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	Students Stories page 2
	By Sachiko ( Japan ) I've studied English at ETC for 9 months, so I could pass IELTS to go to UCOL. At UCOL I studied Professional Cooking, where we learned many kinds of foods. I was worried because all my classmates were local people but they were very friendly, so I enjoyed that class. On 25th November I graduated that course as Top Student. I was very proud. I had a great time at ETC Learning Centre and UCOL in Palmerston North New Zealand.
	By Yana, (Russia) I am really thankful to John and his team at ETC for giving me excellent support and help to learn English. I came to NZ three years ago [2004] from Russia, without any knowledge of either English language or the NZ way of life. Now I am a full-time studnet at the School of Aviation, Massey University. My dreams have come true, Thank you ETC for helping
	By Felicia ( Taiwan) ETC teachers took us to the Marton Maze on 19th January. Before we went, the teachers gave us a brief introduction. It helped us to realize where we were going and what we were going to do. This year (2005) the maze design is Egyptian. I need to say the teachers at ETC are very nice. They drove their own cars to take us and prepared soft drink for us. When we arrived there, we had a good lunch together before going into the Ghost House.
	We wore 3D glasses. It made the effect more scary. Sometimes there were real persons who pretended to be a ghost or a freak man who touch or scare us. You could hear girls screaming and boys laughing. Finally, we found the way out. I was glad to see the sun After the Ghost House, we went into the maze and had the competition. AT geginning, our group had confidence, but after choosing the wrong way, and going in circles in the hot sun, we wanted to give up. Meanwhile, the other team joked with us "Lift your flagm then you can go home!" At the moment, we really considered going back. However, Marie, [our teacher] encouraged us to finish this maze, she believed we could do it. We cheered up and accomplished the maze together. Thanks to ETC for holding an awesome outing for us. It makes me feel we are like a big family in Palmerston North. Yu-Chen KAO from Taiwan

		Hi, my name is MATSUOKA Risa. I lived in Palmerston North, New Zealand for one year and 9 months. I learned many things that I would never have learn't about in Japan. I went to ETC Learning Centre for 22 weeks. I think the school was really good to me and I got score for my IELTS exam. They have a lot of good teachers, and administrators. You can ask anything you want they will help you and give you suggestions. My class had 10-13 students. They came from China, Korea, Japan and Thailand. My teachers were really friendly and kind, so I could ask many things about how to improve my reading or how to write better stories. I talked about rugby games with my tutor ( I like ALL BLACKS )
	The school had a lot of activities for example a sports day! (I played football and basketball with my classmates!) We went canoeing on a lake. We also went to a farm, made some Easter eggs, had a Christmas party and so on. ETC arranged work experience for me at a small shop. I worked as a volunteer every Saturday or afternoon at the Trade Aid shop in Palmerston North for 6 months. I truly enjoyed being a volunteer. My jobs were opening the shop and cashier, customer services, cleaning up the shop and closing the shop and counting the money. All the shop workers are volunteers. The aim of the shop is to help poor people in other countries. The money from the shop goes back to the people who make the products in countries such as; Malaysia, Viet Nam, India, Korea and so on. I enjoyed communicating with customers but sometimes it was hard to understand what the customer wanted because if I've never heard the name of the product, so I couldn't find it, so another volunteer helped me alot. It was a good opportunity to improve my English especially, speaking and listening skills. I was glad to choose ETC because I was able to pass my English test. They also arranged for me to go to UCOL, the local Polytechenic school to study hospitality course. I gained a Certificate in Food and Beverage Services NZQA-level 3. Now I have a good job working in Japan but I miss my friends in New Zealand. Risa
	Jing Liao Last June I was very happy to get an opportunity to study finance at Massey University. My goal is to get a masters degree in two years. After one semester's study, I found I had some problems in listening and speaking, so I decided to study at ETC in the summer holidays to improve my English. Although my friend told me ETC was an excellent language school, I am still not sure how much I can learn in the 12 week period. I worked hard and the teachers helped me very much. It was very good for my University studies and I plan to study and improve my English at ETC in my next holiday break.



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