CultureWorks provides an environment where foreign students are immersed in the Canadian culture

[Francis Hult]

London Free Press

 

CultureWorks provides an environment where foreign students are immersed in the Canadian culture

 

When Tina Bax returned from a teaching stint in Korea 11 years ago, she had an idea about opening an English language school for foreign students. 

 

But the University of Western Ontario graduate wanted to create a school that went beyond language and truly operated as a gateway to Canada by immersing students in Canadian culture from Eh! to Zed. 

 

"I knew from living abroad that it's not just language -- putting the right word in the right box -- you really have to have the cultural piece to make it relevant and construct the language," she said. 

 

In 1998 she founded CultureWorks, a program that recruits and trains foreign students with intensive English language and cultural training. 

 

Full story:

http://www.lfpress.com/money/businessmonday/2009/12/07/12062376-sun.html

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