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Step by Step Proficiency

St. Patrick Street, Ontario, K1N5K4   View map

Hours: Open today 8am-6pm

Step by Step Proficiency is an English language school conveniently located in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada’s beautiful capital city. We welcome international students to be a part of our history. Whether you come to learn English, make friends, discover a new culture, or prepare for your future career, we have the program for you!

It is our belief that a close and friendly relationship between the student and the teacher is the key for successful learning and indeed the success of our English as a Second Language School in Ottawa. Our personal approach is reflected in our teaching style, small classes, and the many extra-curricular activities which are organized by our English school.

The majority of our students were recommended to us by our current and previous students.

We use proven effective teaching methods and at the same time, we are constantly adapting new and modern techniques used in teaching foreign languages all over the world.

All our teachers are professionally certified in Ontario.

In our ESL (English as a Second Language School) in Ottawa students can study Grammar, Pronunciation, Conversation, CNN, TOEIC, and TOEFL classes. Our English course outline is clear and focused on the practical use of English, which in our opinion is SPEAKING. Our students learn all aspects of the language from beginner to the most advanced level. Our curriculum is organized in steps so that any student can join our Ottawa English language school at any time.

If you choose our English school you will receive a detailed outline of our curriculum so that you will be able to see clearly which stage or level you are at, and what actions or steps you need to take to achieve fluency or “Proficiency” in English.

In short, if you join our English school in Ottawa you will experience the warmest and friendliest atmosphere, learn the English language the fastest, make the most international friends, and have the most fun in Ottawa, Canada's capital, the coolest city in the world!

Year opened
2010

Courses

(English Courses) CNN class

CNN News Class

It is the most advanced Pronunciation, Listening, Grammar and Speaking class there is. In our English language school students watch CNN news and then analyze it with the teacher. In other words, it is an in-depth analysis of fast or normal speech. If you join this class we guarantee that you will not only start to understand TV more but you will also start to speak like a native speaker. You will learn what native speakers do when they speak fast and you will discover why it is difficult to understand native speakers when speaking fast or normal speed.
The class is also very interesting in terms of its contents – we analyze and discuss the daily news from around the world! It is a very popular course among young professionals, diplomats and government officials. After a few months, most students achieve the level of PROFICIENCY.

And by the way, because this class is so advanced it makes TOEIC and TOEFL listening sections of the test very easy.

In CNN class we use a very unique method of teaching which has proven to be super effective!!!

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(English Courses) Conversation

(Note: Due to Canadian Visa requirements, this course does not have sufficient hours per week to merit a student visa. If you wish to study in Canada with a student visa please look at the Combination course options.)

In this class you will learn how to speak. Over the years, many of our students in our school have told us that they know the grammar or pronunciation rules but they do not really know how to use them when they speak in real life situations. Therefore, in our conversation class students have a chance to practice through speaking all the rules they have already learned. In other words, our conversation class is the advanced continuation of the grammar class, pronunciation class as well as a detailed study of English vocabulary through conversations.
Students talk to the teacher who corrects or takes notes of all their mistakes and corrects them when they are done speaking. The teacher also makes sure that everyone gets the same amount of speaking time. What’s more, the teacher corrects and explains all grammar and pronunciation mistakes on the board at the end of class. Groups are small. Students are focused on speaking English all the time.

We have more than 100 different topics discussed on a daily basis, ranging from the easiest, practical topics like Travelling, or “Shopping” to the most advanced or controversial ones like “Drugs and Medicine” or “Capital Punishment”. Our students decide what topic they would like to discuss every day. The debates are interesting, it is a lot of fun and time flies! We make sure our students do not repeat the same mistakes every day.

As a result everyone in our English language school learns to communicate in English very fast.

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(English Courses) Pronunciation

(Note: Due to Canadian Visa requirements, this course does not have sufficient hours per week to merit a student visa. If you wish to study in Canada with a student visa please look at the Combination course options.)

Aren’t you tired of hearing:

“Sorry?”, ”Pardon me?”,or ” What did you say?” all the time???

Well, just come to class and we will expertly correct your pronunciation.

You will learn how to pronounce every English sound correctly and start understanding native speakers when they speak fast.

Did you know that “the schwa” is the most common sound in English? You can find it in words like for example: “about", “forget” or “soda”.

Plus, learn the difference between:

“seat” and “sit”
“bad” and “bed”
“bank” and “bunk”
“body” and “buddy”
“work” and “walk”
“soot” and “suit”
“low” and “law” and many more!
Other examples of what we teach include:

-discover the two ways to pronounce “-ing” endings

-pronounce both “th” sounds correctly as in “breathe” and “breath”

-practice /r/ and /l/ sounds: “beer” and “bill”

-learn about the different North American flaps as in “water” , “give it away”, “little” pronounced / liddle/

-find out the truth about the “h” sound”

-learn to say difficult words such as: “world”, “coke”, “particularly”“ litter/liter”, “hospital” “laboratory” “three” “further/farther /father”

-discover the true difference between “kitchen” and “chicken”

We will also teach you intonation -the melody and rhythm of English. There are actually three main melodies in North America…

And last but not least, learn how to link sounds when you speak fast. Think about how native speakers pronounce: “a cup of tea” when they speak slowly and what they really do when they speak fast. It is just one easy example…

So, find out about your weakest pronunciation points, fix your accent and start having normal conversations with English people within just a few weeks.

We are now offering two sessions: day time and evenings. Day time session takes about eight weeks. The evening intensive course is just six weeks long.

And by the way, seats are going fast and the number of students per class is limited so please email or call us today to book your free trial lesson.

Our dedicated, educated and highly experienced teachers at our English language school strongly believe that every ESL student in the world needs this kind of a class, especially in the beginning of the learning process.

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