EC Vancouver English Language School — Local services in Vancouver

This school is for lazy people who are just there as a pastime. I've been studying there for almost five months and, to be honest, I've been learning more at home and with my friends than at school. Also, some teachers have a strong political opinion, they waste their and our time talking about Trump and political stuff without knowing nothing about. It's not a really bad school at all, you as a student have an amazing online platform to study all day. On the other hand, if you are thinking in paying a lot of money to study there consider the negative points to not get up set when you realize that EC can be a nightmare. Also, I don't recommend "General English" unless if you are in the basic levels. Try to take some lessons as Cambridge or IELTS, I'm sure that is better than the regularly course. But if you can avoid the school completely, there are other schools with better environment without thinking just in your money.

I really would like to understand the reasons to be too different between what we see in the class and what we have to answer in the Assessment Test. I can give some detailed examples. In the Assessment Test we have a lot of questions which are completely different from what we are accustomed to seeing in the class. I explain why: in the class we have never seen those kind of questions. I never received an activity with the options TRUE, FALSE, NOT GIVEN whereas in the REAL test the school evaluates you through that methodology. In addiction the reading done in the class displays these kind of answer: e.g.: find in the text the synonym for "bad". "Discuss you with partner about some meanings..." whereas in the REAL test we have a sort of issues that demand a more deeply knowledge that we don't see very often - seldom - in the class. My question is: That situation is purposeful? Why the test is more difficult than our classes? I'm not complaining about the test but about the lazy way that some teachers pursue during the class. I cannot understand how the staff couldn't noticed that big mistake. I lived in a homestay with more 7 students and some of them studied in others schools which gave them a lot of more preparation that EC cannot give us.

EC deserves 5 stars only for the marketing. If the staff doesn't know how they can improve the school I will give some tips: Listen your customers; Create EC book. Do not accept a book that doesn't contain workbook (or give mandatory homework); Train the students to the assessment test, give similar activities; Evaluate better the teacher, certificate the classes more properly; Then, fire lazy teachers; Fix the machine, it stucks our money (food machine); Make possible changing students during the week. More effectively process without a lot of burocracy for everything; Try to imitate the best of others schools which have their own books (e.g.: preparation to CAE in the general English), parties for teenagers, best environment and special events. Improve the General English. Demand more from students. We cannot learn English with such bad classes. See the students as customers who paid a lot of money with the expectation that EC would be the best...

I had been in this school for well over a year.

Honestly, avoid it. Staff are very un friendly towards students (always unhappy). They are after your money and nothing else!

If you ate sick they don't care. They don't even accept (medical excuses). I was sick for a week and they refused to accept my doctors note and left me in a trouble with the government.

I wrote this review after having been in another english school in town and i saw...

I recently completed a three-week course at EC Vancouver and can safely say it was an exceptional experience. The school offers a vibrant and welcoming atmosphere, making connecting with students and instructors easy. The teaching staff are incredibly knowledgeable and helpful, offering personalized lessons that cater to individual learning styles. The curriculum is engaging and the diverse range of activities outside of the classroom...