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English Language Colleges in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is located to the southeast of Australia, and is composed of two main islands: the North Island and the South Island. The South Island is the larger island, and is divided along its length by the Southern Alps, while the North Island is less mountainous but more volcanic. The realm of New Zealand also includes Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, the Cook Islands, and the Ross Dependency in Antarctica.

Its capital is Wellington, though its largest city is Auckland.  The official languages are Maori and English, as its indigenous people are the Maori and it was settled by Europeans in the seventeenth century. The first Europeans to reach New Zealand were Dutch, who gave it the name Nova Zeelandia, but it was the English who claimed sovereignty and negotiated a treaty with the Maori in 1840, thereby anglicising the name to ‘New Zealand’. Queen Elizabeth II is the official head of state, represented by the Governor-General, however the actual governing of the country is undertaken by the democratically elected Parliament and Prime Minister.

English Colleges in New Zealand

 The GEOS Wellington English College was established in 2003 and is the youngest of the GEOS group. Usually the college contains around 30 to 40 students. The school caters for General English courses (both full-time and part-time), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and TOEIC (Test of English for International Purposes) courses, Cambridge FCE (First Certificate in English) and CAE (Advanced English) courses, as well as IELTS Examination Preparation and English for Academic Purposes.

The GEOS Christchurch English college opened in 1997 and has now grown to 120 students, though the maximum number of students in a class remains only twelve so students can interact with the teacher easily. It is located in the heart of the city, next to the Avon River. Students come from all over the world to learn English there, with a variety of courses.