ESL Pathways

Learn the English skills you need to work, study, and participate in everyday life while attaining Canadian Language Benchmarks Levels 5-8. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to: Meet the Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing outcomes at CLB 8 in the "Profiles of Ability" columns of the competency outcomes and standards listed in the most recent Canadian Language Benchmarks. Meet the Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing outcomes at the EAP IV level in the BC Transfer Guide. Communicate effectively in multiple contexts including personal, academic and workplace contexts of moderate complexity. Successfully engage in communicative interactions, using intercultural communication and soft skills to function effectively in community, study and work contexts of moderate complexity. Utilize the following Skills for Success (thinking skills, working with others, computer use, and document use) for tasks of moderate complexity. Differentiate and produce a variety of genre types used in personal, academic and workplace contexts. Apply the Experiential Learning cycle to real world language tasks.