Language & Culture

Enhance your communication skills with UCOL's suite of language and culture programmes.

Choose from Māori, English and Sign Language.

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  English Language

  

  English Language

  • Certificates

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    • New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 5) (Academic)

      Level 5

      Duration: 19 weeks

      Start:  February/July/August

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
    • New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 4) (Academic)

      Level 4

      Duration: 18 weeks, full-time

      Start:  February/July/September

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
    • New Zealand Certificate in Language Teaching

      Level 4

      Duration: 26 weeks, part-time

      Start:  August

      Location: Online with a block course and on-campus workshops in Palmerston North

       
    • New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 3) (General)

      Level 3

      Duration: 18 weeks, full-time

      Start:  February/July

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
    • Academic English Online Training Scheme

      Level 4

      Duration: 18 weeks part time

      Start:  September

      Location: Online

       
    • New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 3) (Applied)

      Level 3

      Duration: 18 weeks, full-time

      Start:  February/July

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
    • TOEFL iBT Test

       

      Duration: 

      Start:  Monthly

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
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  Free Sign Language Courses

  

  Free Sign Language Courses

  • Certificates

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    • Introduction to Sign Language

       

      Duration: 10 weeks, part-time

      Start:  February/July

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Whanganui

       
    • Conversational Sign Language

       

      Duration: One evening per week, 6 - 8pm

      Start:  May/October

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Whanganui

       
    • Immersion Sign Language

       

      Duration: 10 weeks, part-time
      

      Start:  TBC

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
    • Sign in the Workplace

       

      Duration: 10 weeks

      Start:  TBC

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
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  Māori Studies

  

  Māori Studies

  • Certificates

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    • Te Reo Māori for Beginners

       

      Duration: 8 weeks

      Start:  October/ February

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North,
      UCOL Horowhenua in Levin, UCOL Whanganui, UCOL Wairarapa in Masterton

       
    • Te Reo Māori Intermediate

       

      Duration: 10 weeks

      Start:  October/Feb

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Whanganui, UCOL Horowhenua, UCOL Wairarapa in Masterton

       
    • Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Reo Rua) (Te Kaupae 4)

      Level 4

      Duration: 1 year, part-time
      Wairarapa - Wednesdays 5:30 - 9:30pm
      and six weekend wānanga marae
      
      Ohakune- 1 night per week (TBC) and six weekend noho marae
      

      Start:  2021 TBC

      Location: UCOL Wairarapa in Masterton, Ohakune

       
    • Te Pōkaitahi Reo (Rumaki) (Te Kaupae 5)

      Level 5

      Duration: 1 year, part-time
      Wairarapa - Wednesdays 5:30 - 9:30pm
      and six weekend wānanga marae

      Start:  02 Mar 2020

      Location: UCOL Wairarapa in Masterton

       
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  Samoan Language

  

  Samoan Language

  • Other Programmes

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    • Ole Gagana Samoa (Level 2)

      Level 2

      Duration: 40 hours
      Wednesdays 6pm - 8pm
      
      

      Start:  August

      Location: Ngati Apa Education, Marton
      (old Turakina Girls college)

       
    • Ole Gagana Samoa Beginners

       

      Duration: Thursday mornings 10am -12pm

      Start:  August

      Location: Ngati Apa Education, Marton
      (old Turakina Girls college)