DECEMBER 1999

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Wishing an Incredible New Millennium to You All!

To all our students, agents, teachers and suppliers, who are now our friends, CSLI and its staff wish you all a joyous and successful season! Your support and friendship over 1999 will always be remembered and appreciated. We look forward to sharing with you all the promise and opportunity that 2000 will bring.

Canada-Wide English Network is Endorsed by the Government of Canada.
Following the roaring success at CEC Agents Education Fair, CSLI and its Canada-Wide partners have been recognized by the Canada 2000 Millennium Bureau for its efforts in promoting education and cultural interaction across Canada and the world. Partners of the Canada-Wide Network also received an overwhelming response from agents in Asia, Latin America and Europe, interested in promoting our "Fly-for-Free" package, which spans across Canada. Some will be working with international airlines to present a complete air/study/accommodation package. Visit our website at www.canadawide-english.com for more details.

Welcome Back to All our Past Students for Our 10th Year Anniversary Re-Union!
To our CSLI students & friends: CSLI is just 24 months away from our 10-year anniversary celebrations and we are currently updating our student alumni files to inform EVERYONE of our big party! Now that we have your email address, we will keep you posted through our monthly newsletters. If you have other CSLI students' email addresses, please send them to us so we can tell them also of our grand reunion! Of course, all Student-of-the-Month winners from over the years receive FREE return air tickets from their country (plus a one-month scholarship) but we will attempt to arrange discounts (air & hotel) for others. Keep reading our "What's New at CSLI?" Newsletter for updates each month. Won't it be great to see all your old friends (students, host families & teachers) as well as beautiful Vancouver again? Start planning now to be at this big celebration!

CSLI Directors Meet with Student Alumni in Quebec Reunion
Lawrence & Lori-Ann Keenan had the extreme pleasure of reuniting with our students from Quebec while on a recent visit to there. Much thanks goes to Pierre Trudel for his efforts in making this happen. His planning in bringing French-speaking Canadians to Vancouver and CSLI allows CSLI to truly offer all our international students the chance to experience a complete Canadian cultural exchange. This was a highlight of our Summer Program and has encouraged many of our foreign students to visit Quebec. Our hearts go out to all these students for taking the time to meet with us and we are sorry to have missed those from Montreal who were not able to make it.

CSLI's Student of the Month for November
Congratulations to Myoung-Gyu Kim from Korea, our Student of the Month recipient for November! Thank you also to his agent, Education Canada in Seoul, for having referred such a wonderful student to us!

Santa is Coming to Town!
As always, December is Christmas Month and our FREE Friday activities have a particular Canadian flavor. This month they include skiing lessons (all inclusive), an old fashioned Canadian Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum, a day trip to Whistler, visiting the Christmas display at Canada Place, Christmas carol singing lessons, a Christmas baking class and Christmas craft classes for card and candle making! Our month ends with our traditional CSLI Christmas Graduation with turkey lunch, a visit from Santa (with gifts for his CSLI Student Wish-list recipients), our students' Christmas play and a student gift exchange (everyone gets one!). Students this year will also be treated to our Millennium Celebrations when CSLI throws its own Year 2000 Party one day before the big event. This allows students to be with their homestay families and all their friends when the real millennium comes! CSLI classes operate all the way through this festive season and will only be closed on Public Holidays. First classes for 2000 are Tuesday, January 4th. See you all in the next century!

NOVEMBER 1999

Winter Special Certificate Available for You! Attached you will find a special Winter gift from CSLI that entitles you to a reduction on tuition fees for students paying in full before November 30. Starting dates can be anytime and you may use thisfor yourself, a client or your friend but only one offer per person.

Overwhelming Response to CanadaWide English Network's Fly-for-Free Package: CSLI and it's partner schools in CanadaWide are receiving strong interest from students and agents about this exclusive offer. Students receive free flight connections when studying at two or more of our schools. Go to the Canada-Wide or Fly-for-Free pages for more information about this.

Canada-Wide Introduces It's Network to over 100 International Agents in Quebec: At the CEC Conference from November 17-19, agents from across the world have been invited to attend and meet with the five partners of Canada-Wide (CSLI, Village English, Y&N, Interlangues and Study Abroad Canada). A special cocktail evening has been arranged.

