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The capital city of Canada, Ottawa is a historical city of great neighbourhoods and parks. The school is situated in a modern building right in the city centre. It is just minutes away from Parliament Hill, the National Arts Centre, and the Sparks Street Shopping Mall.
Structured programs
Centre Linguista Ottawa has a tradition of delivering highly structured programs designed to deliver maximum results in English and French. Available to all levels, from beginner to advanced, our courses are aimed to give students the confidence to speak the language, develop their grammar, and to greatly expand their vocabulary. Through our unique purpose-designed and task-based teaching style, our students leave equipped to conquer their future career and personal endeavours through:
- Mini group intensive courses (25 hours per week)
- Individualised courses (25 hours per week or 15 hours per week)
- Combination courses (30 hours per week)
As always, all of our courses start with a placement evaluation of current language competencies in order to better understand student needs. Teachers also encourage students to personalize their programs by requesting to meet specific expectations or to concentrate on precise skill sets.
10 students per class maximum
Class size is kept to a maximum of 10 per class to ensure personal attention from the teacher for all participants. This means that rather than the student having to fit into a rigid, pre-established program, the teachers can adapt their teaching to the requirements and levels of their class. In such small groups, students can be closely monitored and encouraged to give their best.
 
Individual tuition
All courses may be combined with individual lessons allowing students to create a program which is adapted to their own requirements and which creates a balance of interactive group work and personalized one-to-one lessons.
Lesson format
All lessons encourage serious study with clear aims:
- clearly identified objectives at the beginning of each lesson
- focus on language learning strategies
- appropriate time limits set for each activity
- a pace calculated to challenge the learner at all times
- teacher-student and student-student interaction (as appropriate)
- private study exercises, which consolidate classroom activities and preparation time to maximise the benefits of the lesson
- feedback on progress achieved
Our teaching faculty
Dynamic and meticulous: all our teachers are selected for their passion to make a significant contribution to the learning results of the students. They are able to present language structures in an effective and understandable format; they encourage students to practise the use of the language in a creative and supportive way; the overall result being to build fluency and confidence in the use of the language.
Measurement
Each week the teachers assess the students' learning needs. At the end of each week a review takes place with the teacher to establish what has been achieved. Each student's level is assessed in line with the Canadian Language Benchmarks and all students receive a certificate at the end of the course detailing the progress made.
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