English for Adults (ESL) old – Canadian Education Council

The ESL program provides individuals with the proper courses to develop and enhance their English Language.

This program helps non-native English speakers to be more comfortable and confident to communicate within their daily lives or at work.
The ESL program consists of 6 levels that : Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate,
Upper-Intermediate, and Advanced.

At the end of each level, an evaluation will be conducted.
In order to proceed to the next level, one must pass the evaluation.
The courses being covered in each level, are aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

The Program covers:

-Literacy skills (Reading comprehensions, Writing, and Grammar)

-Listening & Speech skills

Before Registering for any of the ESL Levels, take the Placement test to learn which level currently have.

Take Placement test

Beginner- A1

Providing students with tasks to improve their speech, literacy, and listening skill. This course will mainly cover simple grammar, forming multiple answers, extracting contracted forms and learning them. They will participate in groups to develop conversational skills and learn to greet each other.

Pre-Intermediate- B1

Extend students’ listening, speaking, literacy skills in English for everyday situations and purposes. Students will learn how to structure questions and learn more complex grammar.

Intermediate- B2

Further extension of the students’ English language in everyday contect. Learn more complicated grammar structures and use them while reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Students take tasks to improve their language skills in effective way.

Elementary- A2

Extend students’ listening, speaking, literacy skills in English for everyday situations and purposes. Expand their knowledge of English grammatical structures and sentence patterns and use them to talk about themselves and other people. Teach students how to understand sentence structure and new vocabulary.

Intermediate- B1+

Students are expected to use grammar accurately and fluently in their communication. Students learn how to differentiate between different tenses and use them correctly. They will continue to expand their speech, literacy and listening skills

Advanced- C1

Students will take different activities to enhance their language levels. Students will have the ability to differentiate when to use perfect tenses for completed actions and when to use them for continuing actions and states.

The 6 Levels of ESL Program

Beginners

ESL 101- Basic Reading (I)
ESL 102- Basic Writing (I)
ESL 103- Basic Listening & Speech (I)

Elementary

ESL 201- Basic Reading (II)
ESL 201- Basic Writing (II)
ESL 201- Basic Listening & Speech (II)

Pre-intermediate

ESL 301- Intermediate Reading (I)
ESL 302- Intermediate writing (I)
ESL 303- Intermediate Listening and Speaking (I)

Intermediate

ESL 401- Intermediate Reading (II)
ESL 402- Intermediate writing (II)
ESL 403- Intermediate Listening and speech (II)

Upper-intermediate

ESL 501- Pre-Advanced Reading
ESL 502- Pre-Advanced writing
ESL 503- Pre-Advanced Listening and speech

Advanced

ESL 601- Advanced Reading
ESL 602- Advanced writing
ESL 603- Advanced Listening and speech