Our mission is to open the world through education.
Since 1965, we've aimed to make that possible through our language courses abroad, helping students of all ages immerse in a new language and transform their lives.
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Our high-quality educational programmes have earned us accreditation by prestigious monitoring bodies and organisations, including the Independent Schools Inspectorate, British Council, EAQUALS, ACCET, and many other government-approved education associations.
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For 60 years, EF has set the international standard as a pioneer in language learning. To date, EF has helped millions people to learn a new language, discover the world, or earn an academic degree.
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EF EdTech collaborates with the most prestigious universities worldwide – including the University of Cambridge – to define the future of language learning. Together this collective of the world’s leading linguists, scientists and language experts are pioneering initiatives in language acquisition, teaching technology and progress assessment.
Our language learning system is designed to give you flexibility and variety in how you learn while guaranteeing that you achieve maximum progress.
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We help you personalise your study programme to meet your own needs. Set your language-learning goal. Choose how long and intensively you wish to study. Focus your lessons on the topics that interest you most.
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Through the years, EF has relentlessly focused on perfecting the faster way to learn a language. Combining both research and experience, our EF EF Method System guarantees you’ll learn faster with great results. We are so confident that you’ll learn faster with our EF EF Method System that we actually guarantee your progress. Attend all of your classes, do all the assignments and we guarantee you will advance one EF course level every eight weeks (more time for higher levels). If you don’t, you will study for free until you do.
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Discover how long you will need to study to reach your goals. Upon completion of your course, you will take the EF SET (EF Standard English Test) to demonstrate your exit level.
The EF Method System is designed to give you flexibility and variety in how you learn. You learn more in class because more time is spent speaking through communicative lessons and group projects. Then you reinforce your learning with innovative language lab (iLab) modules, which are assigned by your teacher to complement your classroom learning. Synchronised with your face-to-face lessons, the iLab allows you to focus on your exact needs – you study what you need most.
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Your teacher will assign tutorials and optional modules for you to complete in our innovative language lab (iLab). These online exercises are synchronised with both your EF textbook units and your face-to-face classroom topics. All Intensive, General and Exam courses include structured iLab self study, allowing you to efficiently focus on the areas you need most. Work on pronunciation, accent reduction, or listening comprehension. You don’t even have to wait until you are at your EF school to benefit from our exciting iLab tools.
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We know the difference a great teacher makes in language learning. All EF teachers are fully initiated in the EF Method System and have many years of experience. But what really sets EF teachers apart is that they are hand-selected for their personality, dedication and enthusiasm when it comes to your progress.
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Class sizes are maintained with an average of 12-15 (max. 17) students, so you receive personal and supportive attention.
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Since 1965, EF’s unwavering mission has been to help people of all ages learn languages, travel abroad and experience meaningful cultural exchanges. Millions of satisfied clients have made us the world’s largest private educational organisation.
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EF has highly trained staff in every course centre so that the highest standards of instruction, comfort, safety and service are maintained. They are supported by educational advisors, sales representatives and operational teams in EF offices around the world. Contact your nearest EF office.
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We have established the EF Research Unit at the University of Cambridge Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. In 2011, the EF Research Unit was awarded a grant from the prestigious Isaac Newton Trust of Trinity College to do groundbreaking research improving the way students learn English.
Rest assured, you’ll be studying with an organisation you can trust. EF schools are accredited according to the standards set by the world’s most respected education authorities. See a full list of our accreditations and approvals.
EF International Language Centre, Auckland is a member of English New Zealand, and meet their additional quality assurance standards over and above NZQA requirements.
The EF International Language Centre in Auckland is also accredited by NZQA.
For more about EF’s educational mission, history and culture see About Us.
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