About Okanagan College

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Okanagan College is a public, post-secondary institution with over 120 certificates, diplomas, degrees and programs including apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship trades programs.

Its largest campus is located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1963, Okanagan College has since grown to be the largest college in British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland and Victoria with over 8,500 full-time students on four regional campuses and is the second-largest trade school in British Columbia. Approximately 1,000 international students from over 40 countries currently study at Okanagan College. The College also has one of the fastest growing populations of Aboriginal students of any college in the province; in the 2015-16 academic year Okanagan College delivered educational programming to 1680 Aboriginal students

Programs The College offers a wide array of programs in university arts and science, business, trades, health, technologies, adult basic education (upgrading), adult special education and continuing studies. Programs that may be of interest to international students include: ESL courses/language training, vocational and trades programs and four-year degrees in both Business and Computer Information Systems. Many students also choose the university transfer program which allows students a smooth transition and cost-saving entry method into many of Canada’s most prestigious universities. This program includes courses in history, literature, psychology, chemistry, biology, physics and gender studies. Faculty are university educated academics who care deeply about their students. The College also has a long history of successful study tours, student exchanges and customized group training programs.


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Introduction Okanagan TESOL

TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. TESOL Certificate will give you the skills to teach English to speakers of other languages in English based countries like Canada, US, UK, Australia and abroad. It provides a solid basis for teachers and for developing personal expertise in a diverse range of English teaching situations. The demand for teachers with training in TESOL is very high around the world, and schools and colleges in many areas are urgently looking for native speakers and non-native speakers with high-level English language skills. 

As Okanagan TESOL program consists of 13 modules and 720 modules tests, these perfect course for ensure the quality of the course materials and the experience of the trainers. Our TESOL qualification is accepted all over the world especially Asia and 180 hours study recognition letter we provided is highly satisfied asian government education institutions requirement as we are the only one public college and online TESOL provider. All curriculums were estiblished based on TESOL Theories, phonetics, langustics, grammar, Comparative literature, training method and educational engineering.

Advantage of Okanagan TESOL

Okanagan College, which issues the certificate for the TESOL program is a renowned public college credited by the Province of British Columbia.

Okanagan College has TESOL certificate can be used for Non-English speakers everywhere, including Korea, China, Japan, VietNam, Mexico, Philliphines and even Canadian English institutes and for finding a job.

Okanagan College’s online TESOL program can be accessed using a computer, smartphone or tablet. 

Benefits of Okanagan TESOL

Okanagan College is a national university run by B.C., a well-known national university in Canada.

Okanagan College National University currently has partnered with the top universities in Korea (Sungkyunkwan University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, etc.) to actively carry out exchange student programs and academic exchanges.

If you obtain a Tesol certificate from Okanagan College National University, you can use it at all schools and English language institutes in Japan.

The online tesol course at Okanagan College National University is a system that allows students to study in parallel on various devices such as PCs and mobile phones. 

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