Language Instruction For Newcomers to Canada (LINC)

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advantage – program – case – approach – provider – observe – care – discuss – improve

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an example of a situation –

to be concerned about what happens to someone because you like or love them –

a way of doing something –

see and notice; watch carefully –

to make something better –

a company or person that provides a service –

an important plan that will continue for a period of time; a course of study –

something that helps you be more successful than others –

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advantage – program – case – approach – provider – observe – care – discuss – improve

Yuliya: Tim, you mentioned you know a LINC School in Toronto, what is it?
Tim: Our LINC school is called CCLCS, that’s Canadian Center for Language and Cultural studies. Yeah, we have three locations, we have been around for a long time, and we are one of the original -s of LINC classes. You know, there are many many many good schools.

I think we are a very good school, we about the students. So, but there are many LINC classes in many schools around, and they all do a very good job.

Yuliya: Would you say, there is anything that makes CCLCS different?
Tim: Well, yeah, I think one of the -s we have, one of the things that make our LINC classes good is that we also have a TESL [Teaching English as a Second Language] program.

TESL teaches people to teach English as a second language.

So we have people coming to learn how to become teachers but that means that we have to, as a school, we remember, and think about, and teach and good teaching, what makes good teaching, and we teach that to these people who want to learn. But also they are part of the LINC system too, and our LINC teachers are part of the program.

We have a teacher training program, so people come to us to become teachers of English and that means that we stay connected to what is good teaching, we make sure we understand the best -es, the best tools, the best resources of teaching, and I think that becomes something that LINC teachers learn from that as well.

Yuliya: So does it mean that those who are learning to teach English work in the school as well?
Tim: They , they might do their practicum, that’s their practice lesson, and they learn from the LINC teachers.

And I feel that the LINC teachers learn from them, also. Because if somebody is coming to watch you, or talk to you, or work with you because they’re learning, then I think that the LINC teacher will also think about what they do, and how they do it, and maybe think of ways to it. So everybody gets to learn.

They say that teachers learn from their students, and that’s… I think that’s true in this .

These questions can help you practice speaking or writing. You can choose any questions that seem interesting, skip those that don’t seem interesting, or make your own ones.

If you are already in Canada:

Have you registered for a LINC class?

Did you have to wait for a space in class?

How did you choose the class?

How long have you been attending the class?

How was it different from or similar to your other language learning experiences?

What was your favourite part of the class?

What was your least favourite thing about the class/ school?

How long are you planning to attend the class?

What do you expect to learn in this class?

Would you like to study at a school where student teachers regularly come to observe classes with experienced teachers?

Would you like to be in a class where a student teacher teaches?

Why? Why not?

About other countries:

What other programs do you know that could help newcomers to the country learn the official language?

How would they be similar, how would they be different from LINC?

Who can teach there?

Who can study there?

Who funds those programs?

How difficult is it to get in?

How difficult is it to study there?

How long are the classes/ courses?

How popular are they?

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advantage – program – case – approach – provider – observing – care – discuss – improve

These two companies are the largest internet service -s in the country.

Many colleges offer ESL (English as a Second Language) -s to help future students improve their language skills first.

Younger workers usually have an when applying for jobs.

While you are the class, take notes of interesting things you see. You will discuss your notes in groups later.

In this , I would try a different idea.

There are many different -es to learning and teaching a language.

The goal of this website is to help language learners their English.

All our family really -s about this dog, even though he often does silly things.

I do not want to this issue with you right now. Let’s talk next week.

Language Instruction For Newcomers (LINC)