 https://www.aardvarklearningacademy.com/esl-ielts--celpip-preparation.html Study English ESL in Barrie Ontario Canada!!! Aardvark Learning Academy located in Barrie ON, 60 minutes north of Toronto, offers elite ESL/English programs for groups and individuals visitors from all over the world to learn English. Aardvark has 5*** rating on Google because we have a proven track record of helping adult ESL students achieve outstanding results in English, including IELTS, English Skills (all levels) and University preparation courses. Outdoor Lifestyle in Barrie ON! Barrie Ontario is beautifully located beside Lake Simcoe and provides outdoor experiences that you cannot miss while studying English in Canada. In Barrie you can go fruit picking, hiking, canoeing, kayaking in the summer months. And in winter, you can enjoy skiing, snowboarding, skating, even ice fishing. While you studying English at Aardvark Learning Academy, you can experience the real Canadian outdoors and use English everyday in your activities. Aardvark offers group classes ($30 per hour) with certified Canadian English teachers for the students of all ages, and all English levels from Beginners to Advanced courses. If you are a looking for private English class in order to improve your English, we can tailor your class specifically to meet your English goals and working lifestyle. English at Aardvark The English courses at Aardvark Learning Academy are specifically designed by Dr Jeff to deliver results for ESL-Adults, based on his 23 years teaching academic English at University and Colleges internationally and in Canada. Take one class at Aardvark and find out for yourself that the University Preparation (EAP), IELTS, CELPIP and Intensive English programs are for real. Aardvark Learning Academy pride itself on delivering results for students, just like you to realize their goals and dreams with English ESL. Whether you want to study IELTS / CELPIP / or English for Academic Purposes for University preparation, Aardvark has a proven track record of helping ESL adults succeed. Contact us today: aardvarklearning@gmail.com regarding English language ESL learning in Barrie. We look forward to welcoming you here as part of the Aardvark learning Academy family! Sincerely, Dr Jeff & Kayo Hawkins Owners Contact P: +1 705-417-3276 E: aardvarklearning@gmail.com Quick response to all email.
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By Kristin RushowyQueen's Park Bureau
Isabel TeotonioEducation Reporter Thu., Oct. 20, 2022 timer4 min. read The 2021-22 results, released Thursday morning, show that just 47 per cent of Grade 6 students are meeting the provincial standard in math.Toronto Star The province is promising “math action teams” to help struggling schools following the release of dismal scores in Ontario-wide testing, as well as regular screening in the early grades to help identify reading troubles. Education Minister Stephen Lecce made the announcement Thursday afternoon, just hours after the Education Quality and Accountability Office posted details of last spring’s testing of students, which found 59 per cent of Grades 3 students met the provincial standard in math — equivalent to an A or B — while just 47 per cent of Grade 6 students did. Lecce also provided details of the province’s payout to parents, a $365-million fund that will provide $200 per child up to age 18, and $250 for those with special needs up to age 21. The money is to cover private tutoring or supplies for their children — although parents aren’t expected to submit any proof of how it is spent — and applications are now being accepted online. By Dr Jeff Hawkins
E: aardvarklearning@gmail.com Introduction A question I often am asked from my adult ESL students from around the globe (Indonesia, Mexico, Spain, Russia, Middle East) is what is the difference between IELTSs and or CELPIP. This blog addresses this question. Overview: Why English Language Tests? Increasingly today, countries require evidence a total score from an ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST like IELTS that you have proficiency in English and are ready to enter the workforce and contribute to society in the official language or languages of that place. For example, if you decide to immigrate to the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, you will need to show proof of your English language skills and that is the why you must write an English language test like IELTS< CELPIP. These different TESTS determine and score English language ability based on 4 key skills in SPEAKING< READING< WRITING>LISTENING. The score is based on academic ability in the 4 key skills. I mean to say all of these English Tests are fundamentally ACADEMIC tests of English skills even though the general test for Immigration purposes is easier than the academic test to enter University. Why so hard? A very important point to remember is that none of the English language test that I have named above is easy to do because no person is strong in all 4 skills of English (reading, writing, listening and speaking). At Aardvark, I help ESL Adults that struggle gigantically with ONE or TWO aspects of the test. Either writing, reading or another student will want Speaking and Listening, it all depends on which area you need to focus on. At Aardvark, we adapt our ESL program to meet the students test requirements. Recently, I had one gentleman from Mexico that only wanted LISTENING and we focused for 20 hours on Listening skills. You can easily see that he is going to CRUSH the CELPIP or IELTS listening section when he takes the test in December 2021. IELTS: INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST The IELTS test is the oldest and most recognized English Proficeiny test around the globe for ESL adults that want to attend University or for immigration purposes. For those looking to go to any country internationally not just Canada, you should take the IELTS test, as it is the gold standard in English Language testing. The IELTS test is the father of all other English language test and many of the newer tests follow the IELTS format in listening, speaking, reading and writing in order to evaluate and score a person English language proficiency. A key difference of the IELTS test is that on the LISTENING section, the IELTS Test uses native speakers with accents from all around the globe that includes: Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, United States. As a result, the IELTS test listening section can be much harder than the CELPIP because the student (YOU) must be able to understand the accent and intonation of British English. This can be quite a challenge for someone that