Pre-purchased English Language Tuition (PELT)

Course Description

As a part of New Zealand's residency requirements, some migrants are required to pay English language tuition fees to Immigration New Zealand when they apply for their resident visas. If your partner and children do not meet the English language proficiency requirement when they apply for resident visas, they will be asked to pay tuition for attending English language courses offered by a PELT-approved education provider. (For more details please refer to TEC's website).

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Zealive Institute of New Zealand has been approved by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to deliver Pre-purchased English Language Tuition (PELT) courses to eligible migrants. 

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Entry Requirements

To be eligible to enrol in Pre-purchased English Language Tuition (PELT) courses you must be a migrant who has paid money for English language tuition to Immigration New Zealand before you arrived in New Zealand.

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Course Structure

Depending on students' individual needs, there are 3 types of courses to choose from:

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English as a Second Language

This is a full-time course covering four core learning skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. We also include pronunciation, functional and topical English as well as New Zealand culture. These group classes are divided accordingly to students' needs form.

Beginner 1 to Upper-Intermediate levels.

 

Hours per week: 20 hours

Class Time: Morning class 9.30 am to 2.00 pm/Evening class 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm.

Location: Zealive Institute City Campus

 

Highlights:

• High quality of group coaching with entertaining group activities

• Course content also approved by NZQA as a registered training scheme

• Suitable for students with low English level and focused on daily English content

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IELTS Preparation

This is a full-time course including General and Academic IELTS Preparation. General IELTS is required for Immigration applications only and academic IELTS is used for acceptance into vocational and university programmes. In addition to studying the four macro-skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing, students also study exam techniques and strategies and each of the macro skills is dissected to give students a full understanding of the different types of questions used within each of the skills.

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Focused students may expect to increase their IELTS scores by the end of a 12-week study. During studying, every student has IELTS mock tests every 3 weeks.

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Hours per week: 20 hours

Class Time: Morning class 9.30 am to 2.00 pm/Evening class 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm.

Location: Zealive Institute City Campus

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Highlights:

• High quality of group coaching with a native English teacher to help students build their confidence in Speaking and Listening

• Course content also approved by NZQA as a registered training scheme

• Suitable for students with some English foundation and looking to improve their IELTS results

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VIP 1-1 or 1-2 Tailored Tutoring

This is a part-time course. Students will have 1-1 or 1-2 private tutoring to quickly achieve their required English levels. Our experienced tutors will identify the weak points and will work on them to achieve the highest result.

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Hours per week: Based on the student's request

Class Time: Based on the student's request

Location: Zealive Institute of New Zealand City Campus or Home visit

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Highlights:

• Customised private tutoring with flexible time arrangement

• VIP teaching with a tailored study plan to quickly improve English levels

• Suitable for students with specific English learning needs

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