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ESL Pathways - Advanced

CREDENTIAL: Certificate
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Improve your English for real-world scenarios such as job interviews, informal conversations, and public speaking while attaining Canadian Language Benchmarks Levels 8-9.

For Canadian Language Benchmarks Levels 5-7, see ESL Pathways.

Tuition: 13723*
Credential: Certificate
Length: 3 0 months per term
Hours: Full-time
Delivery: Class-based and Online
Program Flyer: Download /media/vancouver-community-college/content-assets/documents/international/flyer-esl-pathway.pdf
Campus: Broadway Broadway
Start Dates: Jan, Apr, Sep
 
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What you will learn

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Meet the Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing outcomes at CLB 9 in the "Profiles of Ability" columns of the competency outcomes and standards listed in the Canadian Language Benchmarks 2012.
  • Communicate effectively in multiple contexts including personal, academic and workplace contexts of high complexity.
  • Successfully engage in basic interactions, intercultural communication, and soft skills to function effectively in community, study, and work contexts of high complexity.
  • Utilize the following Essential Skills (thinking skills, working with others, computer use and document use) for tasks at moderate to high complexity of high complexity.
  • Differentiate and produce a variety of genre types used in personal, academic, and workplace contexts.

What to expect

Instructors use multiple strategies to achieve the learning outcomes that include the following: ongoing needs analysis, group work, coaching, one-on-one consultations, using audio/computer labs, case studies, lectures, demonstrations, providing exemplars and texts, modeling, error analysis, peer review, role rehearsals, videos, and audio recordings.

  • Specific learner strategies for speaking are: conversation management skills, pronunciation, error correction, and feedback.
  • Specific learner strategies for reading are: reading for gist, skimming, scanning, speed reading, vocabulary acquisition, etc.
  • Specific learner strategies for writing are: brainstorming, outlining, genre analysis, tone, register, etc. ESL Pathways is a rigorous and demanding program. Students should expect to do significant self-study and experiential learning in addition to classroom based learning. There will be approximately 1 hour of homework per two in-class hours.

Admission requirements

Program-specific

  • Successful completion of previous Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level for the two language skill areas 

    • For example, entry into ESL Listening and Speaking 8 requires completion of CLB 7 Listening and Speaking 
      or 

    • Assessment on a VCC approved CLB placement test indicating competency in CLB 7 Listening and Speaking  

Notes 

  • Students can be enrolled in ESL Reading and Writing at a different level than ESL Speaking and Listening depending on their assessment. The gap between the two courses may not exceed more than one Benchmark level.

General

  • Seats are offered to applicants who have met all admission requirements, on a first-qualified, first-served basis.
  • International applicants must be 17 years of age or older or a graduate of a secondary school. (Some exceptions may apply.)
  • Applicants must submit official transcripts and educational documents as required by their course or program.
  • All VCC applicants are required to function successfully in an English-speaking classroom. English requirements vary by program. For details, visit VCC International - English Requirements.   

Recommended Characteristics

Students should be well-educated in their country/language of origin. Most students in the ESL Pathways program have completed high school and at least 2 years of post-secondary study. The expectation is that students seek to become autonomous learners. In addition, student should be open and interested in learning about Canadian cultural norms and to developing citizenship values of tolerance and multiculturalism.

Courses *

Prior learning assessment and recognition

Prior learning assessment and recognition is not available for this program.

* This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Fees and other costs *

Tuition Deposit: $6,000

Tuition deposits are payable usually within two weeks after a Letter of Offer is issued.

The estimated tuition is based on the entire certificate.

Tuition Deposit

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Tution deposits are payable usually within two (2) weeks after a Letter of Offer is issued.
Application fee145
Tuition Tuition 13723
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Student union142
College initiative54
Materials0 not including textbooks
Campus resource138
Laundry0
Tools (deposit)0
Coverall (deposit)0
Uniform (deposit)0
Medical and Dental 0
Temporary Medical Insurance 0
U-PASS 322
Graduation45
Program-specific extra fees0
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* Fees are approximate and subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors. Students are required to pay any applicable fee increases. Application and assessment fees are non-refundable. 

Fees listed are for international students. For domestic programs, visit vcc.ca.

Any refunds are issued according to VCC's international refund policy.

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STATUS INFORMATION

  • Apply Now: Qualified applicants may receive offers of admission if seats are available, or placed on waitlists if seats are full.
  • Closed: Applications are not accepted.
  • For details about application availability based on study permit status and recommendations if the application status is closed, visit the Availability Status page.
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