ESL Courses

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English as a Second Language, Level 1 - Level 5
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ABOUT OUR ESL COURSES

Alathena English Language Institute (AELI)

Alathena English Language Institute (AELI) is designed for both local and international students who wish to improve their English language fluency level through the ESL learning. This will enable students to be more successful in their application to the best universities and to achieve the highest standards possible in their secondary school and university studies. The ESL Program helps international students from non-native English-speaking countries to integrate better and faster into Canadian study life. The professional curriculum starts from the four aspects of listening, speaking, reading, writing, fully establishing students' logical thinking in English, and comprehensively strengthening and improving students' comprehensive English level so that they can get twice the result with half the effort for their future study. Students will be asked to take both an English language and mathematics test. Test results in English will determine whether students will begin with ELI courses or go directly into the Ontario Secondary School English Courses.
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ESL Strand Overview and Overall Expectations

Listening and Speaking

The Listening and Speaking strand has three overall expectations, students will:

  • demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes;
  • use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social purposes;
  • use correctly the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English.

Reading

The Reading strand has four overall expectations, students will:

  • read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes;
  • use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts;
  • use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary;
  • locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes.

Writing

The Writing strand has four overall expectations, students will:

  • write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences;
  • organize ideas coherently in writing;
  • use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation;
  • use the stages of the writing process.

Socio-cultural Competence and Media Literacy

The Socio-cultural Competence and Media Literacy strand has four overall expectations, students will:

  • use English and non-verbal communication strategies appropriately in a variety of social contexts;
  • demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship, and of the contributions of diverse groups to Canadian society;
  • demonstrate knowledge of and adaptation to the Ontario education system;
  • demonstrate an understanding of, interpret, and create a variety of media works.
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL:

ESLAO

English as a Second Language ESL Level 1
This course builds on students’ previous education and language knowledge to introduce them to the English language and help them adjust to the diversity in their new environment. Students will use beginning English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing for everyday and essential academic purposes. They will engage in short conversations using basic English language structures and simple sentence patterns; read short adapted texts; and write phrases and short sentences. The course also provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to begin to adapt to their new lives in Canada.
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BASIC LEVEL

ESLBO

English as a Second Language ESL Level 2

This course further extends students’ skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English for a variety of everyday and academic purposes. Students will make short classroom oral presentations; read a variety of adapted and original texts in English; and write using a variety of text forms. As well, students will expand their academic vocabulary and their study skills to facilitate their transition to the mainstream school program. This course also introduces students to the rights and responsibilities inherent in Canadian citizenship, and to a variety of current Canadian issues.

ESLCO

Primary level:
English as a Second Language ESL Level 3
This course further extends students’ skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English for a variety of everyday and academic purposes. Students will make short classroom oral presentations; read a variety of adapted and original texts in English; and write using a variety of text forms. As well, students will expand their academic vocabulary and their study skills to facilitate their transition to the mainstream school program. This course also introduces students to the rights and responsibilities inherent in Canadian citizenship, and to a variety of current Canadian issues.
international level:

ESLDO

English as a Second Language ESL Level 4

This course further extends students’ skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English for a variety of everyday and academic purposes. Students will make short classroom oral presentations; read a variety of adapted and original texts in English; and write using a variety of text forms. As well, students will expand their academic vocabulary and their study skills to facilitate their transition to the mainstream school program. This course also introduces students to the rights and responsibilities inherent in Canadian citizenship, and to a variety of current Canadian issues.

advanced level:

ESLEO

English as a Second Language ESL Level 5
  • This course further extends students’ skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English for a variety of everyday and academic purposes. Students will make short classroom oral presentations; read a variety of adapted and original texts in English; and write using a variety of text forms. As well, students will expand their academic vocabulary and their study skills to facilitate their transition to the mainstream school program. This course also introduces students to the rights and responsibilities inherent in Canadian citizenship, and to a variety of current Canadian issues.
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Our high quality courses

Josh Anderson

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I would definitely recommend your school to anyone hoping to pursue a career and be a professional. The support they provided to their students was simply outstanding and the genuine interest and care was obvious and incomparable.

Taylor Lopez

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My experience with your school has been brilliant. The courses provided me with the knowledge and skill set to improve my skills.  The staff were very skilled and experienced, and ready to help at any time.
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