Exciting Courses Starting!

TESOL started Monday

On Monday, we started our TESOL/TKT course with 11 students from 6 different countries - Japan, Korea, Colombia, Thailand, China and Switzerland. A perfect mix of students striving to improve their English and learn the techniques to be a successful English teacher. This training course lasts only 4 weeks. So, if you want to teach English too, the next TESOL/TKT course starts on 13 October.

Lower level IELTS course

 

For the first time, we opened a lower level IELTS course on 19 May for 6 weeks with an entry of 3.5 - 4. Its popularity is proven by the fact that it was full a month before the course even started. This class is composed of 15 students from 7 different countries - Japan, Korea, Thailand, Russia Vietnam, Colombia and Brazil. This is an early preparatory course to help students prepare for the IELTS exam and is an excellent course to do before our regular IELTS course.  We will announce the start date of our next lower level course very soon.  Our next higher level IELTS course (entry level 5 -5.5) starts on 23 June.

For more information on any of our courses, please visit our website www.dominion.school.nz or contact us at marketing@dominion.school.nz.

Written by Hinarau Lin, Intern from Tahiti.

 

‘Mum, Dad, I am not ready to go back home yet!’

 

When deciding to study in an English speaking country, there were plenty of destinations to choose from, but it was New Zealand that caught the eyes of Lucas da Silva Fontes, a young teenager from Brazil. Lucky us, as we had the opportunity to welcome him to the Dominion family – and what a great student Lucas has turned out to be!

Lucas started his studies at Dominion as a General English student. His dedication and commitment soon led him to our Cambridge course, which he successfully completed last week. The beautiful country of New Zealand alongside the high quality education and student support Dominion provides, made Lucas realise that his studies were bound to help him in his future goals and that he could count on us to support him.

‘Mum, Dad, I am not ready to go back home yet!’ The more, the better! After all, English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world! From General English to Cambridge, Lucas is now part of our IELTS class and we are very proud of him and even happier to have him longer!

Studying English abroad is a big decision and requires a lot of work, but equally can be the best experience of your life. No matter what your goal is, Dominion will work with you towards achieving it and provide you with an outstanding language education!

 

What students say about Dominion

 Yasir, Saudi Arabia

 

Yasir with Kirstin (our Director of Studies) and his brother Saleh (also a Dominion student)

 “I’ve studied for over 55 weeks (at Dominion).  At first I couldn’t cope with the way of teaching because it’s quite different from Saudi Arabia, but a short time later I got used to it and I liked it.  The teachers are kind and respectful, and the classes are enjoyable.  My English has significantly improved.  Going from level 3 to level 7 has meant a lot of study, but because of that I got my IELTS result that allows me to do my postgraduate.  I made a lot of friends, some of them have gone back to their country, but I’m still in contact with a lot of them.  New Zealand is a peaceful, enjoyable, green, lovely country and I strongly give my recommendation to visit it.”

Yasir Alzahrani is going to study Engineering at Auckland University of Technology.

Dominion student on pathway to university

This week we will say goodbye to Anastasia from Russia, who has been studying at Dominion for nearly 9 months. Although we are sad to see her go, we are very happy to know she will be continuing her studies by doing a university foundation course that will allow her to attend the University of Auckland in 2014. Anastasia told us “I love Dominion and think it’s like my second family. I’m very sad to leave the school because I have lots of memories here and I love all of the teachers.” She was very happy to have made it
this far with her English studies, saying “It was always my plan to go to University but I could only
do it if I passed my IELTS, so I was very happy to achieve this at Dominion.”

January Newsletter

We are happy our January newsletter is out now:

Happy New Year 2013! 2012 was a tough year in New Zealand and around the world. When times get tough, the Dominion response has always been: ‘Focus on what’s important, quality teaching and services – look after your students, staff and agents.’ We are very focussed on keeping a consistently high level of performance in all areas. New Zealand remains a great place for a visit, to study and to live in. Thank you for your support and best wishes for the coming year.

Signed Martin Wall, Principal.

New for 2013 - This year we have started a new 10 week cycle for our General English classes. Dates are:

7 January - 15 March
18 March - 24 May
27 May - 2 August
5 August - 11 October
14 October - 20 December

It is an advantage to start at the beginning of the new cycle, but our system allows ongoing enrolment and students can start any Monday throughout the year.

