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What student type are you?
Are you a New Zealand resident or international student? If you’re a New Zealander or citizen please use Domestic enrolment. If you live outside of New Zealand or are not a Resident or citizen or hold a visa to work and study in New Zealand, use International enrolment.
Seafield now offers LanguageCert International ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) exams. LanguageCert is designed for non-native speakers of English worldwide wanting to provide documented evidence of their knowledge of English, for study or employment. We run B2 Comunicator Test and C1 ExpertTest regularly. Please contact us to find out about upcoming exam dates, how to apply for an exam or just ask for more information.
Helpful Māori words and their translation
According to Maori legend, Kupe, the great Polynesian navigator came to the South Pacific around 1,200 years ago. His first sight was not of the land itself but of a long white cloud that hovered above it, and so he named it Aotearoa, which in Maori means the Land of the Long White Cloud. The country was later called New Zealand.
Today New Zealand is proud of its identity as a diverse and multi-cultural Pacific nation, based on a partnership between Pakeha, as New Zealanders of European origin are called, and Maori. At the heart of that partnership is the Treaty of Waitangi, an agreement that lives on as a national symbol for unity and understanding between cultures.
Approved LanguageCert (ESOL) Testing Centre
As an approved Test Centre we focus on exams that cater to International Students:
Meets the English Language criteria to enter universities and polytechnics in New Zealand
B2 Communicator, High Pass: Entry into Level 5 qualifications
C1 Expert, Pass: Entry into Level 6 and 7 qualifications
C1 Expert, High Pass: Entry into Level 8, 9 and 10 qualifications
LanguageCert International ESOL
Separate Written Exams (Listening, Reading and Writing) and Spoken Exams (Speaking), leading to two separate certificates
Focus on communication skills, i.e. little exam-specific preparation required
Grammar and Vocabulary integrated in the Listening, Reading and Writing sections and not examined separately
Each candidate examined individually during Speaking, so they can perform at their best
Speaking exam conducted by a qualified Interlocutor, who does not do the assessment, to guarantee impartiality
Speaking session recorded and marked by qualified LanguageCert Examiners at a later stage, to ensure possibility of re-marking
Fast results and certificates issuing:
Results and e-certificate 10 days after the exam
Hard-copy certificate shortly after results release
Life-long certificate validity
Practice tests available on LanguageCert website for candidates and see what other support material is available
LanguageCert IESOL exams are accepted by NZQA for the purpose of fulfilling English-language requirements for entry to programmes at levels 3 and above on the NQF (National Qualifications Framework).
Separate Written Exams (Listening, Reading and Writing) and Spoken Exams (Speaking), leading to two separate certificates
Focus on communication skills, i.e. little exam-specific preparation required
Grammar and Vocabulary integrated in the Listening, Reading and Writing sections and not examined separately
Each candidate examined individually during Speaking, so they can perform at their best
Speaking exam conducted by a qualified Interlocutor, who does not do the assessment, to guarantee impartiality
Speaking session recorded and marked by qualified LanguageCert Examiners at a later stage, to ensure possibility of re-marking
Get in touch for more information
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