31 English General Courses for adults in Vancouver

With a general approach, this English course is ideal for a wide variety of people from different backgrounds. You’ll improve your confidence and communication skills steadily as the weeks go by, which you’ll achieve by working on tasks related to all the fundamental skills of language acquisition: writing, reading, speaking and listening.

Classes take place from Monday to Thursday, with Fridays being reserved for a free activity for participants to take advantage of, or alternatively a lesson on a specific topic.

With the Study & Live in your Teacher’s Home programme offered by HLI, you will live as a guest in your tutor’s home just as the name suggests. During your stay, you will be given 15 hours of one-to-one classes every week, the content of which is to be decided by you, the student. 15 hours of private classes per week is already a considerable amount of English practice, but you will also have constant access to speaking practice since you can just strike up a conversation with the teacher and their family whenever you are all together.

The school makes a deliberate effort to try to match you with a teacher and family that fits your interests and goals - in particular when the student wants to study specific subject fields, like engineering and so on. Your host family will provide you with three meals every day, so you don’t need to worry about preparing your own food while you enjoy settling into Vancouver.

Your host family will likely give you a tour of the city, in which they might show you the city’s unique public transport option, the SeaBus that connects to Downtown Vancouver, as well as the best stops to use for the buses and the SkyTrain.

By taking EC Vancouver’s General English course, you will work on each of the four broad language skills, which are: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing. The course consists of 20 classes per week but at just 15 hours in total per week. This is ideal for those students who are new to the city, as this is more than enough study time to make considerable progress in a short period of time, but also allows you the free time to explore Vancouver and get to know this friendly and charming city.

Get ready to level up your English, and make great friends with the wide variety of nationalities that study at EC English.

Kaplan Vancouver offers an all-purpose General English course, intended to develop all of the main skills involved in learning a second language (reading, speaking, writing, vocabulary, conversation, pronunciation).

To make sure that you feel comfortable yet appropriately challenged, Kaplan asks participants to complete an online placement test to determine which group would be best to work in. Many schools only perform one of these tests, but Kaplan likes to conduct a new test every five weeks, to measure your progress and ensure that you’re in the ideal environment at all times.

The Kaplan Vancouver location is situated near the trendy shopping district of Alberni Street, and is also less than 20 minutes from the beach, for those who fancy a more relaxed day. The school is well-connected to public transport, so you’ll be able to get to and from your classes with ease.

Get ready to meet all your new classmates, and enjoy developing your English together through conversation and plenty of social activities and excursions organised by Kaplan Vancouver.
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• Guaranteed morning classes (max 12 weeks): CAD 20 per week.

ESL: Skill Focused (SF) All skills separated into five intensive classes: Grammar, Listening, Reading & Writing Focus on developing different skills independently at various class levels, depending on your individual skill levels (flexible level system).

*To complement the ESK-SF morning classes, students are advised to take the following classes in the afternoon for complete skill coverage:

Pronunciation Communication (Speaking)

This course is composed of 20 General English language lessons and 5 elective courses per week.

Children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or caretaker. This program includes in-class activities and excursions, and a minimum of 2 full-day field trips per week.

Includes 21 language lessons and 9 hours of outings per week.

This course is ideal for students who wish to gain a sound understanding of the language through a well-rounded course. Course tuition is structured as follows: 16 General language lessons, 4 project sessions, 4 special interest lessons and 2 lecture sessions each week. Course material is not included in the price.