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

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
    • TOEFL iBT Test

       

      Duration: 

      Start:  Monthly

      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

      Location: UCOL Manawatū 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

       
    • 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

       
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  Free Sign Language Courses

  

  Free Sign Language Courses

  • Certificates

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    • Immersion Sign Language

       

      Duration: 10 weeks, part-time
      

      Start:  Oct

      Location: UCOL Manawatū in Palmerston North

       
    • 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

       
    • Sign in the Workplace

       

      Duration: 10 weeks

      Start:  July

      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: 10 weeks

      Start:  February/July/October

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

       
    • Te Reo Māori Intermediate

       

      Duration: 10 weeks

      Start:  April/May/October

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

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

      Level 4

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

      Start:  TBC

      Location: UCOL Wairarapa in Masterton, Ohakune