EarthDiverse

Simply click on one of the payment buttons at the very top of the page, OR scroll to Pricing Options where you can choose Waged (part-time or full-time workers) or Unwaged (students, retirees, unemployed). You can also chose to pay in full when you register, or split your payment into two equal payments, the first when you register, and the second equal amount is automatically charged to your credit card a month later. We accept all major credit cards, along with Apple Pay and Google Pay. You can also pay by Direct Deposit, but you'll need to email us for our bank information. Credit cards are easiest.

Generally no, but we can add them if you'd like!

Simply let your instructor know if you won't be able to make a class. You’ll be able to watch the video recording on our website and download any class materials 1-2 days after each class session. That way you can stay up-to-date if you can't make a session due to a scheduling conflict or illness. Please note that if no-one shows up for a class (our classes are generally small), instructors are not obligated to reschedule, in which case they may record a session for you, or reschedule a make-up class for a later, mutually-agreeable time, usually at the end of the Term.

PDFs of class presentations and video recordings of each session are usually posted 1-2 days after each session for the duration of the course. If we've been sleepy on the job, or if our video editing elves are mucking about, send us a reminder! This can happen during our Term breaks!)

Only our registered students have access to the course materials through logging in to our website with a user name and password. Our course materials are not available to the public.

For most languages that we currently teach we have Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced courses available. Each category of learning (i.e. Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced) consists of 8 New Zealand School Terms over two years (four Terms per year). Each Term generally consists of 8 consecutive weekly sessions. As there are 4 Terms in a school year in New Zealand (equivalent to a Calendar year) the first year of study would be Language 101, followed by 102, 103 and 104. The following year you would take Introductory Language 201, 202, 203 and 204. In the third year of study you would move up to Intermediate levels 301, 302, 303 and 304, and in the 4th year, Intermediate Language 401, 402 403 and 404, and so on through Advanced levels 501-604. In some courses (e.g. Hindi, Urdu) we are teaching courses at more advanced Conversational levels or reading Literature, and these are available as needed and if students wish to continue their learning. Feel free to start and pause your learning whenever you want or need to. When you register you're only paying for the current Term and you're not committed to advancing. You can always rejoin a similar level again later. Talk with your teacher if you have any extenuating circumstances.

If you're a new language learner and plan to start from scratch, then register for any of our beginning Introductory Language 101 courses. If you are a continuing student register for the next class in the series. If you're unsure, or if you already have some background, drop us a line and we can have an appropriate instructor arrange to call you to help you determine the best level course for you.

When you first register for an EarthDiverse course, you'll get an emailed receipt, followed by an automatically-generated Welcome Email that contains information about the course you've registered for, confirming class location, website log-in information, Zoom Meeting IDs and additional instructions. If you don’t receive this email within a minute or two of registering, please check your Junk mail box. It may also be possible that you've made a small typo when you first entered your email address during registration (this happens often!). If you haven't received anything. drop us a line via our Contact page and we'll be happy to resend you your Welcome email.

Great question! The personal information we collect is ONLY so that we can stay in touch with you when we need to (e.g. a class is canceled or postponed, a teacher is ill and needs to reschedule, our quarterly newsletter with course information sent before each Term begins). We DO NOT share any of your contact info to any third parties and your information is only used when necessary or for us to contact you. When we need to cancel or postpone a course we will send both an email and a text message to your phone to make sure that you receive the information in a timely fashion, as classes can be postponed at the last minute.