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Learn English

Learn to understand, speak, read and write English through two different programs offered at Loyola: English as a Second Language (ESL) and Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)!
 

Benefits of both programs:

  • TESL-certified Instructors
  • Ongoing assessment of progress
  • Beginner, intermediate and advanced level classes
  • Literacy classes for pre-beginner level
  • Language instruction based on Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)
  • Learn about Canadian culture
  • Make new friends
  • Part- and full-time classes offered daily Monday to Friday, as well as evening classes
  • Join us anytime from September to June.
  • Transportation and childcare assistance for those who qualify (LINC Program)
 

What you can achieve from either program:

  • Confidence in understanding and speaking to Canadians
  • An improved vocabulary
  • An understanding of Canadian idioms
  • Greater educational opportunities
  • Employment readiness
  • Expanded business and social networks in Canada
 
 
 
 

English as a Second Language classes are free of charge for:

  • Naturalized Canadian Citizens
  • Live-in caregivers
  • Approved Permanent Residents
  • Refugee Claimants
  • Protected persons or persons in Canada whose applications for Permanent Resident status are being processed in Canada and who have been informed by a letter from Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada - IRCC of the initial approval of their application subject to an admissibility assessment.
 

 

Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada classes are free of charge for:

  • Permanent Residents
  • Convention Refugees
  • Protected persons or persons in Canada whose applications for Permanent Resident status are being processed in Canada and who have been informed by a letter from CIC of the initial approval of their application subject to an admissibility assessment.

Contact the Loyola campus nearest you for more information:
Belleville: 613-966-9210 (ESL and LINC Programs)
Kingston: 613-544-3361 (ESL Programs)

ESL is sponsored by Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade (MCIIT) and Citizenship Immigration Canada (CIC).
LINC is sponsored by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.