Bringing
English to Life

Southern Cross Language Institute was established in 1987, in conjunction with the schools of the St Catalina Gakuen in Japan, to provide an intensive one-year course in English for their students and also for independent students.

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About Southern Cross Language Institute

“Bringing English to life.”

It was established in 1987, in conjunction with the schools of the St Catalina Gakuen in Japan, to provide an intensive one-year course in English for their students and also for independent students. To date, more than 1000 female students have graduated from SCLI.

Meet The Team

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Darryl and Lisa Lamar

Owners and directors

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Helen Scott

Teacher

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Junko Tsutsumi

Advisory Board Member

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Lesley Hurst

Teacher

SCLI Newsletters

SCLI newsletters are published in PDF format and may be downloaded from the links below.

Online Courses

Individual Classes

Bring your English to life

Lesson length: 25 minutes
Platform: Skype

Bring your English BACK to life

Lesson length: 25 minutes
Platform: Skype

1-1 Personal
Training

Lesson length: 25 minutes
Platform: Skype

Acing Eiken


Lesson length: 25 minutes
Platform: Skype

Pronunciation Power


Lesson length: 25 minutes
Platform: Skype

What Students Say About Us

November 7 - 8

Yesterday students spent the day at Orana Park as part of their afternoon topic Endangered Animals.
Yesterday students spent the day at Orana Park as part of their afternoon topic Endangered Animals. It was a perfect day – the weather was beautiful and luckily one of the park wardens accompanied the students and told them all sorts of interesting information about the animals.
Our visit on Tuesday afternoon to the class of students studying Japanese at Wharenui Primary School was especially interesting this week as SCLI students talked about life in Japan. The primary students were fascinated and surprised to learn that Japanese children do not have strict times they must go to bed.
At our assembly on Wednesday we discussed water safety and the fact that you need to swim between the flags at the beaches here. The students seemed surprised by this and I found out that many students had never swum at a beach before.
The forecast is for another beautiful day tomorrow- have a good weekend, everyone!

31 Oct - November 1

I can’t believe how fast October flew by! The first three weeks of our spring term are already over...
I can’t believe how fast October flew by! The first three weeks of our spring term are already over. Last Friday afternoon we celebrated Halloween by decorating the school, dressing up and having a BBQ. It was a good chance to have some fun and relax.
All classes are busy writing their plays for the Christmas concert. This year our plays are: Harry Potter, Cinderella and Ponyo
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