Beginner       Intermediate       Advanced     

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 focus on listening, speaking and pronunciation skills

Extensive use of authentic materials, multi-media and audio recording equipment

Weekly skill evaluation

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

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

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

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

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

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

 VIC Work Experience Program 

Through VIC's Work Placement program, students can get practical application of English in a real Canadian Business setting.  For more information, click here.

Upon successful completion of VIC Advanced Level 8 and/or College Preparation Level, usual college entrance exams

will be waived and students may directly enter the colleges below:

 Ashton College

 CANADIAN TOURISM COLLEGE

 COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES (COTR)

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