October Student of the Month is Jiro Asai: Congratulations to Jiro for his commitment to his studies, and to his agent Ryugaku for sending such an excellent student! Special mention also goes to another long-term student who has just graduated, Yi-Ching (Kitty) Hsieh for her dedication and success. Thanks also to her agent AAC! Kitty is returning a special scholarship CSLI has awarded her.

Free Friday Activities for November Are as Popular as Ever! As always, a wide variety of activities are available at absolutely no cost to our students. They include this month: Vancouver Museum Tour, Indoor Rock-Climbing, Ballroom Dance Lessons, Business Telephone Skills, Ice Skating Lessons, Jewelry-Making Class, Pottery Painting, Pronunciation Class, Singaporean Lunch, Vancouver Planetarium Show, Granville Island Brewery Tour, Curling Lessons, Christmas Crafts, Anthropology Museum Tour at UBC, BC Culture Class, Pub Night and Vancouver Canucks Hockey (NHL) Game.

October Graduation was a Halloween Success!: Each year October Graduation is a major costume affair with the biggest party of the year. Here is a picture from this years celebrations. Graduation in November includes a private theatre showing just for CSLI students, preceded by our monthly graduation ceremony and student awards, and followed by our party.

OCTOBER 1999

At last! CSLI Releases New Website!
After much preparation CSLI now offers it's overseas students and agents an easier way to keep in touch with developments and happenings at our school. Regular monthly updates will be provided to give you news on activities, graduations, awards, and local news. Past students now have the opportunity to keep in touch with friends they have made all over the world. We continue to live upto our motto, "uniting the World with English!" Visit some of the fun and educational sites on our Bulletin Board!

2000 Calendar: CSLI is Open All Year Long & No Price Increases!
Visit our new website for 2000 calendar update. Class start dates are EVERY week and we are open throughout Christmas and New Years week (except public holidays). First classes of 2000 begin Tuesday, January 4th. This way students can enjoy traditional Canadian Winter & Christmas celebrations with CSLI and their homestay families, and enjoy study without interruption!

CSLI Challenges All Canadian Schools to Offer Support to Earthquake Victims!
This month CSLI students and staff raised $1600 for both Taiwan and Turkish earthquake victims. CSLI challenges all other Canadian English language schools to match this since so many of us have benefited from having students from these fine countries. Our wishes go out to these people and we are grateful that all the past and present CSLI students and their families are fine.

FREE October Friday Activities Offer Students Excellent Choice & Value!
Next month's students at CSLI can expect the following selection free every Friday: Science World & Imax, Horseback Trail Rides, Wine Tasting Class, Art School & Gallery Tour, Computer & Public Speaking Lessons, Bowling, Greek Restaurant Lunch, Acting Lessons, Hair-styling, Practice TOEIC/TOEFL test, Vancouver International Film Festival, Squash Lessons, Pasta Cooking, Golf & Indoor Swimming Lessons, Career Counseling, Billiards, Calligraphy, Pumpkin Carving & Costume Making for Halloween, Singing Lessons and of course our Graduation Halloween Party October 29 As usual, all expenses relating to these events are free, including all instruction, equipment and transport.

Congratulations to our September Student of the Month: Mr. Brasil Himself!
Well done Carlos (Magno dos Santos) for making such an excellent impression during his one month study. He showed commitment to his study and developed well over the short time he was here and made a great impression with all his friends and teachers. You will be remembered well Carlos and remember to keep in touch by practicing your English on our website! Congratulations to his agent Liza for bringing us such a memorable student!

Win a Scholarship to CSLI and Join our Family!
Check out our Bulletin Board and register for one free month of full-time tuition at CSLI! This includes Registration fees, 30 hours of classes each week, all class materials plus our free Friday activities. Apply today for scholarships next year.

See What Our Students Have to Say!
Don't just listen to us: read our student testimonials and ask our current students through our Bulletin Board what they think about CSLI. Email us and we will put you in touch with them!

