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ESL ClassStudy on our beautiful campus with over 2,000 Canadian students in a friendly, safe and supportive environment. Learn English in class 25 hours a week from enthusiastic, experienced instructors! Practice English with Canadian students during the fall and winter terms, and every day with your homestay family and Canadian friends!

We offer basic to advanced classes in listening, speaking, reading and writing. We use a wide variety of interesting materials, methods and activities to teach real-life English for friendship, work, business, travel and further study.

There are neither academic or English proficiency requirements for admission to our English as a Second Language program. Students will be given a written placement test before the start of the program to ensure they will be placed in the appropriate level.

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You can start any month of the year, and study as long as you like.

  1. You take a placement test to see what level you are in.
  2. You complete the criteria for your level. Most students take two or three months to do this.
  3. If you have completed the criteria successfully, you can move to the next level.
  4. When you have finished the advanced level, you may move into credit courses without writing the TOEFL!
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“I made a lot of good friends. My friends and I took some very interesting trips.  I enjoyed being a student and the different lifestyle here. At first, I couldn’t understand very many things in class. Now, I can use English to chat with my classmates, and every day I’m so happy!”

- Anna (Yi-Ju Lin), Taiwan

 

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