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Please contact your instructor if you have not received information about moving your class online.

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UBC English Language Institute (ELI)

Learn English from a World-Class Canadian University

The University of British Columbia’s English Language Institute (ELI) has over 50 years’ experience offering programs and activities for people all over the world who want to study English as an additional language.

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“I really feel more confident in English now”

“I really feel more confident in English now – I am probably writing better in English than in Portuguese! I feel that I can read English faster than before, and with a better comprehension… I liked the UBC English Language Institute online experience very much.”

Caroline Kuhn (Brazil)

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