New year courses - EAP 1 starts 21st January & IELTS starts 4th February

Best wishes,

Alyson and the Dominion Team - marketing@dominion.school.nz
 

July Magazine + Summary 2012

Hi Everyone!

Brrr! Well, winter is now in full force and so far it seems that July is living up to its reputation as the coldest month of the year in NZ. It might be difficult to get used to for all our new Tahitian students!

But winter can be FUN! Us Kiwis love to head down to the beautiful ski-fields of Mt Ruapehu at this time of year and spend some time in the snow. We have ski trips running almost every weekend in July so ask at Reception if you are interested.

This is a very busy month for us, with over 200 students from all around the world here at Dominion! On July 2nd we started our new IELTS, TECSOL and TOEIC courses, and our up-coming courses include:
23rd July - Evening Classes begin
13th August - EAP 1
and Cambridge Courses starting September 10th!

We hope you have a wonderful July!

The Dominion Team

May Magazine + Summary 2012

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to another edition of our Dominion magazine. We hope you are enjoying the (slightly colder) month of May. We had a busy April with 2 groups from Thailand, Noi’s teenagers and the CLIL group, who brought a lot of fun to the school! There was also TECSOL and J-Shine - well done to all the girls who completed those!
And now things have quietened down and everyone is knuckling down and studying hard. We have begun our new TECSOL, EAP and Cambridge classes and are now preparing for all our upcoming courses: Our next TESOL course begins May 28th, and we are also taking bookings for our new TOEIC Preparation and Business English afternoon class, as well as our next IELTS class, both starting July 2nd. But enough academic talk for now! Enjoy the rest of your May, and don’t forget to relax and have fun. Go outside while you still can!

The Dominion Team

Academic IELTS Preparation course starting 2nd July 2012

6 weeks: Full-time
at Dominion English Schools Auckland

Next course: 2 July 2012: Now booking!!

Course Information:

*This course is designed to extend the skills of reading, writing,
listening and speaking to help students perform well in the IELTS exam

*Minimum 8 students – maximum 14 students

* Text/materials fee: $75

*Entry level of IELTS 5.0 – 5.5 or current English level of
intermediate or above. Entrance test applies!

*Closed course for 6 weeks

*2012 course dates: 2 July, 13 Aug, 24 Sept, 5 Nov.

If you have any questions or would like to book a pre-test please contact us marketing@dominion.school.nz

March Magazine 2012 + Summary

March Dominion Schools magazine is now available in our school. Our students have already received a free copy. Colour copies are $2.50.

Summer is coming to an end in the City of Sails as we welcome the new month of March and all the excitement it brings with it!

This month we are keeping busy, with new TESOL, FCE, and CAE courses starting soon, and our 6-week IELTS course is still going strong. Well done to those students who have taken on the challenges of these courses.

We were also lucky enough to welcome 34 new students at the end of February and most of them will stay with us until the end of March or longer.

Make sure you head out and enjoy the last few weeks of summer, go to the beach or maybe take a weekend away with Zane and some friends on one of our weekend trips adventures! It’s the perfect way to see a little more of our beautiful country.

We hope you’ve had a great start to 2012 and are looking forward to the rest of it (we sure are!).

The Dominion Team

IELTS starting 20th February

Academic IELTS Preparation course
6 weeks: Full-time
at Dominion English Schools
8th floor 155 Queen St – Auckland

Next course: 20 February 2012: Now booking!!

Course Information:

*This course is designed to extend the skills of reading, writing,
listening and speaking to help students perform well in the IELTS
exam

*Text/materials fee: $75

*Minimum 8 students – maximum 14 students

*Entry level of IELTS 5.0 – 5.5 or current English level of intermediate or above. Entrance test applies!

*Closed course for 6 weeks

2012 course dates: 20 Feb, 2 Apr, 21 May, 2 July, 13 Aug, 24 Sept, 5 Nov.

Please contact us if you want more information about this course marketing(at)dominion.school.nz

Istvan's Card

Former IELTS student Istvan Bessenyei from Hungary sent us this wonderful email and card!

He wrote, "During the IELTS course breaks Rachel and JK would draw caricatures of themselves and some of their other classmates as well as Fay, our teacher. Based on their original illustrations I made a small card for the group just to say hello and to wish them all the best for the year of the Tiger. And, I also thought that you would be glad to see it!"

Below: The IELTS class of July 2009. Can you spot the who the caricatures are?

Thank you Rachel and JK for your caricatures and Istvan for creating and sending us the card!