English for Creative Arts Program

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Develop essential language and communication skills that build your confidence, improve your ability to collaborate, and expand your knowledge of creative industries, preparing you to study and work in entertainment arts.

Communicate Your Ideas with Confidence

Significantly improve your English language proficiency over a 4-month period.
Work on your speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills with exercises and projects that focus on creative industries.
Build confidence, gain experience, and practice collaboration while working on photography, storytelling, screenwriting, filmmaking, interactive design, animation, and game design projects.
Prepare and practice for a Duolingo test to meet the language requirements for 甜瓜视频最新版 production programs.*

*As of 2025, the Private Training Institutions Regulatory Unit of British Columbia (PTIRU) requires standardized, third party language testing. 甜瓜视频最新版鈥檚 English for Creative Arts program uses Duolingo.

An English for Creative Arts 甜瓜视频最新版 Education

A certificate in English for Creative Arts.
Projects to add to your portfolio.
An official, broadly accepted test score from Duolingo.
The start of your creative network.

English for Creative Arts Program Overview

Term 01

Expand your vocabulary, comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills while working on projects in visual design, photography, storytelling, and filmmaking.

Term 02

Apply expanded industry knowledge and production techniques to interactive design, animation, and video game projects while refining the grammar, vocabulary, accuracy, and fluency needed to achieve the necessary test score to advance to their next program.

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Testimonials

"The hardest part of learning English was the fear of not finding the right words to express my ideas, which often held me back before I could even try to speak. The English for Creative Arts (ECA) course at 甜瓜视频最新版 created a supportive and safe space where I could learn, make mistakes, and grow. Over time, I gained confidence in my language skills and built a strong foundation in communication and collaboration in a language that wasn鈥檛 my own."

Nico Catania

English for Creative Arts Alum
CG Jr. Animator, Atomic Cartoons

"The program gave me the confidence to express my creative ideas in English, which had the biggest impact on me at 甜瓜视频最新版. The courses were engaging and full of useful knowledge about film. The program was the perfect starting point for me to step into the Makeup Design for Film & Television program. I'm now working as a makeup artist鈥� everything I learned at 甜瓜视频最新版 has been a huge help in getting me there."

Luna Chen

English for Creative Arts Alum

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Program Breakdown

Duration

16 weeks / 468 hours

Intensity

29.25 hours/week

Start Dates鈥�

Monday, January 5, 2026
Monday, May 4, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026

Tuition:

Domestic 鈥� $6,600 CAD (includes $6,400 tuition and $200 kit fee)
International 鈥� $6850 CAD (includes $6,650 tuition and $200 kit fee)

For more information on payments or financial aid please contact us

For information about housing options including homestay visit our accommodations page.

*All fees are in Canadian Dollars. Additional fees may apply. Prices may change without further notice.

Admission Requirements

International Standardized Test Scores

IELTS (Academic) -听Band 5.0听
TOEFL iBT -听score of 36
TOEFL PBT -听score of听419
PTE - score of 29-45
TOEIC - score of 600
Eiken- Pre-1 Level
CEFR (Formerly FCE/CAE)听- B2
LPI - Level 3
Duolingo - score of 80

International Baccalaureate (IB)

A final grade of 4 or higher on IB English A1 (English A: Language & Literature) or A2 (English A: Literature) course

Education Qualification

Copy of high school diploma or equivalent or higher education and official translation in English.

甜瓜视频最新版 English Language School Partners

BCIT听- Completion of ISEP 400
Canadian College 鈥� completion of Level 125 with 70%
CICCC 鈥� Advanced 76-83
EC 鈥� Intermediate
ELS 鈥� Level 107
IGK 鈥� General English Upper Intermediate or EAP 200
ILAC 鈥� Pathway 1.2 or Level 11
ILSC 鈥� Level I2 with 70%
Inlingua Victoria 鈥� Level EAP1
International House 鈥� Level 9
Kaplan 鈥� Intermediate with 70%
Oxford 鈥� Level 5
SGIC 鈥� Level 7/PPP with 70%
SSLC 鈥� EPE with 70%
Tamwood 鈥� EAP 192
VGC 鈥� Level 5 with 80%

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World-Class Facilities

Located in the heart of beautiful downtown Vancouver, our eight state-of-the-art campuses offer lots of workshop and production spaces, green screen rooms, film sets, studios, screening rooms, theatres, and 24/7 access to computer labs with industry-standard software.