Language school Vancouver, International Language Schools of Canada (ILSC)

Intensive course + internship
The programme is structured in two parts. The internships take place following an intensive course (during which you can pass official certificates). Before carrying out the internship, the participants need to have acquired sound language skills (level 6 recommended, see table). This is an opportunity to put your language skills into practice in a sector of activity which interests you and to discover the Canadian professional world. The duration of the internship must be equal (or inferior) to the duration of the intensive course taken beforehand.
The average duration of an internship is 8 weeks, maximum 12. It is possible to carry out longer internships according to the domain (e.g. engineer), but there is a strong chance that it will be in two different companies. For example, an internship of 24 weeks will be converted into two placements for two internships of 12 weeks, (see supplements). Most of the companies are SMEs, and are therefore available and offer an ideal community environment for carrying out an internship. The interns are in permanent contact with the internship coordinators from the beginning of their stay, meaning during the first part of the programme which takes place in the school. The coordinators discuss with the future participant, they are available to help add the finishing touches to documents like the CV and the cover letter and to define the domain(s) of interest. They put in place interviews with potential employers which lead to the internship placement. Once the professional experience has begun, the intern stays in contact with the coordinators by means of weekly reports which give feedback on the integration and well-being within the company, the practice of the language, the tasks, etc. In order to validate the internship with a diploma, the intern hands over a final report signed by the company and will make an oral report, which will be attended by the coordinators, a member of the company as well as future interns and those who are in the process of carrying out an internship.
The domains for carrying out an internship are varied and for this reason, it is necessary to communicate 3 centres of interest for the different sectors of activity to us in order to guarantee the internship placement. We ask you to please prepare a CV and cover letter in English, as well as to send us a copy of your eventual work references or letters of recommendation at the same time as your enrolment form.

The programmes are proposed here in the form of packages including various course + internship options according to the duration, objectives and language level of each student. The accommodation is only included during the academic part. For the accommodation during the internship, see options and supplements.