Canada-Wide English Network Releases Website:
Owing to the success of our Fly-for-Free Package, CSLI and it's partners has released the Canada-Wide website. You can find it at www.canadawide-english.com where you can request additional information from our central office.

SEPTEMBER 1999

Come Meet Canada-Wide English Network Partners in Quebec City on Nov.17th:
CSLI and all partner schools are inviting agents to attend the promotion of the Network and our Fly-for-Free package. This will be at the same location as the CEC Agents Workshop. Contact us for more information or visit our website for more information about Canada-Wide and the free flight package: www.csli.com.
CSLI Holds Fund-Raiser for Turkish Earthquake Victims:
Students, homestay families & staff are joining to raise money for last months earthquake in Turkey. Our target is for over ¤2000, similar to the CSLI Kosovo Fund earlier this year. This is particularly in honour & appreciation for the great Turkish students we have received here in Canada. All our best wishes are with their friends and families.
September's Free Activities Include Whistler & Vancouver International Fringe Festival: Students in September also get to enjoy Vancouver Art Gallery, Aquarium & Stanley Park Tour, Photography Class, Rollerblading the Seawall, Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge Tour, Cocktail Making, African Drumming Class, Steveston Village Tour, Tennis Lessons, Ji-Jitsu Class, Rock Climbing Class, Candle-Making & Decorating Class and the Emily Carr Art School Tour on Granville Island.
Academic options include Business Telephone Skills, Idiom/Slang Class & Pronunciation Class.This months Graduation Party is at the Purple Onion Nightclub.
CSLI features on Canadian Television:
Students and staff made guest appearances on theVancouver TV Morning Show on August 20th. These students were on TV for 3 hours and became CSLI celebrities. The event attracted much interest because of CSLI's free activities. The show starred our Activities Co-ordinator Olivia and Spanish student Maria Palacios.
CSLI Student of the Month for August was Oscar Aranda from Mexico!
Congratulations to Oscar and to his agent Leticia & Martha from Alipi Mena Tours, currently visiting Vancouver.
New Newsletter Format Next Month with our New Website:
Future newsletter updates will be viewed on the front page of our new website.
Full translations of our brochure and 2000 calendar will also be available.
Look out for exciting new attractions and specials on this site!
See you again in September!

JULY 1999

CSLI and Canada-Wide English Network Invites You to the CEC Agents Workshop:
Note that this is the premier event for agents who promote education in Canada, and we can assist you in being invited if you contact us quickly. This is your chance to meet all the Directors of our five schools, in Quebec City on November 18/19 (accommodation & registration is included) at this show, hosted by the CEC (Canada Education Centres).
CSLI is also a member of the CEC and the CAPLS association of private schools:
Canada-Wide English Network is the only (exclusively Canadian) school partnership that can offer you a choice of five locations plus FREE FLIGHT connection between our schools, and excellent commission rates. Last year we were able to assist a number of agents world-wide, by introducing them to the various CEC and Canadian embassy / trade offices abroad, as this is where invitations for the Agents Fair are sent. Please note that there are a limited number of invitations issued per country, and there is much interest.
Summer Arrives in Style in Vancouver with our Free Friday Activities:
Selected events this month included the International Jazz Festival, Overnight Camping, Kayaking, Lynn Canyon Hike, Comedy Festival, Whistler Day trip, Casino Night, Beach Volleyball and much much more.
As always, all expenses are FREE for all students!
Other Events at CSLI this Month:
July students have the chance to celebrate two Graduation ceremonies this month:
Canada Day at the beginning of the month (for our June graduates) and our Boat Cruise grad on July 30 for our July graduates. An added bonus to our boat cruise is that we are honoured to be celebrating the wedding of two of our former CSLI students on board! See our August Events Calendar attached.
Welcome to Our Summer Quebec Students!
What a real treat we are having with our French speaking neighbours from the other side of Canada. Our international students are fascinated with the opportunity to meet such great ambassadors from another important part of Canadian culture, in their classes. Thanks especially to Pierre and Karen-Annie for their hard work in making this possible.
CSLI New Brochure Now Available:
Our updated brochure has more information about our Internship/Volunteer and our Business English/TOEIC Programs, plus information on awards and events at CSLI. Copies are being sent out this month, so please let us know if you if you do not receive them soon. They will be available on our web site in August.
1999 Prices Available for Year 2000 Students:
Register for the year 2000 before November 1999 and receive 1999 prices! Our CSLI calendar for 2000 will be released this month and will be posted immediately on our web site: www.csli.com. Please note that CSLI has continuous intake, and starting dates will be available every Monday ( unless it is a public holiday). This means you can arrange registrations for any week in the year 2000!
CSLI Releases its Exciting New Web site in August!
Our eagerly awaited new web site will be available in August with new tools and services that will assist you. CSLI remains on the leading edge of Internet technology and we expect to be able to provide our agents and students with better communication than ever. We will be providing more information about this in our August Newsletter.

