A special thanks to School Director, Phillip Morris, who showed us around the campus and even let us attend an new student orientation. The private college offers English Language Instruction to foreign nationals. Many of the students are Asian and come as early as 14 years of age. Students under 18 stay in homes of locals. English Language Schools are a big business in New Zealand due to the large number of immigrants from Asia. The government had to step in to regulate the schools, and to regulate the "private home stays" in which the younger students stay. Families are paid an allowance to house students.
This school is very well run and has very high standards. They assess the students frequently using Cambridge assessment to check for progress. We noted that their curriculum was very similar to the one Janice and I have both used teacher ESL at Houston Community College.
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