Languages

The Languages Faculty encompasses four languages: Spanish, French, Te Reo Maori and Japanese. We teach how to speak the chosen language in a useful and appropriate way.

The majority of our students who learn a language or languages are complete beginners when they start in Year 9. A majority of languages can be studied through all Levels of NCEA.

Being bilingual or even multilingual bestows a distinct advantage upon our students for future studies and career opportunities. Many university faculties welcome a high level of competence in a second language as an indication of academic ability, and are recommending a second language as a means of “having a difference, to stand out” from the majority of graduates.

Students who choose to learn and speak another language open doors to careers of wide diversity. Opportunities through business and commerce, law, medicine, the arts, teaching, engineering and architecture expand exponentially when another language is spoken.

In New Zealand’s increasingly multicultural society, it makes sense for those working in all professions and trades to be able to understand cultural differences and to appreciate them. Learning another language promotes awareness of the differences, and similarities, of those from other cultures that students will eventually work beside.

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Courses in this Faculty

Writer, Historian, Social Work, Translator, Journalist, Marine Biologist, Clergyman, Ministry of Fisheries, Lecturer, Lawyer, Architect, Judge, Child Advocate, NZ Armed Forces, Traveller, Professional Singer/Dancer, Performer, Actor, Kapa Haka Tutor, Radio, Immigration Officer, Television, Exhibition - Carving, Weaving, Painting, Sculptor, Politician, Tourism, Teacher, Linguist, Interpreter, Tourist Operator, Air Hostess, Airline Crew, Airport Worker, Hotel Manager, Import and Export Trader, Business person, Business person,