- Intensive English
We offer an Intensive English Course which takes place on weekdays during the mornings and in the afternoons (optional). This course is very popular with students who are registered at or plan to register at a tertiary institution, but is also very useful for business professionals. Whether you are at an elementary, pre-intermediate or advanced level, we can assist you to improve your English language skills – reading, writing, listening, speaking and understanding – so that you can improve your results in your studies or your confidence in communicating effectively in the business world. We recommend a 300 hour course over 6 months, but can accommodate any length of course required.
- English Works
Offered on Saturday mornings (20 hours over 7 weeks), with another (extended) version of the course run on selected weekday evenings, English Works allows students to improve their proficiency in English and to gain confidence to be able to communicate clearly and effectively. The classes are flexible enough to allow you to deal with specific language needs and solve problems which you encounter in day-to-day communicating.
- Practical isiZulu
This course, which is run on Monday evenings (40 hours over 13 weeks), is for beginners who require basic communicative proficiency in isiZulu. The course is designed for non-speakers of the language who need not have prior knowledge of it. Learners will acquire a sufficient vocabulary base to be able to conduct simple conversation in isiZulu.
- South African Sign Language
If you are wanting to improve your communication skills with the deaf/ hearing impaired, then this is the course for you! At the end of the course, learners will be able to conduct simple conversation in sign language. Courses are run on Saturday mornings (20 hours over 7 weeks).
We provide group or one-on-one support/ tutoring to help you if are you are needing to improve your IELTS score. You are able to focus on one or two skills specifically or all four.
English language editing and proofreading (of theses, dissertations, journal articles and reports etc.), is also on offer as well as interactive editing and academic writing support. Translating and transcribing services are also provided. Please email us for more information.
For the Intensive English course, the rate is R75 per hour course. A 60-hour course costs R4 500 per month. A deposit equal to one month’s fees is required for registration. This is deducted off your total course fees.
The costs of the other courses vary: English Works costs R2 400 (20 hours), Practical isiZulu costs R4 800 (40 hours) and South African Sign Language costs R2 650 (20 hours) including the manual.
All our dedicated teachers are mother-tongue English language speakers with appropriate qualifications (TEFL/ CELTA) to teach English as an additional language and have years of experience in teaching.
We use the very popular and highly effective Headway series of books, published by Oxford University Press. We also source other material and use it as needed. Depending on your level, you may need to pay an additional fee for student books and work books.
Yes, 100% attendance is required to receive a certificate that will include the number of hours of study completed. A report will also be issued including information of your progress. The certificate and report can be used to gain entry to English medium universities, where a certain level of proficiency in English is required.
Since April 2020, we have been operating remotely/ virtually and as of September 2020, we no longer have an office at 33 Alan Paton Avenue, Pietermaritzburg. However, this is the venue we will use for face-to-face classes, once these start up again after the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we can no longer accommodate walk-ins, as we were able to in the past. To arrange a meeting with the Director, Jenny, please call or (preferably) WhatsApp message her on 083 593 2855, or email admin@kznlanguageinstitute.com.
The closure of our office means that we are not always available anytime between 8am and 5pm on weekdays, as we were in the past. It is best to send an email through to us and we will get back to you as soon as possible (admin@kznlanguageinstitute.com).
We are able to assist you with a letter confirming registration after a deposit has been paid. Various documents are necessary for this process. Please note that we are responsible to report lack of arrival, registration, deregistration and completion of a course to the Director-General of Home Affairs in South Africa.
