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Funding Change Will Keep Refugees On Benefits
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 9:23 am | ESOL
Changes to training courses announced last week by the Ministry of Social Development and the TEC will leave refugees permanently stuck on the dole, unable to work or develop new skills, according to TESOLANZ, the national association of ESOL Teachers. More >>
More workers gain English language skills
Friday, 1 May 2009, 3:38 pm | ESOL
More workers will be able to read, write and communicate in English through a new national programme to boost literacy and language skills in the workplace. More >>
Kia ora neighbour – Race Relations Day
Friday, 20 March 2009, 1:01 pm | ESOL
Race Relations Day, 21 March, is a time for New Zealanders to acknowledge the nation’s cultural diversity. ESOL Home Tutors is seizing the opportunity to highlight the benefits of this diversity. More >>
Honouring Bilingual Assistants
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 10:01 am | ESOL
Former refugees who provide vital support to help more recent arrivals learn literacy skills are to be honoured by ESOL Home Tutors on International Mother Language Day. More >>
Linking the past and future
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 2:46 pm | ESOL
Bilingual family history books are to be presented to adult refugees, who are taking part in a unique literacy project, in Christchurch. More >>
The migration experience: liberating or what?
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 2:16 pm | ESOL
Migration can be a liberating experience for women or it can lead to more traditional female roles, but either way, theirs is a different experience from that of their male partners. The coordinator of AUT’s Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research, ... More >>
