University of Saskatchewan Language Centre
Located in the R.J.D. Williams Building at 221 Cumberland Avenue North, Saskatoon SK, S7N 1M3, the
U of S Language Centre provides instruction in a wide variety of languages, develops learning materials, offers translation services, and is involved in curriculum development and teacher training for language programs internationally. Languages taught include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian. The U of S Language Centre also offers a distance education program in written French, as well as intensive French immersion programs of five weeks duration in spring and summer and one week in winter and fall. The English language program includes non-credit courses in academic writing, TOEFL and CanTEST preparation, conversational English, pronunciation and full-time ESL for international students. Students who successfully complete the full-time ESL program (Level 50 - Advanced) will be considered as having met the U of S English proficiency requirements. The full-time program is a 10-week course offered four times per year. It includes six levels, from Basic to Advanced, with 20 hours of instruction and an average of five hours of sociocultural activities weekly. The U of S Language Centre also acts as the academic home for the Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language and the face-to-face program in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.