University of Saskatchewan Language Centre, Saskatoon, SK

The University of Saskatchewan Language Centre (USLC) We welcome the world. began operation in 1980 located in the historic R. D. Williams Building at 221 Cumberland Avenue North in Saskatoon Our full-time ESL program for international students is a ten week course offered four times per year. International students who wish to study at the University of Saskatchewan may be conditionally admitted to the University while they complete their English program. Students who successfully complete the top level of the full-time ESL program (Advanced Academic English: UPrep 2) will be considered as having met English proficiency requirements for the University of Saskatchewan and can begin their academic studies without any further English testing. We also provide instruction in many other languages, including French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin and German We develop learning materials, offer translation services, curriculum development and teacher training. We also offer a distance education program in written French and short immersion programs in French and Spanish We also offer ESL teacher-training, including the Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (CERTESL) distance program and the face-to-face program in .