Regular Course
The Canadian English
Centre's regular course is actually an
intensive program, which lasts only four semesters,
covering a total period of one year and ten months
from zero to graduation. It consists of SIX HOURS
PER WEEK, being two hours in a regular class,
two hours in our Friday activity class, and two
hours in our Language Laboratory & Study Centre,
where the students work on their material under
the supervision of an instructor.
At the Canadian English
Centre you have FIVE MONTHS of actual classes
per semester.
|
REGULAR COURSE |
| DURATION
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Four semesters
covering books Zero, One, Two, Three,
and Four. |
| BOOK
ZERO |
:: Basic structures
of the English language
Book Zero is a six-week program covering all
elementary structures of the English language,
essential for the student to begin to understand
spoken English and make his first steps into
communication. This is the only part of the
course in which the classes are partly conducted
in Portuguese. |
| BOOK
ONE |
:: Listening
Comprehension Skills. Beginning to Communicate!
From this point on our classes are in English.
Book One completes the first semester. It
prepares the student to communicate in English.
During Book One all classes are in English
and the teacher will only speak English with
the students in and OUT OF the classroom.
At the end of Book One, only four month after
the beginning of the course, ALL students
are already beginning to communicate in English. |
| BOOK
TWO |
:: Communication
Skills. The Magical Moment!
The student is not supposed to
speak Portuguese anymore!
Book Two is given in the second semester.
In this book Portuguese is no longer allowed,
which means that all the communication between
the student and the school must be in English,
no matter the subject.
After the first half of Book Two all students
reach good free communication level, that
is, they can understand and make themselves
understood in English.
Most students at this level are already
able to handle job interviews in English
and have no difficulty passing basic English
tests like the Brazilian college admission
test, the Vestibular. |
| BOOK
THREE |
:: English
As It Is Used in Canada. REAL English!
Book Three is the student's first step out
of ESL [English as a second language] and
into the world of REAL ENGLISH. All the
practice material is based on natural audio,
video recordings, and published texts, using
the same style currently used in Canada
and in the United States.
At this level, the student begins to give
lectures based on Canadian or North American
publications. He also begins to write NEA's
[Natural English Assignments], which are
formal compositions based on natural English-language
texts. In addition, he is introduced to
our exclusive Thinking in English Program,
which shows the student how to really THINK
in English in a unique way, as well as to
our amazing Audio Challenges, which present
natural recordings from Canadian radio stations
in a very special manner.
Book Three also presents the first part
of our exclusive phonetic improvement program,
featuring all the vowel sounds in the English
language, with unmatched audio exercises
that help the student perfect his English.
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| BOOK
FOUR |
::
Natural English at ALL LEVELS. Special Focus
on Idioms and Slang Terms!
Book Four is an extension of our Book Three
program, featuring all the items offered
in Book Three, such as lectures, NEA's,
Thinking in English, and Audio Challenges.
However, our Book Four program introduces
hundreds of idioms and slang terms to the
student, and the vocabulary sections have
a more abstract approach.
Book Four offers
a very challenging language training program,
in which the student really feels the amazing
progress that he makes, which leads him
to proficiency. It also presents the second
part of our unique phonetic program, featuring
consonant sounds, pronunciation and stress
patterns with fabulous audio exercises.
At the end of Book
Four, all our graduates must take the Test
Of English as a Foreign Language, TOEFL
[Sample], and obtain the minimum score required
by Canadian and North American universities
for master's or doctoral courses, in order
to receive our FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH.
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