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GREETINGS FROM GEOS VANCOUVER
Welcome to our August newsletter. Summer has arrived and we have many students from all over the world - Spain, Korea, Vietnam, France, Saudi Arabia and many other countries! Please introduce yourself to other students and try to use your English skills in the school, socialize with other students, and discover the fun spots around Vancouver. We have a variety of social activities after school, and on the weekends you can take trips to interesting places outside of the city. Try to participate in various activities and improve your English!
If you would like to stay in touch with GEOS Vancouver, please join our Facebook group! Feel free to also upload pictures and share your experience with your friends and even former students. You can also be informed about our activities at anytime by clicking on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwX_m-SEEes. If you also would like to take a look at all the great events happening in Vancouver, please visit: http://www.tourismvancouver.com/visitors.
MEET OUR STAFF
For our staff profile, we would like to introduce Anastasia, our summer intern from Russia.
When Anastasia first came to Canada, she studied at our school in Victoria, B.C. After that, she decided to transfer to the Vancouver school to continue her studies and experience all the exciting things the city has to offer. In one of our highest levels, Anastasia was offered a summer internship here at our school. She has been working at our front desk welcoming visitors and helping students. She has also done a fantastic job taking our summer group students on various excursions around the city. Anastasia has had a chance to improve her English, gain practical work experience and participate in lots of fun activities in Vancouver. We are very happy to have her with us during this busy summer season!
WHAT's HAPPENING IN VANCOUVER IN AUGUST
If there is one event that defines summer in Vancouver, it's the Celebration of Light International Fireworks Competition and Festival: Three nights of the best fireworks displays you've ever seen.
Since 1990, the annual Celebration of Lights has become one of the most prestigious fireworks competitions in the world, attracting the world's best fireworks, pyro technicians and designers. The 2011 Celebration of Light fireworks competition features tour-de-force performances from the China, Spain, and Canada.
For three nights on consecutive Saturdays and Wednesdays, the skies over English Bay light up in a musical pyrotechnic extravaganza. Each country has one night to wow the judges and audience before in this "battle of the champions".
When:
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
All shows begin at 10pm
Where:
English Bay, Downtown Vancouver
UPCOMING COURSES
Here at GEOS Vancouver, we are looking forward to another TESL Course starting on August 15th. This 4-week course is a great way to learn and practice the techniques for teaching English to adults. We also have lots of great elective classes to go with our Intensive English Program. You can improve your pronunciation with our Listening & Pronunciation class, or brush up on your grammar in our Grammar II elective. If it’s test preparation you are looking for, we have two excellent choices for you: TOEIC – for international business communication and IELTS – for immigration or academic purposes. Take a look at all the courses we have to offer and come study with us in beautiful Vancouver!
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NATIONALITY REPORT
This month we welcomed 140 students of 17 different nationalities to our school!
Japanese: 23.6%
Korean: 17.1%
Saudi Arabian: 14.3%
Spanish and Vietnamese: 10.7% each
Denmark: 5.7%
Brazilian: 4.3%
Russian: 2.9%
Others: 10.7%
STUDENT TESTIMONIAL
Teachers were really helpful, I really liked them. They were really kind and professional. They told a lot of different things I’ve never known. My class was perfect and I like all my classmates. It seems to me that I’ve already studying here for some years. I like morning classes with Alison because she always say new things about grammar and vocabulary. And Tomoko’s class is good because of great discussions and presentations.
I’ll remember everybody of GEOS staff and school! Thank you for the time I’ve spent here and I’d like to come here again.
Thank you! GEOS!
Stas Gerasimov
Russia
I came to Vancouver last year on June and started studying in ‘GEOS’ since June 26th for 10 weeks before I went to college. The first day, when I went to my class room, there were many people from different countries. Everyone was so kind and friendly including teachers, students and counselors. When I was in ‘GEOS’, still many students were shy to speak in English because of their English skills, But all the teachers encouraged them to speak English and helped them whenever they needed help. I don’t know about other ESL schools, But ‘GEOS’ was strict about ‘English policy’ and I guess this helped every students to speak English at least while they are inside the school. Furthermore, I think school gave us an opportunity to meet new friends from different countries with different cultures. I hung out with new friends and experienced new cultures. Even if I graduated long time ago, I still want to say thank you to everyone who’s in ‘GEOS’ and strongly recommend to people whose looking for ESL school to learn English and desire to experience new things.
David Kim
South Korea
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
We went to Sunset Beach in downtown Vancouver to play some beach volleyball. The weather was awesome and the students had a great time – Bump, Set, Spike!
Vancouver summers are famous for their perfect weather – sunny, but not humid, with a bit of a breeze off the water to keep things from getting to hot. Sign up for some summer activities and get out and enjoy the weather!
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