Spirit Bear Academy:
Based in Toronto & Vancouver in Canada as well as in Columbia, Spirit Bear Academy offers professional online English tutoring and group English conversation classes for students from around the world. Learn ESL (English as a second language) from your computer, from the comfort of your own home, with live teachers, small classes and excellent prices. Private English tutoring is available and we cater for all levels - from total beginner to advanced..
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ESL Weekly Conversation Topics include:
Semester 1:
Greetings, Invitations & Parties, Travel & Political Geography (places), Clothing & Fashion, Politics & Government, Games, Science I (Math, Physics & Chemistry), Music I (traditional), History I (the Americas), On the Farm, Business I (Jobs & Interviews), Food I (types of food).
Semester 2:
Family & Celebrations, Around the House, Summer Sports & Activities, Weather & Natural Disasters, Customs & Etiquette, Animals (friends or food?), Science II (Biology & Ecology), Visual Art, Books & Literature, Computers, Humour & Wordplay.
Semester 3:
Going Out (restaurants, clubs, etc.), Physical Geography (the Earth), Celebrities & Fame, Philosophy, Law & Ethics, Outdoor Recreation, Science III (Health, Diet & Exercise), Music II (Modern), History II (Europe & Africa), In the City, Business II (Marketing & Management), Food II (cooking meals).
Semester 4:
Dating, Relationships & Marriage, Transportation, Teaching & Education, Astronomy & Superstition, Movies & TV, Poetry & Figurative Language, Science IV (Mental Health & Drugs), History III (Asia & Oceania), Theatre, Dance & Opera, Technology & Progress, Winter Sports & Activities.
Conversation English Levels:
We offer Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced online conversation classes. The classes are 1 hour long, five times per week (Monday to Friday). The longer you sign up for, the less expensive it is per class. We divide the school year into 4 semesters of 12 weeks each.
Organization of School Year:
Here at Spirt Bear, we divide the school year into 4 semesters of 12 weeks each. There is a one week break (no classes) at the end of each semester. There is a different topic for each week of the year to make sure there is variety. For each semester that the student completes they can get a certificate.
Classes include:
- Warm up / Current Events: Chat and news - may or may not be related to the weekly topic.
- Grammar: While grammar is not the focus of the classes, there will always be the need to learn some grammar. Grammar items will be taken from context, isolated, generalized and then recontextualized - that means that the grammar will be used to fit the language functions being learned and not the other way around.
- Student-Directed Work: Students are encouraged to ask questions about language items that interest them or need to be learned for other purposes. This list is just a starting point.
- Vocabulary and Idioms: These will be worked on every day, based on the weekly topic, news, the student's questions or general conversation (i.e. related to the lesson of the day).
- Conversation: This is the emphasis of these courses, using the language items learned in a natural way to improve confidence, vocabulary and fluency.
