Course schedule
| Long Term English Programs | Lessons*/Week | Levels | Length | Location | Start Dates |
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| Academic Semester | 30 lessons (including 10 Core Skills and 20 Specific Skills lessons | elementary to advanced | 20 weeks | Canada | 2012: Jan 3, Mar 19, Apr 10, Jun 18, Sep 24, Oct 15 |
| Academic Year | 30 lessons (including 10 Core Skills and 20 Specific Skills lessons | elementary to advanced | 32 weeks | Canada | 2012: Jan 3, Apr 10, Jun 18, Sep 24 |
* Lessons are 45 minutes in length
General course information
Become fluent in English, enhance your academic profile, improve you career prospects, immerse yourself in a new culture and make friends from around the world – you can achieve all this through an Intensive Academic Year or Semester.
An Academic Year or Semester is an amazing opportunity to experience life in Canada for 5 or 9 months. You’ll gain a truly international perspective on life as you study alongside classmates of many different nationalities. You’ll return home with significantly improved language skills and memories to last a lifetime. Because these long-term courses are available at discounted prices, you’ll get great value for money from this investment in your future.
Our long term courses help you achieve fluency in English. A wide range of specific skills classes is open to you so you can further personalize your courses for academic or career needs. Your Academic Tutor can guide you to the best combination for you – which may include a Business Diploma combined with an Internship, Cambridge Exam or TOEFL ® preparation. Together we can plan the right course for you.
Is this the course for you?
These programs are ideal if:
- You are interested in long-term English study abroad
- You would like to spend time exploring your new surroundings, making new friends and sampling life in a different culture
- You want to take advantage of fantastic savings on the long term course fees
Intensive Academic Year and Semester
Program length:
Intensive Academic Year - 9 months
Intensive Academic Semester - 5 months
Program details
Each day (Monday – Friday) you receive
- 2 Core Skills lessons - Lessons that work on the four skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking - while all the time being assessed against international standards
- 4 specific skills class - You will take the classes which are most appropriate to your particular language learning needs
- 1 Task Team Time - Task Team Time is task-based group work in which teams of 3 or 4 students work together to demonstrate their language abilities. Teams could be assigned the task of role-playing a daily scenario such as ordering in a restaurant or renting an apartment. Every 4th Friday, students will present their work to classmates and teachers, and will be graded. These tasks are based on the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) and the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Can-do statements which is the basis for most recognized international tests. If students can accomplish these can-do tasks at their level, they should be able to pass internationally recognized tests at their level.
Super-intensive options are also available for both the year and semester courses.
Minimum age: 18
Entry level requirements: All levels
