Study English in Vancouver (teenagers)

 

 

The City – Vancouver

Vaucouver, being the warmest city in the country, is located on the Pacific coast of Canada, in British Columbia. With a population of 600,000, it is the third largest city in Canada, after Toronto and Montreal. In 2002 it was considered one of the three cities with the best quality of life in the world.
Vancouver is described as a vibrant and impressive city, which joins together mountainous natural environment with the dynamic and multicultural one.
This city boasts with parks such as Stanley Park of 405 hectares, considered to be one of the 10 best public spaces in the world, where you can admire the impressive Totems.
Another one of the innumerable attractions of Vancouver is its aquarium, in which the visitors can discover a variety of Canadian marine fauna, like the beluga whale.
Getting to Vancouver: The  Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island, within Richmond, British Columbia, approximately 12 km from downtown Vancouver.
More information here: http://www.infovancouver.com/es/

The School

The school is located in one of the best areas of Vancouver. Specifically, on the third floor of a modern building.
The center has 18 classrooms equipped with air conditioning, a computer room, common room with a TV and Internet / Wi-Fi connection.In addition, it has an outdoor area with a barbecue area and various entertainment options. An ideal place to learn and improve English.

Size: Medium
Nº of students per class: 14
Spanish students: 20%
Duration of the class: 50 minutes
WIFI: Yes

 

Accommodation

Students can live the experience of linguistic and cultural immersion in a Canadian family. Canada is a multiracial country since many families are descendants of emigrants who came to the country with the initiative of forging a future in Canadian lands. All these families speak English as their first language.
Students stay in an accomodation with full board, having breakfast and dinner in the apartment and a packed lunch prepared by families for lunch.
Students stay in a single room and the families are usually able to accommodate more than one student at the same time, always of different nationality.
All families are carefully selected and supervised.

The classes

The intensive English course in Vancouver consists of 30 50-minute weekly lessons.

Level test: The first day of class the students take a level test in order to be placed in a suitable group according to their language capacity.

Classes are taught by highly qualified native teachers in groups of a maximum of 14 students of different nationalities. The contents are focused on the use of oral English.

In the pre-lunch lessons, students take the General English course, leaving afternoon classes at the student’s choice according to their interests.

These are some of the options:

  • Communicative Approach
  • Strictly Conversation (min. level Upper Intermediate)
  • IETS – International English Language Teaching System (min. level Upper Intermediate)
  • CSI – Canadian Social Issues

 

SOCIAL PROGRAM:

The school offers a wide sociocultural and sports program. Students can choose a wide variety of sports activities such as badminton, cycling, bowling, volleyball, billiards, etc. and take advantage of the trips organised by the school to important tourist places in the city such as:

  • Stanley Park.
  • The Bloedel Conservatory.
  • The Vancouver Aquarium.
  • Metropolis at Metrotown.
  • Capilano Suspension Bridge.

The students take part in 3 evening activities plus 1 nightly one each week . Saturdays are reserved for full-day excursions to destinations such as Victoria, Whistler or the Playland amusement park.

The monitors that guide and supervise the groups are bilingual and are prepared for the leisure and free time activities they conduct.

Both tickets and transport are included in the total amount of the course.

 

Accreditations:

 

canandnaaa

 

 

Prices:

 Vancouver (individual)
 DURACION  PRICES 2018
 3 weeks  2.390 €
 4 weeks 2.978 €

 

 

The price includes:

  • Enrollment in the English program in Vancouver.
  • 30 classes per week.
  • Qualified native teachers.
  • Didactic material.
  • Academic Certificate.
  • Full-board accommodation in a Canadian family.
  • Laundry (1 per week).
  • Pick up and transfers to/from the airport in Vancouver.
  • Public Transportation Card.
  • Program of socio-cultural and sports activities with native monitors.
  • Full-day excursions on Saturday.
  • 24-hour assistance by the local supervisers.
  • Multiassistance insurance: health, accident and liability insurance.
  • Flight ticket management.

The price does NOT include:

  • Flight ticket
  • Cancellation insurance
  • Being accompanied by a supervisor