School Structure

Different from most schools, which rent residences, shop areas or even sheds to make their schools, the Canadian English Centre owns its premises, which consists of over 750 square metres of a professionally designed area, to meet the needs of our educational project, where only English is used.

It was a massive investment that shows the commitment of our school to its mission as well as to serving the community.

Our classrooms have been designed to offer both students and teachers all the necessary tools for a perfect class.

In a comfortable, modern, and air-conditioned environment, accommodating up to twelve students, each classrooms has audio-visual equipment, high-speed internet access, and all the support material our teachers need, such as maps, books, exclusive tools for conversation and class dynamics, as well as other educational materials.

Small details such as 1.40-metre windowsills, as recommended by school construction norms, and 3.20-metre ceilings, create in our classroom the perfect and healthiest conditions to study and learn.

Our Language Laboratory is where our students work on their books, CD’s and complementary activities. Offering indoor and outdoor options, our lab can accommodate about 100 students at one time, in many different sections, according to the activities they need to work on. All indoor sections are air-conditioned.

For example, an area offers 10 computers connected to the internet, with high-speed, fiber optics access. Here, our students can do their online tasks, such as the Audio Challenges, Creative Writing Program, or the News Program.

They can also watch documentaries and other videos for our more advanced programs. The entire school is also covered by several Wi-Fi access points, so that our students can use their own cell phones, laptops or other internet-access devices.

During their lab time, our students receive full support from our support team of teaching assistants and teachers.

Our library carries several titles of books, magazines, newspapers, and even audio books to keep our students in contact with English, even after they graduate.

Although the internet is, today, the major source of practice materials, our library has been devised to carry materials that are not easily found online.

The Stratford Auditorium is a small auditorium with capacity for sixty people. It is here where our students give their lectures, and the school makes special presentations, like our biannual cultural lecture, named “This is Canada”, or our method presentations.

The auditorium is also used for several other activities, which include music concerts and theatre plays.

Some students come to the Canadian English Centre directly from their work or school. For this reason, we have a small snack bar that serves non-alcoholic drinks, snacks, and an assortment of chocolate bars and candy.

Our mini-store also offers other products that may be useful or interesting for our students.

The Canadian English Centre is one of the very few schools in our community to have special infrastructure to attend students with physical disabilities.

With access facilities, such as ramps, a conveniently located classroom, and a special washroom designed for wheelchair users, our physically challenged students will see that we really care for them.

Our school is monitored by 16 closed-circuit cameras with microphones. The objective of this system is not only to ensure security, but also to make sure that nobody is using another language, other than English, in the entire school.

The human brain requires a condition called territoriality to develop proficiency in a language. That is why the Canadian English Centre does not teach any language other than English, not even French, which is also spoken in Canada.

We are a true English-language immersion centre in our community.