New Zealand School of Dance: Prospectus

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THE NZSD
WELCOMES
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
Students from New Zealand, Australia, Niue, the
Cook Islands and Tokelau are classified as domestic
students for the purposes of study in New Zealand.
In recent years students from
Australia,Hong Kong, Singapore,
Malaysia, Japan, China,
Brazil, Taiwan, French
Polynesia and NewZealand
have trained at the
New Zealand School of Dance.
The School has support systems in
place to assist international students.
A pastoral care manager provides
advice to help students adjust to full-
time training and life in New Zealand.
All classes at the New Zealand School
of Dance are taught in English.
Students need to understand
conversational English, and may be
required to study the language while at
the School. Students must undertake
an English language course before
arriving at the School if their level of
English is lower than B1 of the CEFR:
Students “ Can Understand the main
points of clear standard input on
familiar matters regularly encountered
in work, school, leisure etc. Can deal
with most situations likely to arise
whilst travelling in an area where
the language is spoken. Can produce
simple connected texts on topics,
which are familiar, or of personal
interest. Can describe experiences
and events, dreams, hopes and
ambitions and briefly give reasons and
explanations for opinions and plans.”
International students must have
a student visa from Immigration
New Zealand before arriving to study
in New Zealand.
For information regarding immigration,
the Code of Practice for the Pastoral
Care of International Students,
fees, eligibility for health
services and insurance visit
.
The New Zealand School of
Dance has agreed to observe
and be bound by the Code
of Practice for the Pastoral
Care of International
Students published by
the Minister of Education.
The code is published
in a number of different
languages and is available
from the
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