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Distance Education: Learn While You Earn
You need to work to support your family, but you have to go back to school to get Canadian credentials for a good job. How can you do both? Many people today use distance education, especially if they have problems understanding spoken…
English: Higher Level ESL for the Internationally Trained
Published March 2005. Some information in this article is outdated. Joe Volpe, the new Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and Mary Anne Chambers, Ontario 's Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, announced a…
Grammar to GO
by Claudio Muñoz Mike Tiittanen, the author of a new ESL book, Grammar to GO, has a clear goal in mind. “Over the many years I have taught ESL, I have often found the need to create fun activities for my students that would allow them to…
Education: Ontario’s Classrooms – Making a Brighter Tomorrow
The students of today are the citizens of tomorrow. Education plays a key role in helping to create responsible citizens who will take the leadership and initiative to move Canada forward. Education is not only about text book learning and…
Canadian Experience Class Lets Skilled Workers Become Permanent Residents
November 3, 2011 - Following a substantial increase in the number of student visas issued in recent years, Canada has welcomed its 10,000th permanent resident through the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) immigration stream, Citizenship,…
Basic English Literacy
It isn't easy to help someone. Anyone. Human needs are complicated. Beyond the universal needs of food, clothing and shelter, the needs of every individual are different.
ESL/Computer Courses Do Double Duty
By Guylaine Spencer Before she took her first ESL/Computer Skills course, the only thing Mila Miguel knew about the machines was how to switch one on. Today, her skills are so advanced that she’s training others.
English: Words Worth Knowing – Education
This glossary explains some of the terms you will come across while looking for a program, or even a course. Usually, every organization has their own set of terms, or names.
Education: Learn to Think Like a Canadian
by Claudio Muñoz Since 2000, more than one hundred thousand skilled workers have arrived in Canada each year. According to several employment agencies and government organizations, it could take more than a year for an internationally…
A Stepping Stone to Employment
Are you interested in working in the retail sector? Do you feel that your English language skills need some improvement in order to do this? Are you an immigrant or refugee who speaks English as a Second Language at an intermediate (CLB…