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Korea National University of Education Teachers Pursue Professional Development at Algonquin’s Ottawa Campus

Algonquin’s International Education Centre and the Language Institute are excited to host thirteen practicing teachers from the Korea National University of Education and their chaperone for a 4-week visit this summer. The Korean teachers are participating in a professional development program from July 21st to August 16th, to improve their skills as Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.

Teachers from the Korea National University of Education enjoy a college meet-and-greet and a sample of Algonquin College’s hospitality in the form of a buffet luncheon On Saturday, our visiting Korean teachers expanded on the educational value of their trip by taking in the most famous landmark in Ottawa – Parliament Hill.
At Buffet

 

 2Korean Teachers visit Parliament Hill

The program will combine academic instruction with cultural activities and our guests will have a wide variety of opportunities to experience educational and cultural events during their stay. They will be bringing their newly-acquired skills and their personal experiences back to their classrooms in Korea, as they pursue professional excellence.

 

Science without Borders (SwB) Program

Algonquin College welcomes 11 Brazilian students to study at the College through the “Science without Borders” (SwB) program. This will be the first ever cohort of SwB students at Algonquin College.

Funded by the Brazilian Government, the SwB scholarship program was launched in July 2011. The program aims to send 101,000 Brazilian students to study internationally primarily in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by 2015. CAPES, the administering government agency in Brazil, has an agreement in place with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), and ACCC placed the students who were coming to Canada in various colleges based on academic program match and capacity.The Brazilian students are upper year students from a variety of science, technology and engineering programs in Brazil.

Under the program, students from a variety of institutions across Brazil will study at Algonquin for 12-18 months. Their program will include a combination of academic study and a practicum as well as English language studies, dependent on their level of English. All students arriving in October will be beginning with English language studies. When they begin the academic portion of their stay, the majority of the students will be studying in the School of Advanced Technology or Algonquin Centre of Construction Excellence, and one will be in the School of Media and Design.

More SwB students are expected to arrive in January and March.

 

 

How many students are there in an ESL class?

Class sizes vary depending on the level of instruction. Lower levels tend to have smaller class sizes.

At the higher levels, students prepare for academic studies and are expected to adapt to larger groups. Average class size is 15-22.