University of Victoria

University of Victoria

English Language Centre (ELC)

English Language Centre is located on the Uvic (University of Victoria) campus in Canadá just minutes away from the bus terminal, gym, cafeteria, dormitores and library .

In the University of Victoria you can join a friendly , diverse community of many students at one of Canada´s best universities.

English Language Centre have an excellent reputation because the students are dedicated for learn, they are very friendly and helpful.

The courses in general provide effective learning for students who need English for work, study or travel. In these challenging but fun programs, you will take a communicative and interactive focus to learning  English.

All courses have been designed to motivate students to learnd using the least course books and material.

THE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

You need some requirements like:

• Apply for student visa this time depends also on the country in which the application is made.
• Graduates of primary.
• Graduates of  high school.

Finally you need permission from your parents to live in another city.

The profile when you out is a person that studied grammar, speaking, listening, reading and writing, and finally know and can include in the real life.


ELC PROGRAMES INCLUDE:

• 20 to 30 class hours per week with excellent teachers.
• 15 students for class; maximum of 18.
• Report card and certificate of participation upon completion.
• Social acticities.
• Cultural activities.
• Optional homestay or dormitory.

HOMESTAY

Practise your English with a member of a Canadian family and for your learning is perfect because you will practise speaking and listening with your  family every day.

Your host family will pick you up when you arrive in Victoria, supply food for all meals and snacks, make internet access available, help you adjust to living in a new culture.

DORMITORIES 

Live on campus in the university dormitories with other international students. The dormitory program include room with a bed, desk, dresser, mirror and bathroom. have cafeteria meal plan additional evening and weekend activities.

For me this University is very beautiful and have one of the better programs for studying english, it is the most amazing experience that you can have because can meet a lot of great friends and the teachers are professional, for the profile of the teachers i think that they always will want to help all the students, is good idea that the classes are small groups because the students can interact more closely with others.

I believe that is a good experience for both my academic and personal life, obviously i could use adequately the English, the grammar, speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Also in these courses you can learn a lot of a different culture, always i believed that Canada is an amazing place, beautiful and peaceful, with that experience i could confirmed that is thrush and also i could learn Canadian geography, people, history and others.

GLOSSARY:

• Challenging: A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination. 
• Homestay:A homestead is a farmhouse, together with the land around it.
• Adjust: When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
• For both: You use both when you are referring to two people or things and saying that something is true about each of them.   

REFERENCES:

Book of Universities of Canada.

http://diccionario.reverso.net/

https://www.uvic.ca/