JUNE 1999

Study with our Canada-Wide English Network:
This opportunity is available with our Fly-Free-Between-Schools Package. All promotional flyers have been sent out to our agents so please contact us if you have not received them or if you would like to see how so much commission is possible!
C.S.L.I. Sponsors 5 Refugees from Kosovo:
Although the war appears to be over now, C.S.L.I. is accepting 5 refugees who are being relocated in Vancouver. Accommodation, meals and clothing assistance is being provided, along with English scholarships and job search assistance.
Vancouver Summer Events Now Included in C.S.L.I. Free Friday Activities:
From June we include such exciting events as the International Dragon Boat Festival and Jazz Festival. Also available free to our students this month are tours to Victoria, Granville Island, Deep Cove, Lynn Valley and our Picnic Graduation at Ambleside Park.
C.S.L.I. Receives Glowing Report From Representative In Japan:
We appreciate all compliments from satisfied agents and students but sometimes we are particularly touched. Attached is an original copy of one such letter that we would like to share with you.
May Student-of-the-Month Comes from Curitiba, Brasil:
Congratulations to Rosani Mary Lopes and her agent Samira Mansour. Rosani's award includes free return flight to Vancouver in 2002 to celebrate our 10th Anniversary.

APRIL 1999 HIGHLIGHTS

CSLI forms Canadian Network to offer you an incredible English package, Canada wide!
We have now combined promotions with 5 other schools for “ Study and Explore” English programs. Students saved an average of $375 each, participating in our free Friday activities this March. These included: ski-lessons, snow shoeing, an NBA basketball, roller hockey, wine tasting, Greek lunch, Lynn Canyon Tour, curling & boat cruise graduation. 1999 CEC Agents Workshop confirmed for Quebec in November. This has been changed from Halifax, the originally planned location.
CSLI students help raise $1247 for charity.
Our bi-monthly auction helped feed & support our 4 CSLI-sponsored needy children in India, Chile, Dominican Republic and Philippines. Win one month of free study for a client worth $1255! Reply to our attached survey and you qualify for the draw.
Are you having problems getting visas for your students?
CSLI and CAPLS can help, but we need your feedback!
Our student of the month for March is Tomoya Ikeda.
Congratulations to his agent, JWS, for sending us such a great student! Japan was one of 18 nationalities represented at CSLI in March.
Summer programs at CSLI are almost full!
A reminder to those agents who do not have guaranteed seats to book soon!
Canada-wide Package Coming in April :
CSLI has been working closely with other quality Canadian schools to bring your clients the chance to study in all or any of our schools. We are presently negotiating with transport operators to link our schools, which will be in place later this year. Until then we recommend that the students’ domestic flights across Canada purchased with their international tickets, as they are still much cheaper this way. All bookings and inquiries can be made by contacting us directly. Full promotional material will be sent to you in April. This means one stop shopping for you and your clients and a unique opportunity to explore Canada.
Free Friday Activities for April include:
Please tell your students what to expect and that everything is included with our Friday events, including entrance fees, lessons, equipment and transportation.
Please see "What's happening at CSLI this April" attachment.
CEC Agents Workshop:
We apologize on the CEC’s behalf for the change of plans, however we strongly recommend you attend, as last year’s conference proved to be very successful for all schools and agents who attended. Please contact your local CEC (Canada Education Center) or Canadian Embassy for details on how you can be invited. Most agents aren’t aware of this conference yet, so please take advantage of our early notice and develop a strong relationship with the CEC nearest you. Visit the CEC web site at: www.studyincanada.com/cec for more information on the CEC and the workshop.
Charity Auction:
CSLI’s developed a creative & fun way for students to interact, with their English skills, while contributing to a worthy cause. Homestay families, students, teachers & staff donate food & gift items to be auctioned for such things as natural disaster relief, local charities, in addition to the children we support. It is our intention that these children will eventually study at CSLI on scholarships. Agents Survey We are updating our agents’ list to ensure we can give our serious representatives even better service. Please help us to give you the attention you deserve by completing our survey. An e-mail address is very important for us to maintain effective contact with you.
Visa Problems?
Our national association of private language schools (CAPLS) is working with its schools to help resolve the problems we are having with students not getting student or tourist visas to Canada. If you have experienced problems, please give us as much detail as possible (your name will be kept confidential) as CAPLS is working with Immigration Canada to resolve these challenges. CSLI is actively involved with the CAPLS lobbying committee.

