Royal Canadian Institute of International Studies - RCIIS

ESL Foundation: from 340 $ CAD / week (20 hours weekly)

Success in today's globalized world requires learning English that has unifying power and opens the door to international learning and career. The 12-week course of the ESL Foundation offers adult learners to optimally develop four basic English skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing. The course is aimed at students mastering the vocabulary, grammatical structures necessary for everyday life. The program uses the latest teaching methods, allowing students to successfully master the language skills.

Power Speaking I, II, III and IV - from $ 300 CAD / week .

Innovative Power Speaking program for up to 28 weeks allows you to develop communication skills and gain confidence in the conversation. The curriculum is aimed at the formation of fluency, fluency in English. The program consists of two parts:

1. Studying, understanding of actual words and expressions used by native speakers, mastering correct intonation, pronunciation.
2. Interactive part aimed at improving the skills of fluency:

• Active conversation
• Role-playing exercises
• Daily individual exercises aimed at expressing opinions on a familiar topic.
• The job to work out the stress in the sentence, intonation.
• Creating pair, group dialogues using mastered expressions
• Activities outside the classroom
• Practice in everyday situations
• Vocabulary exercises
• Media classes with watching movies, online video and discussion
• Individual 15-minute presentation on topics of interest to students.
• Participation in discussions, exchange of views
• Immediate feedback, correction of inaccuracies.

Advanced Discussion, Contemporary Issues - from $ 300 CAD / week .

Courses Advanced Discussion, Contemporary Issues teaches the skills of discussing contemporary issues, issues of everyday life. The program includes lively discussions and debates about how globalization, culture, technology and world events affect current reality. The program is aimed at students who want to develop critical thinking skills, replenish vocabulary with complex lexemes, and expand the range of topics available to them. The program covers the following areas:

• Current affairs
• Culture
• World problems
• Psychology
• Technology
• Sociology
• Gender issues
• Race
• Education
• Religion
• Changing of the climate
• International relationships
• Story
• Economy
• international trade
• International law
• Politics.

Pre Academic, English I TO IV - from $ 300 CAD / week .

Pre Academic - Pre-English course is designed for students who want to improve their language skills, get acquainted with the academic components that are covered in IELTS, EAP preparation courses. Course objectives:

• Adapt general knowledge of English, form perception and speaking skills
• Develop analytical skills, focusing on thematic materials
• To acquaint students with the skills of exams IELTS, EAP and work them out.

The course enrolls students with an intermediate level of English from Intermediate.

IELTS Preparation - from $ 300 CAD / week .

This course is aimed at preparing students for the IELTS test for academic, immigration purposes. Tests are conducted at the beginning and end of the training course to demonstrate students' progress over the duration of an IELTS study. The school guarantees the quality of student learning due to the small classes, individual attention paid to each student in the learning process.

English Academic PurposeS 1 & 2 - from 300 $ CAD / week.

Foreign students who wish to enroll in Canadian universities should be ready to demonstrate English skills: academic reading, writing, critical analysis, independent thought formulation, and oral communication. EAP includes skills such as:

• Critical analysis
• Critical reading, understanding
• Speaking skills, presentations
• Academic writing
• Academic studies, vocabulary expansion
• Intense listening
• Academic success strategies
• Life skills
• Individual, group feedback.

Business Communication - from $ 300 CAD / week .

The Business Communication course is designed as a general introduction to the concepts and assimilation of vocabulary related to the modern business sphere. The focus is on discussion skills, oral communication. The course performs three functions:

• Prepares students for work in English, which is the main language of international business
• Increases the overall level of student fluency
• Provides analytical skills applicable in the real world.

STAR-Accent Reduction & Drama Programs - from $ 1000 CAD / 4 weeks .

The STAR program, an abbreviation for Stage Technique Accent Reduction, is a unique synthesis of practicing pronunciation and stage technique. The STAR program is aimed at mastering the fundamental skills of English speech:

• Intonation
• Rhythm
• Pronunciation
• Muscle training
• Expression.

The course includes in-depth training and practice in such aspects as:

• Natural, conversational rhythm
• Literacy skills
• Listening.

Elective programs - from $ 200 CAD / week . (10 hours weekly).

Elective programs are held from 14:00 to 16:00. List of courses:

• Cafe & Customer English (4 weeks)
• Afternoon Speaking 1 to 3 (week 8-16)
• Afternoon Grammar 1 to 3 (weeks 8-16)
• Writing (4-8 weeks)
• Vocabulary Link (4 weeks)
• IELTS Speaking & Writing (4-12 weeks)
• ESL Foundation (4-8 weeks)
• Pre Academic (4-12 weeks)
• IELTS (4-12 weeks)
• English Academic Purpose (12 weeks)
• Foundation (4-8 weeks)
• IELTS (4-12 weeks)
• English for academic purposes (12 weeks).