The aim of this training scheme is to develop learners’ English language skills at an upper-intermediate level, so they are able to communicate effectively and appropriately in a New Zealand high school.

The course has been designed to prepare students to be confident and accurate users of English in all four English language skills for a New Zealand high school context. It is expected that students who complete this course will be able to qualify their opinions to a degree at which they can answer spontaneously when asked questions. They will be applying their knowledge and their use of grammar with few errors and be able to give short presentations on a familiar topic relevant to a NZ high school setting to their classmates. It is expected overall fluency will be at the stage where they do not need to rely on their ethnic language for understanding the English equivalent of words or phrases.