FEBRUAY 1999

1999 Vancouver/ Toronto Package !!!!!
Why choose when you can offer your clients the best of both worlds...C.S.L.I. in Vancouver and Village English, near Toronto! Here is an incredible package for your students this Summer.... Prices above include: full-time English studies and class materials, homestay accommodation with 3 meals a day, airport pick-up, registration and placement fees. Activities are also included with this package, every Friday at C.S.L.I. It doesn’t include airfare or spending money For more information and bookings, contact Michelle at C.S.L.I. For your convenience, these rates are in U.S. dollars, and invoicing and arrangements for the full package will be done through our office. Register before March 31 and receive this package! C.S.L.I. has been working closely with Village English to present this exclusive package to you. Lori-Ann and I have been working closely with Greg Nesbit, the President at Village English, over a number of years and you can expect the same quality and service for your clients from Village English that you have found from us.
For more information about Village English please click onto their website. www.village-english.com If this package excites you let us know now as we would like to develop similar packages in the future for you and your clients, including group packages. But let us know soon as there is a limited number of seats allocated at both schools! Of course our excellent C.S.L.I. programs are available all-year-round for your clients who are seeking study in Vancouver only.
Updates:
To make our Directors Newsletter more accessible to you, we have decided to email updates each month. This way we can keep in touch with you regularly with our specials like our Vancouver/Toronto package above, plus C.S.L.I. and Vancouver events.
Business English Classes at C.S.L.I.:
Are you aware that C.S.L.I. offers specialised Business English ? Apart from our 8 levels of Conversational English classes (from Beginner to Advanced), we offer advanced students the option of this program which combines the grammar of TOEIC with English for business studies.
February topics include:
the Canadian Business scene, the Stock Market, Marketing & Advertising, Sales & Negotiation, International Trade and Management. Mr Scott Redgrove is our specialty teacher in this field, and for our monthly curriculum in this course please contact him at scott@csli.com Free February Activities: This month’s arranged activities available to our students include: NBA Basketball game, Victoria Tour, Stanley Park and Aquarium, Professional Guitar lesson, Volunteering in the Community, Cooking for Parties, Health Show, Golf lesson, Bowling, Rollerhockey, Tarot-card reading, as well as academic options such as Pronunciation, Idioms, Business Telephone and French classes. As always, all activities include transport costs & admission.
Canadian Visas:
Have you ever experienced difficulties getting visas (working, study or tourist) for your students to Canada? Please let me know. As you may know, C.S.L.I. is part of the largest and most influential organisation of private language schools in Canada, C.A.P.L.S., and I am representing the C.A.P.L.S. in lobbying issues to Government, especially regarding immigration and visa issues. This is the main concern private schools have with Government as this appears to be agents biggest complaint. C.S.L.I. and C.A.P.L.S. wants to make the process of getting visas for your students easier. We are researching this and would like your opinion on this matter, so if you have particular examples of problems you have experienced with your local Canadian Embassy or Consulate or Immigration Office, please let me know. Names will be kept confidential by C.S.L.I but statistics will collected from all our school members to determine where problem areas are. We will also be contacting various Embassies overseas to find out what their concerns are, and how schools and agents can best present their visa applications. This way we can offer specific suggestions to you to help your clients have greater success in less time. Please feel free to email me back on my personal email address: lawrence@csli.com

JANUARY, 1999: Happy New Year!!!!

