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.

 

Congratulations TESOL Class!!

Last week was the end of our 4 week TESOL course.  Please see our happy graduates above.  Well done everyone, you did so well!
Our TESOL course is designed for non-native speakers of English who would like to learn how to teach English to young adults and adult learners. It also prepares students to take the Cambridge TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test).  The course covers teaching methodology, learning styles, language analysis and, of course, lots of teaching practice!
Dominion's teacher training department is renowned for its skills and experience, and our courses are very popular.  We not only run TESOL and TECSOL/J-shine courses for student teachers, we also run teacher training sessions for our own qualified teachers and for teachers from other schools throughout Auckland.  In October, Dominion hosted an annual teacher training day open to teachers from all schools, which included sessions on the latest teaching techniques such as using mobile devices in the classroom.  The day was a great success and everyone learnt lots of great techniques that they can introduce to their classrooms.


Our next training course for student teachers is our TECSOL course (teaching English to children) starting on 3 February 2014.  Our next TESOL course (teaching English to adults) starts on 17 March 2014.  Book your space quickly to avoid disappointment!  For further information, please visit our website www.dominion.school.nz or email us now marketing@dominion.school.nz.

Teacher Training Courses Starting Soon!

 

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

April Magazine + Summary 2012

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

Welcome to anther edition of our school magazine. It’s April now and in Auckland, autumn is on its way!
We are making our way through the month here at Dominion, and are busy as usual. Welcome back to
Noi, who comes to Dominion every year, and has brought a brand new group of Thai teens with her!
It’s great to have you all here, we hope you enjoy your time learning English with us.

Over the next few weeks, we have a lot of exciting things happening:
EAP 1 (combined with IELTS) – starting May 7th
TESOL – starting May 28th
TECSOL – starting May 14th
Make sure you enrol now if you’d like to take any of these courses!

We also have another public holiday coming up – ANZAC day. It’s on April 25th and the school will be
closed all day. Don’t forget to turn off your alarm!

Have a great April!

The Dominion Team

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

TESOL / TKT March course update

 TESOL / TKT course is fully booked!!! (started 5th March)

Next course: 28th May

4 weeks: Full-time

 Course Information:
* This course is designed to introduce ESL teaching techniques,
methodology and theory to help students become English language
teachers in their home country. It also supports students in the
Cambridge TKT exam.
*Minimum 4 students – maximum 12 students
* Entry level of IELTS 5.0 – 5.5 or current English level of
intermediate or above. Entrance test applies!
*Closed course for 4 weeks
*TKT exam Saturday 14 April 2012
*Next 2012 course date: 8 October

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

TESOL / TKT course

4 weeks: Full-time

at Dominion English Schools

8th floor 155 Queen St – Auckland

Next course: 5 March 2012: Now booking!!

Course Information:
* This course is designed to introduce ESL teaching techniques,
methodology and theory to help students become English language
teachers in their home country. It also supports students in the
Cambridge TKT exam.
*Minimum 4 students – maximum 12 students
* Entry level of IELTS 5.0 – 5.5 or current English level of
intermediate or above. Entrance test applies!
*Closed course for 4 weeks
*TKT exam Saturday 14 April 2012
* 2012 course dates: 5 March, 28 May and 8 October

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