The Summer Language Program at Lester B. Pearson College offers students the opportunity to learn English as a Second Language in an internationally renowned College. Students receive first-class instruction from faculty members within Pearson College or from experts recruited from the community. In addition to outstanding English instruction and state-of-the-art facilities, students are offered a wide range of activities, excursions, and lectures that provide immersions in Canadian culture and opportunities to learn the English Language. Students have and will continue to benefit from this multifarious approach that enhances English Language competence while building character. Students who participate in the program are presented with opportunities to be leaders in many settings.

AIMS OF THE PROGRAM
    The Summer Language Program at Lester B. Pearson College was created to offer international students the opportunity of experiencing an intensive English language program, integrating West Coast culture and state-of-the-art language instruction. Emphasis is placed on whole learning instruction. The program incorporates the latest Sony Language Laboratory facilities with audio, video, and computer technologies. The curriculum is taught by fully qualified and experienced native English speaking ESL teachers (see Faculty).
    Although the English Summer Language Program considers a rigorous academic program as part of its core success, our philosophy is to link language learning with a wide range of physical, creative and theatre arts activities (see Activities Program). After classes we offer activities which are directly linked to the language acquisition program in the classroom. Through these activities students can master new skills and acquire an enriched technically specific vocabulary.
    We complement our program with a full lecture series. The lecturers are generally Lester B. Pearson College faculty or other specialists from the community (see lecturers). The lecture series is based on the International Baccalaureate's approach to language acquisition. The lecturers discuss a wide range of global issues. A sample of topics includes “concerns for the environment while trying to manage a resource economy,” “the struggle by West Coast indigenous people in retaining their culture,” or “the impact of technological change on humanity”. In addition, on weekends students go on special excursions.

Students come from many different countries with one purpose- to improve their knowledge and ability of the English Language. In the process, they leave with much, much more. By learning with students from other cultures, they acquire an appreciation of their own culture, they establish contacts for future networking, opening new opportunities for career advancement.