Expolangues, Paris:
C.S.L.I. will be attending so please visit our booth at the Canadian Pavilion, January 27-31 at the Grande Halle de la Villette. Michelle Balogh our Manager, will be there for all five days, but please note that the first day is an "agents only" day, so please try to attend then for more personal attention. Michelle will be staying in Paris from the 26th, so please contact us should you want to arrange meetings with her privately. She will also be in Budapest the week prior. C.E.C.
Agents Workshop for 1999:
Speaking this week with the head of the C.E.C., Rodney Briggs, the venue and date for this years Workshop is all but confirmed. Make plans for the week of November 8th in Halifax (on the east coast)! This will be a very exciting week for most of us here as it will be a combination of possible three events: the Agents Workshop (for 2 days), the C.E.C. Members Conference (paid school members of the C.E.C., including C.S.L.I.; for 2 days) and the C.A.P.L.S. Annual Meeting (Canadian Association of Private Language Schools, the largest national organisation which includes C.S.L.I.; for 2 days). This would be the largest congregation of Canadian schools in one place at one time in Canada, and a great opportunity for you! If you are serious about wanting to send students to Canada and if you are seeking more information, this Agents Workshop is, by far, the best and most effective one available to you. Please consider attending this year by following the instructions we left you last month.
Included in Our Tuition:
We often have students comparing the prices of our programs with other schools so we wish to emphasise the following when doing so:
1) Our prices are listed in Canadian dollars which is about $1.40 to $US1.00
2) Included in our tuition prices are: a) our organised Friday activities* and events (including all expenses) b) volunteer and internship programs c) internet and email access d) all class materials e) all local taxes including G.S.T & P.S.T. f) tea & coffee and recreation facilities (pool table& tabletennis)
3) Homestay fees of $700Can. includes: a) 30 days/nights stay b) airport pickup c) family type of the students choice, with no other students of the same language d) 3 meals/day When researching other schools we have found none that can offer a similar price package.
Check all these expenses when comparing us for true value and quality.
January Friday Activities This months FREE events include:
Whistler tour, Pronunciation, Internet Introductory Class, UBC & Museum tour, Hair Styling & Make-up lesson, Indoor Tennis lesson, Gastown tour & lunch, Curling lesson, Practice TOEIC/TOEFL exam, Ski lesson at Grouse Mountain (including ski-pass, equipment & transport), African Drum class, Movies, Yoga lesson, Origami, Job-searching and of course our Winter Festival Graduation.
C.A.P.L.S. Annual General Meeting:
In December last year, our national organisation of private schools met for our second A.G.M., and we are pleased to announce things:
1) we now represent 48 private English and French schools nationwide, and
2) we are in the process of establishing nationwide standards with all our members. Please note that C.S.L.I. already meets all the criteria recommended including minimum teaching standards (C.S.L.I. teachers require a minimum qualification of a University Degree, Teachers Certificate, Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate and a minimum of three years teaching adult English classes plus effective communication skills) minimum years of operation. If you would like a copy of the latest CAPLS publication please write to me.
‘99 Calendar & Agents Intro/Manual:
You should have by now our latest brochures with our 1999 calendar. The great news, as you can see from it is that we are now open 52 weeks of the year, without any breaks (excluding public holidays). This way students will have uninterrupted study from school holidays, and start dates are now every second Monday. Please let us know if you have students requesting other start days and we will do our best to fulfill this.
We have also updated our Agents Manual and have replaced it with a more comprehensive:
a) Introductory Manual: a guide for you, to take your clients through our services at C.S.L.I., step-by-step.
b) Agents Manual: a compilation of our documents and detailed information for you only. Let us know if you have not received your copy.