Skilled Migrant Programme
On this page:
- Introduction
- How the Course Will Help You
- Course Description
- Who is ELIN 941 for?
- Case Studies of Past Students
- Course Dates
- Timetable
- Final Assessment and Certificate
- Fees
- ESOL Assessment and Access Specialist Service
Introduction
Workplace Communication for Skilled Migrants is a non-credit, 1 trimester programme (ELIN 941) to help you understand and develop appropriate communication skills in New Zealand workplaces, to understand employment conditions in New Zealand and to gain New Zealand workplace experience.
How the Course Will Help
This course will help you to:
- interpret and analyse different kinds of workplace interactions
- evaluate your performance in a range of workplace related situations
- practise expressing yourself appropriately
- increasing the richness and accuracy of your English when expressing complex ideas
- gain work experience and reflect on workplace practices.
A key component of the course is to interpret different types of workplace interactions using authentic data from the Language in the Workplace Project. Roleplays are then used extensively to give you intensive guided practice on appropriate language use and body language. Peer, self and tutor evaluation are crucial components of the course.
Course Description
Read a description of the history, philosophy and operation of ELIN 941 Workplace Communication for Skilled Migrants and a description of the partnership of the course with the Rotary Club of Wellington here.
Who is ELIN 941 For?
The course is specifically for recently arrived migrants with a Bachelor degree or higher, whose first language is not English. Migrants' English proficiency level must be good - IELTS 6.0 or above. Migrants must be permanent residents who are currently underemployed or unemployed, and have a minimum of three years work experience in their profession.
Migrants must be referred to the course by the ESOL Assessment and Access Specialist Service
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Course Dates
2010
- ELIN 941 8 March - 11 June
- ELIN 941 12 July - 8 October
Timetable
This course is full time and consists of six weeks of guided communication skills practice in the classroom and six weeks of work placement.
Final Assessment and Certificate
A certificate of participation in Workplace Communication for Skilled Migrants will be awarded to students who fulfil mandatory course requirements.
Fees
This programme is funded by Tertiary Education Commission (TEC)
ESOL Assessment and Access Specialist Service
(with the Multicultural Services Centre)
Level 1
39 Webb Street
Wellington, 6011
Phone: +64-4-384 8618
Email: address