacGregor interviewed HD. 1. How is it that you were born in England, but now live in New Zealand? I trained as a high school teacher in

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Rose, Gabriela and Larissa (Our Regional Marketing Manager for Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey)

New Brazilian Student Advisor at Languages International

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Yesterday we were sad to say goodbye to our Brazilian Student Advisor Gabriela. Gabriela has done a wonderful job of supporting our Brazilian students over the last five years. We wish her all the best in her new career! We are happy to welcome Rose back to Languages International as our new Brazilian Student Advisor.

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Michael on graduation day.

Congratulations to our Assistant Director of Studies, Michael Gask, on gaining his second Master’s degree!

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A huge congratulations to our Assistant Director of Studies, Michael Gask, on his recent graduation from Victoria University of Wellington with a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – MA(TESOL)! This is Michael’s second Master’s degree. The first was a Master of Arts with Honours in English. Michael has also

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Melissa Hecksher Graduating with her Master in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Congratulations to our teacher, Melissa Hecksher, on gaining her Master’s degree & joining Languages International’s Teacher Training team

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We would like to congratulate our teacher Melissa Hecksher, who has graduated from the University of Auckland with a Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with First Class Honours. Melissa is adding this to an already impressive array of qualifications including her Bachelor of Arts degree, Cambridge CELTA and Cambridge Delta. Melissa

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Languages International has a new Director of Studies

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We are sad to say goodbye to our Director of Studies, Annie Thode, who has been an invaluable staff member at Languages International for the last 27 years. Annie’s first contact with Languages International was as a Teacher Trainee, and since then she has worked here as a much-loved Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Assistant Director of

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Author Craig Thaine

Award nomination for innovative textbook series

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We’re proud and excited to announce that one of the Languages International team has been chosen as a finalist in the British Council’s ELTons, the international awards that recognise and celebrate innovation in English language teaching (ELT). Our Director of Teacher Training, Craig Thaine, is one of the main authors of the Cambridge English Empower

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