Student Engagement Centre
The ELS Student Engagement Centre (SEC) is a unique place for students to make friends, take part in extra language activities and engage with the community in Edmonton.
The centre and its workshops, activities, and engagement experiences are included in your tuition fee.
In addition to their classes, all ELS students have access to the daily activities, workshops, and events in the English Language School’s Student Engagement Centre (SEC). This centre complements and supports students’ English studies and gives them opportunities to develop interpersonal language skills through social and cultural activities.
We go beyond “classroom study”
In addition to their classes, all ELS students have access to our Student Engagement Centre. The centre and its daily workshops, activities, and engagement experiences are included in your tuition fee.
Blog highlights – workshops and activities
Find out what’s happening each week with "Simon Says"
Join in and say 'hello' to the SEC instructor, plus get a chance to meet students from other classes
ELS volunteers are amazing!
These student volunteers are a perfect example that engagement can be meaningful & fun!
Meet Zuzana: this term's SEC instructor
Watch her first message to find out what the UAlberta campus looks like at the beginning of the fall term 2020
Join a Virtual UAlberta Student Club
Did you know that there are more than 400 student clubs at the UofA?
Student Weekly Challenge
We want to hear about your back to school experience and see your work spaces
Academic support
Students can receive one-on-one academic advising and support from EAP instructors.
- Grammar Workshops
- SEC Student Advising
- Listening Labs
- Writing Workshops
Social activities
Improve your language skills by using English to take part in fun, authentic language learning experiences.
- Conversation Club
- Guest Speakers
- Social Activity Club
Community engagement
Build your confidence through engagement with the community in Edmonton.
Past engagements examples:
- Edmonton Food Bank
- Student Engagement Centre (SEC) Assistant
- Hope Mission
- USchool
- ITU World Triathlon Edmonton
Fostering supported and independent forms of active learning
Advising students on coursework and through one-on-one tutoring
Supporting non-curricular activities
Developing English language skills in academic, fun, and practical contexts
Accommodating students unique educational and social needs
Creating an open, safe, inclusive learning space free of discrimination
Engaging in academic, cultural, and social activities in support of curriculum goals
Encouraging a sense of belonging and school spirit within the student body
Generating knowledge of practical steps to academic and professional success