Tīhei uriuri, tīhei nakonako
Connecting Languages, Culture and Identity
Growing, strengthening, and advocating for language learning and use, and sustaining heritage languages in schools.
Build your skills and strengthen your language teaching practice with one of our hands-on workshops or programmes.
We offer programmes, workshops, in-person classroom support, online support and resources to help strengthen language learning in New Zealand schools, and many of our services are fully-funded.
We also advocate for language learning and language maintenance in New Zealand schools.
Just need access to some teaching resources or want to know the latest research? Join our vibrant community.
Over 20 facilitators and kaiako
What we do
For school leaders
- Provide funded PLD to sustain teacher pedagogy.
- Explain the value of learning a language to students in the wider context of all their learning.
- Develop a robust and sustainable language programme.
- Highlight career opportunities for students of languages.
- Strengthen an existing language programme.
- Help schools build international links.
- Support the development of teacher efficacy.
- Plan and run cultural events to create a multicultural environment.
- Improve outcomes for students taking languages.
For principals
- Develop a robust and sustainable language programme.
- Improve outcomes for students taking languages.
- Strengthen an existing language programme.
- Explain the value of learning a language to students in the wider context of all their learning.
- Develop your skills as a middle leader.
- Highlight career opportunities for students of languages.
- Plan and run cultural events to create a multicultural environment.
For language teachers
- Understand the importance of ongoing development for languages teachers.
- Improve outcomes for your students.
- Develop your skills in a wide range of research backed pedagogy.
- Connect with other teachers around the country.
- Provide access to grants to develop language teaching in your school.
- Highlight career opportunities for students of languages.
- Make languages visible.
- Help you to become influential within your school community and an advocate for language learning.
We provide professional development in language teaching pedagogy across all languages.
Explore our upcoming courses & workshops
Chinese Bridge New Zealand Students Spring/Autumn Camp
Embark on an enriching journey with the Chinese Bridge Spring/Autumn Camp, offering New Zealand students a captivating immersion into the vibrant culture and timeless traditions of China's iconic cities, Beijing and Xi'an.
GROW: Continuing to Thrive as Teachers of Multi-Level Language Classes
This course is designed as a follow on from GROW Thriving as Teachers of Multi-Level Language Classes, to continue to support educators to develop and implement strategies to improve outcomes for students in multi-level language classes.
GROW: Heritage Languages in my classroom
This course is designed to support teachers to grow and develop the heritage languages of linguistically and cullturally diverse learners in their classroom and the wider school. Participants will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills, resources and networks to support heritage language learners and their families in their schools.
GROW: Equipping Junior High School Students for their Senior Language Programmes
This course is designed for language teachers of junior programmes to explore different language teaching approaches that suit Years 9 and 10, equip themselves with practical strategies to build learners' confidence in all language skills, and implement newly learned approaches and strategies to provide a more solid foundation for senior language programmes for their learners.
Join the Languages Learning Circle
The Languages Learning Circle is an online destination where you will find: our Calendar of Events, our searchable and rich resource hub (Pātaka Rauemi), and much more!
We've created this online space to allow all educators - teachers, school leaders and academics - to come together and share.
It's free to join for all NZ registered teachers. Register now using the link below!
Making an impact
Hear from educators whose practice have been positively impacted by our innovative approach to learning and professional development.