CanadaWide English Network in Mexico
Come out and visit the CanadaWide English Network booth at the upcoming CEC Network education fairs in Guadalajara (Feb 11 - 12), Monterrey (Feb 14 - 15), and Mexico City (Feb 17 - 18). Two representatives from CanadaWide will be there to answer all of your questions about studying in Canada. Come visit our booth to pick up information on any of our seven schools and numerous English programs.

New Year's Resolution Promotion
We are coming to the end of our latest promotion for studying English. If you enroll before the 15th of February in an ESL program in any one of our seven exciting schools for four weeks or more you will receive a $200.00 discount on your tuition price!!! Check out our website at
www.canadawide-english.com for further details and registration forms!

Canadian as a Second Language Institute - Vancouver, BC
Communications Contest
All students did a great job in the contest that focused on improving listening and articulation skills. Students needed to be especially conscious of their pronunciation, word choice and listening comprehension as they described and replicated abstract drawings, summarized the details of video clips and took dictation from their partner. Congratulations to our communication contest winners: Ana Luisa from Mexico and Ana Carolina from Brazil!

Winter Wonderland Graduation Party
CSLI held the January graduation ceremonies in a white paradise at Mount Seymour. In addition to saying goodbye to our graduating students we played a variety of Canadian snow games. There was snowshoeing, a snowman building competition, snow pictionary, winter charades, snowball fights and lots of hot chocolate! Special congratulations to Pablo Urquieta from Chile, winner of the coveted Student of the Month prize of a four-week scholarship.
http://www.csli.com/

Educere International College - Calgary, Alb
A special "Thank you" to Maria Eugenia Gisondo from Argentina for submitting this article for the CWEN newsletter.

Corporate Culture beyond the Oil and Gas Sector
After working exceptionally hard on Don's business assignments this month, our trip to the Big Rock Brewery was refreshing! Barbara, our Principal, took us in the "school bus", though Glade, our speaking and listening instructor, had promised to drive us. Was it really because Barbara is the insured and designated driver or because Glade likes Big Rock beer too much?

On this excursion, we were able to put into practice all our recently acquired knowledge about marketing and growth strategies, but we could really learn something after trying some handcrafted and flavorful beer. Since then, our English skills have also become more effective! Cheers! This is teaming building and organizational development at its best.

We were just thinking, are there any wineries to investigate next month?
www.educere.ca

KIOSK International - Toronto, Ont
Winter in Toronto is always warm at KIOSK. On January 21, KIOSK students all joined in to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Students decorated a tree and made traditional foods from China, Viet Nam and Korea. Some of the students put on a dance show and soon everyone was dancing! Next month our Muslim students will celebrate their New Year. Look for pictures in next month's CanadaWide newsletter.

One of the most important differences at KIOSK is the variety of students that we have. At present we have 25% from Viet Nam, 20% form Saudi Arabia, 15% from Korea, 15% from Mexico, 10% from Turkey, 10% from Japan and the rest come from China, France, Germany, Iran, Switzerland, Brazil and Argentina! Variety is the spice of life - and it helps students with our English Only policy at the school.
http://www.kiosk.on.ca/

Interlangues Language Center - Ottawa, Ont
Exciting news! On March 1st, 2004 the English Department will be moving to a bigger and better campus in the heart of downtown Ottawa. The new campus will be close to several shopping malls, movie theatres and a variety of restaurants. The students will have full access to all the major bus routes from the new location. The new location is 130 Albert Street, suite 710. Interlangues' new location is pleased to offer students a computer lab, game room, small library, bigger student lounge, kitchen and quiet study area.

In other news, our new conversation program has proven very successful. Many new students have come in requesting it specifically. We also look forward to introducing our new Working Holiday English program. For more information on this and other programs, please contact our registrar, Nina Maimone.
http://www.interlangues.ca/

POINT3 - Montreal, Qc
It has been a chilly start to 2004! The year of the monkey is going to be one of prosperity and productivity, we can already feel it!...

The New Year has brought new students to study English and French at POINT3. We even have one ambitious student who is studying both languages at the same time, which is not an easy task!

La Fête des Neiges, Montreal's foremost celebration of winter for families and outdoor enthusiasts, is on right now, and POINT3 will be there this week-end, to take in all the fun.

Next weekend we will be going to our provincial capital for the 50th Annual Quebec Winter Carnival! The students are looking forward to experiencing this world famous festival, and so am I! There are activities all day long, and parades and parties well into the night...

We have lots planned for February! We would love to have you join us in Montreal! We will be bringing back the POINT3 jam session, for any students and teachers who wish to share their musical talents.

POINT3's specials are on until the end of February! Register for 2-3 weeks and there is no registration fee; register for 4 weeks and you'll get 1 free week; register for 8 weeks and get 2 weeks free; register for 12 weeks and get 3 more weeks at no charge!
www.point-3.com

Canadian College of Business and Language - Victoria, BC
It's Party Time
Paula Peterson, Director of Admissions, is surrounded by students from Meiji University (Tokyo) during one of our famous karaoke parties held in our Film Studio. Every February and March, Canadian College is host to a number of
university groups that participate in our popular Business English programs that wrap up with an official TOEIC Test and Graduation Party.

Hollywood Anybody
Ted Battryn, Program Support Manager, leads a group of international students on a tour of our Film Studio and Film Program facilities. During February, March and April, students will start their film industry terminology training combined with English Conversation in order to prepare for entry into our one year Filmmaking Diploma program. Start dates for the Filmmaking programs are September and October 2004.

Finally, Snow in Victoria
The last time in snowed in Victoria was 1996 so you can imagine what students thought when they woke up to fresh powder on the ground. That's right, Victoria's best kept secret is that we have no snow during winters!
We are sorry to report that the snow only lasted 5 days and is now gone.
Flowers and trees are now budding and we are enjoying the best weather of any city in Canada. Come to Victoria, enjoy the sunshine and smell the flowers.
For more information, please visit us at www.canadiancollege.ca.

On behalf of all the directors and staff members of CanadaWide English Network and our participating schools we would like to wish you a safe and Happy 2004!!! We look forward to providing you with the most extensive English Language training in Canada for 2004. As a New Year's resolution promotion, we would like to offer you a $200.00 discount on registrations of 4 weeks or more!!! For further information please email us at registrar@canadawide-english.com

Benjamin Sherren
International Business Manager
CanadaWide English Network
PO Box 78571 Wilderton Station
Montreal, Quebec H3S 2W9
Tel: (514) 346-5145 Fax: (902) 628-1190
bsherren@canadawide-english.com

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The CanadaWide English Network is a group of English as a second language (ESL) schools offering a wide variety of English courses and accommodation across Canada. Programs include Intensive English & French, Conversation, Business English, Pronunciation, TOEFL & TOEIC Preparation, TESL (Teaching English for non-native teachers), Academic Preparation, High School Placement, Volunteer, Internship, Summer Teen, Study Tours, and Christmas in Canada.