ESOL Home Tutors
(North Shore)

Centre area - North Shore

Manager -  Birgit Grafarend-Watungwa
Coordinator - Marisa Gonzalez

Address - PO Box 331184, Takapuna, North Shore City 0740
1st Floor, 2 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna, North Shore City 0622
Telephone - (09) 489 2078
Fax - (09) 489 2076
Email - nthshore@esolht.org.nz

Our Immigrant Heritage
For nearly a thousand years, people have come to live in New Zealand, first from the Pacific and then from further afield. Although the immigrants' first cultures are as varied as their reasons for coming here to live, they all have a strong desire to participate in New Zealand society.

English is a second or a third language for most new immigrants. Many have studied English in their own country and are anxious to put this knowledge into practice - to get a job, to study successfully or to speak with new friends and neighbours.

For others, communicating in English is a completely new and daunting experience.

ESOL Home Tutors (North Shore)
provides free home-based English language support to adults who do not have English as their first language. The scheme trains volunteer tutors to help refugees and immigrants to learn English and cope with adjusting to life in New Zealand. In particular it targets those who are facing financial hardship and who are unable to attend institution-based courses.

Tutors help learners

• Acquire language which is immediately useful and which will increase their understanding of New Zealand life.
  
• Become aware of their rights and responsibilities.
  
• Use language to survive, adjust and develop.
  
• With introductions to people or groups in the local area or by helping them contact other services such as the Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB), community classes or their children's school.

Home Tutor assistance aims to empower individuals to cope and function independently.

Tutor Training - the course covers a number of learning areas including:

• Cross-cultural awarness - understanding other cultures and relating to people from different backgrounds.
  
• Current theories and techniques of language teaching.
  
• Adults as language learners.
  
• Identifying learner needs and setting learner goals.
  
• Planning tutoring sessions, using different approaches and use of resource materials.

Tutor training courses are run four times a year and run for either 2 times a week for five weeks or 1 time a week for 10 weeks. Each session runs for 2 hours.

Would you like to become a volunteer ESOL Tutor home tutor the North Shore? If so, please phone the scheme on 4892078

2008 Tutor Training Courses

Course 3 - Wednesday mornings for 10 weeks, 23 July 2008 - 24 September 2008. Recall: 19 November 2008 - from 9.30am-11.30am
Venue: The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont

Course 4 - Monday and Wednesday evenings for 5 weeks, 13 October 2008 - 17 November 2008. Recall: 19 January 2009 - from 6.30pm-8.30pm
Venue: TenPin Bowling League Hall, 2 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

*Please note there is no session on Monday 27th October

2009 Tutor Training Courses

Tutor Training Course 1
Monday and Wednesday evenings for 5 weeks
23 February - 25 March, Recall: 18 May
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Dates: 23 February, 25 February, 2 March, 4 March, 9 March, 11 March, 16 March, 18 March, 23 March, 25 March 18 May 2009 (Recall).

Tutor Training Course 2
Wednesday mornings for 10 weeks
29 April - 1 July, Recall: 2 September
9.30am - 11.30am
Dates: 29 April, 6 May, 13 May, 20 May, 27 May, 3 June, 10 June, 17 June, 24 June, 1 July
2 September (Recall).

Tutor Training Course 3
Wednesday and Friday mornings for 5 weeks
29 July - 28 August, Recall: 23 October
9.30am - 11.30am
Dates: 29 July, 31 July, 5 August, 7 August, 12 August, 14 August, 19 August, 21 August, 26 August, 28 August
23 October (Recall).

Tutor Training Course 4*
Monday and Wednesday evenings for 5 weeks
12 October - 11 November, Recall: 18 January 2010
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Dates: 12 October, 14 October, 19 October, 21 October, 28 October, 2 November, 4 November, 9 November, 11 November, 16 November
18 January 2010 (Recall).
* Please not that there is no session on Monday, 26 October (Labour Day).

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