Your Path to meeting English Language Requirements at Fleming College
Program Highlights
5 levels of English skills development:
- Intensive academic English pathway program.
- 25 hours of classes weekly.
- Levels 1-4 emphasize reading comprehension, effective writing, speaking and listening, vocabulary, and pronunciation skills.
- Level 5 adds a focus on specific academic writing, such as reports, proposals, presentations, bibliographies and references.
Intense immersion, in and out of the classroom
- Student participate in an elective workshop, such as Pronunciation, Grammar Essentials, Social Conversation , Book Club, and Idioms and Expressions. These small-group workshops focus strongly on individual practice.
- One morning or afternoon each week is dedicated to a field trip to apply language skills to a specific situation, become familiar with Canadian culture and explore the natural environment of the Kawartha region.
- Students have 24/7 access to web based language learning software.
- Personalized learning: each week students receive private tutoring for 30 minutes.
Why Choose Fleming
Strong Connection to the Community
The ESL Bridge Program is closely connected to the local community through field trips and experiential learning. Students connect with the natural environment through rock climbing, skiing skating, nature walks, and visits to regional parks and forests. Cultural activities include guided visits to art galleries, museums, lectures, theatre performances, and historic sites.
Exceptional Faculty
The ESL Bridge Program faculty and tutors are all ESL certified and highly experienced. Our teachers and tutors have earned Master’s degrees in language education, are licensed public school teachers, have published textbooks, trained other ESL teachers, and all have enjoyed working with students in Canada and across the world. English language education is our passion!
Making Friends is Easy: Our program is small, yet includes students from all over the world.
Based on modern methods of learning language The ESL Bridge Program is based on current research into proven methods of learning a new language. It is designed to support individual rather than communal learning, recognizing that students differ in the skills and knowledge they bring to the program and progress at different rates. The program is held at Fleming’s Sutherland Campus, in Peterborough.
Placement Test
Students who do not meet the minimum language requirement for a post-secondary program at Fleming College Program will complete an assessment and speak with the Program Manager to be placed in one of 5 levels.
Pathway Opportunities
Level 5 students can articulate directly into a post-secondary certificate or diploma program at Fleming College, if they earn a minimum of 70% on course work and 70% on the Fleming College English as a Second Language Bridge program exit test.
Tuition Detail
Tuition and ancillary fees are subject to change without notice. The fees presented below reflect Fall start programs only for the current academic year. For details about the fee differences for other program start dates please refer to the Tuition Details chart below.
Domestic Students
| Semester 1 | Amount |
|---|
| Health Plan | $248.50 |
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Integrated Transportation Fee | $365.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Tuition | $2,100.00 |
| Total | $3,000.37 |
| Semester 2 | Amount |
|---|
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Tuition | $2,100.00 |
| Total | $3,000.37 |
| Semester 3 | Amount |
|---|
| Health Plan | $248.50 |
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Integrated Transportation Fee | $365.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Tuition | $2,100.00 |
| Total | $3,000.37 |
| Semester 4 | Amount |
|---|
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Tuition | $2,100.00 |
| Total | $3,000.37 |
| Semester 5 | Amount |
|---|
| Health Plan | $248.50 |
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Integrated Transportation Fee | $365.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Tuition | $2,100.00 |
| Total | $3,000.37 |
The fees above are for the current academic year for domestic students. Please note that the fees reflect the Health Plan and Integrated Transportation (Sutherland Programs only) charges for the fall entry point. These charges are applied up front and provide service coverage for a full year September to August. The charges for the winter and spring terms are as follows:
| Health Plan | Intergrated Transportation | Coverage |
| Winter | $180.50 | $255.50 | January to August |
| Spring | $129.50 | $142.35 | January to August |
International Students
| Semester 1 | Amount |
|---|
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Integrated Transportation Fee | $365.00 |
| International Health Plan | $704.58 |
| International Tuition | $5,406.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Total | $6,762.45 |
| Semester 2 | Amount |
|---|
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| International Tuition | $5,406.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Total | $6,762.45 |
| Semester 3 | Amount |
|---|
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Integrated Transportation Fee | $365.00 |
| International Health Plan | $704.58 |
| International Tuition | $5,406.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Total | $6,762.45 |
| Semester 4 | Amount |
|---|
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| International Tuition | $5,406.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Total | $6,762.45 |
| Semester 5 | Amount |
|---|
| Information Technology Fee | $97.85 |
| Integrated Transportation Fee | $365.00 |
| International Health Plan | $704.58 |
| International Tuition | $5,406.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $91.50 |
| Student Administrative Council Transition Fee | $3.50 |
| Student Services Support Fee | $94.02 |
| Total | $6,762.45 |
The fees above are for the current academic year for international students. Please note that the fees reflect the Health Plan and Integrated Transportation (Sutherland Programs only) charges for the fall entry point. These charges are applied up front and provide service coverage for a full year September to August. The charges for the winter and spring terms are as follows:
| Health Plan | Intergrated Transportation | Coverage |
| Winter | $645.82 | $255.50 | January to August |
| Spring | $263.60 | $142.35 | January to August |
