1. Vancouver
Toronto

2. Why ELS Language Centers?
MORE than 40 years experience.
MORE than 33 North American Language Centers and more than 60 overseas.
A MORE Intensive 30 lesson program to suit your language, study and career needs.
MORE than 600 North American universities accept completion of our Intensive Program.

3. Our Programs Intensive English Program Semi-Intensive English Program
Executive Programs
Whatever your career or study goals, we have an English program to suit your needs.

4. Intensive English Program
30 x 50 minute lessons per week
9 Levels, Beginner to Advanced
4 weeks per level
Maximum class size: 15 students
(Average is 10-12)
The Intensive English Course is a program for serious students and is our most popular choice. Since your course is more intensive, you achieve your English goals more quickly.

5. Intensive English Program
Sample Schedule
9-9:50 Conversation
10-10:50 Structure & Speaking
11-11:50 Structure & Speaking
12-12:50 Multi Media Lab
Lunch
1:45-4 Reading & Writing
(or Elective)
Electives
Students enrolled in Levels 104 and above are able to exchange their afternoon class for an Elective. Popular Elective classes include:
Elective Classes vary from session to session and depend on student enrollment and interest.
Business English
TOEFL or TOEIC Test Preparation
Current Events
Canadian Culture
Pronunciation
Grammar Review

6. Semi-Intensive English Program
20 x 50 minute lessons per week
9 Levels, Beginner to Advanced
4 weeks per level
Maximum class size: 15 students
(Average is 10-12)
The Semi-Intensive English Course is a part-time, morning-only program for students looking for a more relaxed approach. This course allows you to strengthen your skills while leaving your afternoons free for other interests.

7. Semi-Intensive English Program
Sample Schedule
9-9:50 Conversation
10-10:50 Structure & Speaking
11-11:50 Structure & Speaking
12-12:50 Multi Media Lab

8. ELS Language Centers Proprietary Textbooks
For the Intensive and Semi-Intensive English Programs
ELS Language Centers proudly features its own textbooks. Designed to provide the special communicative curriculum you will find only at ELS Language Centers, these books are not available anywhere else.
Each textbook includes up-to-date material from the best and most respected authors in the ESL field. The books are included in the cost of your program and are yours to use, write in and keep.

9. Executive English Programs
Super-Intensive English Program
ELS Language Centers is proud to offer this challenging, full-time course. With a combination of private, one-to-one instruction and visits to places of professional interest, this is the most efficient way for you, the busy executive or professional to improve your English skills.
You have a choice of 30 or 45 highly concentrated 50-minute lessons per week. Your program begins when you want and lasts for two, three, four weeks or more.
English for Executives Program
This course offers the best of both group and private instruction by combining 3 hours a day in the regular Intensive English Program with 3 hours a day of day of one-to-one instruction. This is a very popular program for executives or professionals in any field looking to quickly improve their English skills.

10. Homestay
Staying with a Canadian family offers you many unique advantages to enrich your experience abroad.
Homestay includes:
a private, furnished bedroom
three meals per day (including a packed lunch for school)
ELS Language Centers’ Homestay Program places its emphasis on careful selection of appropriate accommodations. That does not simply mean finding a comfortable place to stay, but also finding sincere, caring families who take a genuine interest in the well-being and learning experience of their guest.

11. Activities
Giving students an opportunity to use their English students outside the classroom is a very important part of our philosophy. Extra-curricular activities are an excellent way for you to practice your new skills in relaxed and natural situations, with your fellow classmates, teachers and real Canadians.

12. ELS Language Centers schedules exciting excursions every month.
Activities
ELS Language Centers schedules exciting excursions every month.
Each Friday afternoon features a FREE field trip to a popular local attraction such as a museum, art gallery, park, market or beach. For afterschool and evenings we plan trips to hockey games, basketball games, nightclubs, restaurants and movies. Weekends are a great chance to get out of the city and explore Canada’s natural splendour from Niagara Falls to the Rocky Mountains.

13. Graduation
At the end of each session, we have a graduation ceremony where leaving students receive their Certificates of Attendance and qualifying students receive their Certificates of Promotion. Then all the students join the staff for a Graduation Lunch!

14. Beautiful Vancouver
Surrounded by coastal mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver, British Columbia is a wonderful place to live and study. Students love the vibrant, multi-cultural neighbourhoods, countless restaurants, excellent shopping, and exciting nightlife.
And of course Vancouver is famous for its natural beauty - large parks, sandy beaches, colourful trees and flowers - that can be enjoyed all year in our mild climate.

15. Beautiful Vancouver The Vancouver Center
Population:2 million
Average Temperatures:
Spring (April-June) 18°C
Summer (July-September) 22°C
Fall (October-December) 10°C
Winter (January-March) 7°C
The Vancouver Center
established May 1997
21 Classrooms
Multi-Media Lab with 6 Audio, 6 Video and 7 Computer stations (with free Internet access)
Student Lounge with vending machines, microwaves, fridge and coffee
Our convenient downtown location is easily accessible by public transit; students are close to shopping centres, museums , theatres, libraries and anything else they need.
Average commuting time from homestay to Center: minutes by bus and seabus

16. Exciting Toronto
Toronto is Canada’s largest city and business capital with a reputation for an exciting nightlife, great theatre scene, diverse cultural communities and numerous tourist attractions. Yet Toronto is still known as a friendly and safe city providing students with lots to do and a great multi-cultural experience.
ELS Language Centers is located in the heart of downtown Toronto, directly on the convenient subway line and close to countless restaurants, cafes, tourist attractions and shopping opportunities.
Average commuting time from homestay to Center: minutes by bus and subway

17. Average Temperatures:
Exciting Toronto
Population:4.5 million
Average Temperatures:
April °C
July 22°C
October 10°C
January °C
The Toronto Center
established January 2002
13 Classrooms
Multi-Media Lab with 6 Audio, 6 Video and 6 Computer stations (with free Internet access)
Student Lounge with vending machines, microwaves, fridge and coffee

18. Where Do our Students Come from?
ELS Vancouver
Korean 26.6%
Japanese 22.2%
Brazilian 16.2%
Venezuelan 6.5%
Mexican 5.4%
Taiwanese 4.9%
Swiss 4.1%
Saudi Arabian 2.5%
Panamanian 2.5%
Qatari 1.3%
Italian 1.1%
Colombian 0.9%
German 0.9%
Czech 0.7%
Polish 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Costa Rican 0.4%
Argentinean 0.4%
Turkish 0.4%
Thai 0.4%
Kuwaiti 0.2%
Georgian 0.2%
French 0.2%
Peruvian 0.2%
Chinese (Rep) 0.2%
Rwandan 0.2%
Chilean 0.2%

19. Where Do our Students Come from?
ELS Toronto
Brazilian 19.8%
Korean 18.6%
Japanese 12.4%
Venezuelan 11.2%
Mexican 8.9%
Saudi Arabian 4.7%
Polish 4.7%
Panamanian 4.3%
Taiwanese 3.9%
Swiss 2.3%
Colombian 1.6%
Argentinean 1.2%
Jordanian 1.2%
Peruvian 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Thai 0.4%
Austrian 0.4%
Turkish 0.4%
Chilean 0.4%
Czech 0.4%
Ecuadorian 0.4%
Italian 0.4%
Yemeni 0.4%
Palestinian 0.4%
German 0.4%