English Courses in Vancouver for international students

Vancouver International College:
Vancouver International College in the heart of downtown Vancouver specializes in communication in English. Since 2000, VIC has been teaching English to students from around the world. Classes range from basic English to college preparation. Students may also study TOEIC, TOEFL and Medical English. VIC is an accredited TOEIC test center and administers the official TOEIC test monthly. All VIC instructors are qualified, have had multicultural experience outside of Canada and are committed to providing their students with the care and support necessary to maximize their learning. Vancouver is a clean, cosmopolitan and multicultural city with easy access to beaches, forests and mountains.

General English
Develops a full range of skills from beginner to advanced levels. Covers listening, speaking, reading & writing as well as grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. All classes include weekly testing. Students will learn communicative competence

Intensive Speaking & Listening
Intensive focus on listening, speaking and pronunciation skills. Extensive use of authentic materials, multi-media and audio recording equipment. Weekly skill evaluation.

Speaking Clinic
Practice and improve functional speaking skills and overall communicative competence. Focus on authentic conversational language, grammar accuracy, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Intense error correction with weekly evaluation.

Written Arts
Students learn to effectively develop and express ideas with appropriate vocabulary and grammar. Takes the student from no previous instruction in writing to advanced college level. Students practice the write-revise-rewrite cycle with written and spoken feedback.

Listening Clinic
Students practice listening tasks such as sequencing, note taking, completing graphs, general comprehension, listening for detail, and so on to improve listening skills. Students follow the VIC Listening Steps and are evaluated daily.

Communication Arts
Improves speaking and communication skills through intense practice. Focuses on authentic conversational language including slang, idioms, expressing emotions, discussion and debate. Error correction improves accuracy while ample practice improves fluency.

Real Canadian Pronunciation
Offers supportive and guided practice in relaxed speech. Focuses on recognizing and producing English sounds. Examines individual sounds as well as stress and intonation. Goal is accent reduction and natural sounding speech.

College Preparation
Develops reading, writing, listening & speaking, to post-secondary academic levels. Improves both reading speed and comprehension through timed readings, skimming & scanning exercises and the group reading of novels used in college and university courses in Canada. Writing work includes the short essay, the research paper, and preparation for the TOEFL essay.

iBT TOEFL
Test preparation course develops academic skills in listening, grammar and reading. Course is divided between listening comprehension, structure & written expression (grammar), reading comprehension and TOEFL vocabulary. A complete practice exam (CBT) is administered every second week.

Academic Communication
A test preparation course for the new TOEFL iBT. Intensive practice and evaluation of listening and speaking skills. Speaking module teaches how to organize thoughts and respond clearly to different academic situations under timed conditions. Listening module prepares students for the demands of academic lecture comprehension and note-taking.

TOEIC - Official TOEIC test center
Test preparation course improves students - listening, reading, grammar, and vocabulary. Teaches both content and test strategies. A complete practice exam is administered every two weeks.

Medical English
Addresses the needs of internationally trained medical staff whose first language is not English. Focuses on relevant medical terminology, vocabulary and workplace communication skills. Explores health issues in Canada through lecture, video presentation and examination of local medical institutions).