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Surge in language students follows NZ-China trade deal

Radio New Zealand, 10 Sept 2008

A language school in Auckland reports an influx of Chinese language students following the signing of a free trade deal between New Zealand - China in April. Euroasia Director Kenneth Leong was interviewed for this programme.

Success of International Language Week

Scoop press release, 9 Sept 2008

The recently concluded International Languages Week (ILW) provided an excellent opportunity to develop the community's awareness of the languages around them and to highlight the benefits of learning additional languages.

International Languages Week - Free classes

Scoop press release, 15 Aug 2008

International Languages Week (ILW) celebrates the diversity of languages used in New Zealand and throughout the world. ILW provides an excellent opportunity to develop the community's awareness of the languages around them and to highlight the benefits of learning additional languages. Euroasia is a key supporter of ILW and we believe part of our corporate responsibility is to share our passion for foreign languages and cultures with New Zealanders.

Euroasia on the move

Scoop press release, 28 May 2008

Euroasia announced that the company intends to expand capacity and serve its clients better by moving its head office and Auckland operation to significantly larger premises at 10 Titoki Street, Parnell, in July 2008. The new location at the Auckland Domain is very central, and easily accessible by clients from all over Auckland.

Made in China

Unlimited Magazine , September 2007

A growing number of products from New Zealand companies now carry the ‘Made in China’ label. Here are some that have jumped on the China manufacturing bandwagon. Euroasia's Director Kenneth Leong was interviewed by Unlimited Magazine for this article.

Why should Kiwis learn a foreign language?
Ponsonby News, September 2007
“As speakers of English, the international language, New Zealanders are in a very privileged position,”says Euroasia’s CEO Kenneth Leong, when we deal with people from another country, they often speak English; when we travel overseas, we can nearly always find someone somewhere who speaks English; and it’s very clear which is the first language of the Internet.
So why should we bother to learn a foreign language? There are five main reasons.

Chinese language TV channel to be launched

TV3 News, 6pm, 11 August 2007

Euroasia's Director Kenneth Leong was interviewed by 3 News on the state of foreign language learning in NZ in conjunction with the launch of a new Chinese language TV channel.

Euroasia listed in NBR’S top 10
Ponsonby News, August 2007
If you visit 100 Franklin Road, Ponsonby, you will find a small language school. It may seem modest and unpretentious (and indeed it may be), however, don’t make any assumptions too quickly. For behind the modest exterior is Euroasia, which
made the National Business Review's top 10 most exciting companies survey in the education sector last month.

Don't lose out, learn other cultures

iBall, 30 July 2007

Euroasia Cross Cultural consultant Albert Deng talks to iBall about what to look out for when dealing with people from China. Albert quotes a passage from Sun Tzu's Art of War - "If you know yourself but do not know about others, you win half your wars and lose the other half; if you know neither about yourself nor about others, you lose all".

NBR says Euroasia one of NZ’s "most exciting" companies

Euroasia press release, 16 July 2007

Education in New Zealand is moving in diverse and sometimes unexpected directions. A recent survey by the National Business Review listed the 10 companies which their peers within the education sector had identified as the most exciting, and towards the top of the list for innovation and dynamism came Euroasia. Euroasia managed to rank joint third, just ahead of childcare provider Kindercare and tertiary institution AIS St Helens.

NBR ranks Euroasia 3rd most exciting company in NZ

National Business Review, 6 July 2007

"...Euroasia, which specialises in cross-cultural training and integrating overseas workers into New Zealand companies, was one of the few highly ranked companies with an international component".

New opportunities to learn a foreign language

Euroasia press release, 17 May 2007

Travelling overseas? Maybe working in a non-English-speaking country? Or perhaps you’d just like to understand more about the people who work with you or live next door to you? New Zealand's premier provider of European and Asian language and cultural services is finally opening a branch in Christchurch CBD this month. After numerous requests from Mainlanders for Euroasia to take their operations to the South Island, Euroasia (previously known as European Language Academy) decided to respond.

Italian feature
Citymix Magazine, October 2006
There are numerous reasons to learn Italian. Apart from the vogue, the mental exercise and the culture, it’s always useful to speak another language. Italy is a perpetual fascination, a country of colours and aromas, of ideals and culture.

Speaking the lingo
Employment Today , July 2005

New Zealand is at the bottom of all surveyed nations when it comes to businesses with the ability to negotiate in more than one language, according to chartered accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton. Their International Business Owners Survey for 2004, which surveyed medium-sized businesses in 26 countries, found just 24 percent of businesses could negotiate in a second language, compared to a global average of nearly 60 percent. So why do Kiwis fare so badly? Kenneth Leong, the director of European Language Academy, says New Zealand is one of the most monolingual countries in the world.

All New Zealand children should be able to learn a second language at school, says a major study. Prime Minister Helen Clark backs the idea, although it is not Government policy and curriculum changes would not start before 2006. The Ministry of Education's three-year study, which reviewed subjects taught for the past decade and the way they were taught, says schools should be required to offer languages other than English from years seven (form one) to ten; students aged 10-13.