has lived only in Canada for the last 10 years and is accustom to the sounds, register of Canadian English. If you are prepared to write the IELTS, you can score well on any other English language tests – no mistake. CELPIP: Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) is an English language proficiency test. The CELPIP test much like the IELTS follows the format of Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking. The key difference is that the listening section ONLY USES Canadian speakers and Canadian accents. This can be a huge advantage for anyone that has lived in Canada for a number of years or studied Canadian English. The CELPIP test is usually taken to enter Canadian University or for permanent residency purposes. That is to say, to become a permanent residence of Canada you can take the CELPIP test to increase your overall immigration score. The CELPIP test also offers more VISUAL input online to make the test more user friendly. However, like the CELPIP is very difficult to score well on and one must know the testing tricks of the trade to perform well and realize your dream of becoming a permanent resident of Canada. TEST TIPS There is nothing usual or normal about taking the IELTS or CELPIP English Test. Instead, theses test are high stakes and measured on academic performance alone. In other words, no academic ability means NO SCORE on the IELTS or CELPIP. Even a native speaker of English will have difficulty passing the tests without preparation or help from an experienced IELTS / CELPIP teacher. Just because you have lived in Canada for 20 years, does not mean you will automatically pass the CELPIP test. Below are a few tips to get you started to help with your test. TIP #1: The test is a performance, a dramatic performance and you need to be ready to provide an extra ordinary amount of detail on every section of the test: namely the WRITING and SPEAKING sections. No details, no high score. TIP #2: Vocabulary and Grammar: You need to show synonyms in the speaking and writing sections as well as control over more complex grammar such as the present perfect (have eaten, have seen). Better vocabulary and grammar show the examiner that you are a fluent speaker of English. DO NOT use the same words and grammar again and again if you want to score high. TIP #3: READING & LISTENING: Is all about the key words and the ability to identify the key words in reading and the listening section. Although the CELPIP and IELTS are essentially different tests the underlying English language skills you need are ACADEMIC in English. Give us an email today aardvarklearning@gmail.com today and you will quickly achieve your academic test goals. By Chris Herhalt Web Content Writer, CP24 Published Tuesday, June 8, 2021 9:46AM
Start TORONTO -- Ontario public school students are likely two to three months behind in their learning because of school closures brought on by COVID-19, leading to life-long losses in their expected earnings as adults if efforts aren’t made to bring them up to speed, says a new analysis by the COVID-19 Science Table. Citing research from the U.S., Holland and the UK, epidemiologists advising the Ontario government say that pupils are anywhere from 1.6 to 3.3 months behind where they would have been academically if in-person learning was not shut because of COVID-19 starting last March. “While there are numerous differences in how studies measure the impact of COVID-19-related disruptions on learning (i.e., standard deviations, months behind, scaled points behind, percentages of students not at grade level), most point to average achievement that was well behind that of earlier cohorts, measured at the same point in preceding school year(s),” authors wrote in a brief published on Monday. The authors found that virtual learning led to increased absenteeism, unexplained declines in overall school enrolment and sustained declines in the amount of time pupils report devoting to completing homework. The learning gaps are less pronounced at younger grades but increase among older students. The impact of the declines, called skill loss, unaddressed, could cost the Canadian economy for decades. “Each month of skill loss is predicted to cause a one per cent drop in lifetime earnings for affected cohorts and is estimated to decrease the national income by 0.5 percent per year, which would translate to a GDP loss for Canada of 1.6 trillion,” authors wrote in the brief. As of May 15, Ontario elementary and secondary schools were for 20 weeks, the longest of any school system in Canada, with the length of that closure set to extend to 26 weeks by the end of June. Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said schools would not resume in-person instruction in June, as their in-person operations could increase COVID-19 transmission, spread of the new Delta variant, and jeopardize plans to reopen the rest of the economy. The decision also signalled a reversal from claims made often earlier in the year by Education Minister Stephen Lecce, who said schools were not a significant source of COVID-19 transmission and merely amplified spread of the virus already circulating in the community. The Science Advisory Table says there is a need for additional education funding in the 2021-2022 school year to address and perhaps erase the skill gap caused by online learning. “There is a need for explicit education recovery strategies to be funded in addition to regular schooling budgets. Strategies may include active measures to ensure appropriate universal responses (overall curriculum adaptations, instruction, and student supports), and targeted intensive accelerated learning programs for groups that have been most disadvantaged by health and education effects of COVID-19.” A ministry of education official said the province plans to spend $85.5 million this school year on targeted efforts to bring students’ reading, writing and numeracy back on track, as well as $62 million for summer school. The province will also continue to offer virtual tutoring through the TVO platform. “We just announced the largest investment in public education in Ontario history — in addition to a $1.6 billion plan to protect the safety of children and a $85 million plan to help them recover from learning loss with a focus on mental health, math and reading supports,” Ministry of Education spokesperson Caitlin Clark told CP24. “It also includes the largest summer learning program in Ontario history and includes access to tutors — including math educators — for children in both English and French.” Call 705-417-3275 Aardvark and Get the A+ Advantage Today! |
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