Greice Pimmel
I strongly recommend English for Canada!
I have had writing classes with Maria both focused on the CELPIP test. In addition to the great material provided, I could focus on my weaknesses because they come up with full feedback in all my tasks. Besides the fact, she was very patient, friendly and makes you feel super comfortable during the classes, I can feel she is very passionate about what she does. Maria was also very supportive, telling me I was doing well and that I would achieve my goal, and one day before my test they sent me a good luck message (it meant a lot to me <3).
Thank you so much Maria for your help!
For those reasons, I always recommend English for Canada to all my friends.
Camila Tavares
Maria and her team are amazing! I remember that three years ago we contacted her because my husband, who had never attended an English course before, had a proficiency English exam to attend in a month and a half. We booked classes with her and her commitment blew our minds. In the end, my husband got the score he needed and I started having classes with her two years later. She is focused and dedicated. Each student has an individual study plan developed by her and her team in a very professional way. I’m a big fan of Maria!
Fernanda Reis
After 2 years in Canada it was time to take my English Exam to start my immigration process. I booked a couple of classes with different instructors, it was when I met Maria. She was so organized and confident that it was easy to choose. We booked our classes and we worked on speaking and writing mostly, but she would always send extra materials to make sure that I was studying listening too. During our classes she helped me with increasing my CLB not only increasing with English Skills but also helping me to build my confidence as a ESL student. At the exam day I felt like I was prepared and I had no surprises. Thank you Maria, going through this process with you was easier and it made me trust myself more.
Fernanda Mamede
"I will try to describe my feeling after I finally got the scores I need! First, I've been dealing with this teste for more than a year. I took IELTS twice and CELPIP twice last year! I always had a problem with testes because they make me nervous, actually very nervous! I've studied by myself during this time but never works. So I decided to contact Maria (and her team), and I can tell, Maria was my coach! She changed my mindset and showed me what exactly my problem is, THE WAY I was dealing with this situation. I put this teste bigger than me, and also put myself down all the time! I needed CLB 7, but I got CLB 8!!! How did I get this? Because I restarted to believe in myself, I took a breath, changed my mindset, and focus on ME! Sometimes it is hard to trust in ourselves, but we must have! All the time! I am here to say THANK YOU to Maria and Natalie for never giving up on me! Now I can say WE GO IT! I will never forget what you did for me! NEVER!"
Mariana Carvalho
I was very nervous when I emailed Maria for the second time to schedule classes for my second Celpip test. Besides that me and my husband had made wrong choices before in our PR plan, and I was not confident that it would work. But some voice inside me was telling that Maria should be by my side. First, we could find great opportunities this time since EE was dropping significant. Even busy and tired with a toddler at home, I worked so hard on my pack of six classes with Maria. She was there for me, and together we could see a huge progress on my writing and speaking. Maria helped build my confidence and I went from 6 to 9 on the speaking test. I ended up with unexpected band scores R:8, L:8, W:7 S:9 and I could finally had my ITA. Even still thinking that my writing was better than 7 I am proud of my achievements and Maria is really part of it for me!
Lucas Figueiredo
It's so hard to describe my incredible experience with English for Canada, being more specific, with Maria. She's one of the best teachers I've ever had, and our classes were really fun and productive at the same time. She became not only a teacher, but also a friend and therapist, sometimes. Hahaha
Thank you so much for all your effort, and I hope all students have the same opportunity to have you as a teacher. Thank's English for Canada.
Fernanda Louzada
Maria Alfaro is one of the best English teachers I have ever had. My husband and son also studied with her and loved it.
Organized, methodological, dynamic, relaxed and cheerful. Maria manages to explain in a very clear way what sometimes seems to be something incomprehensible.
Maria helped me in several different moments: exam preparation, perfecting emails and written communication in general, besides helping me to tame the monster of oral communication.
Maria is a complete and super competent teacher capable of helping any English student !!! Super recommended!!!
João & Thais
We are here to tell a little bit about our story with English for Canada and studying with teacher Maria. So, we came to Canada in 2018 as me, studying one year program in a private college and Joao working with IT, which is his background. In the same year, he prepared by himself for the Celpip exam. So, we decided to start preparation by taking some English classes with Maria and her amazing team.
After a lot of effort studying with Maria and the awesome team we finally achieved our goal, which allows us to apply for a PR at the beginning of this year.
We want to say thank you for your amazing service and dedication with us. Without you and, we would be far away from our goal.
Thanks for being an excellent teacher for us and for being part of this journey with us. You and your school are helping dreams come true.
You guys are amazing! Thanks a lot.
Maria Clara
My journey to reach a band 7 on writing wasn’t easy, but honestly, without Maria it would be even harder.
I’ve taken the test 4 times, in a period of three years. My first band was 6.0, showing that I was on an intermediate level and, in order to reach an advanced level, I would need professional help. That was when I looked for English for Canada help. With all the support, assistance and dedication of their team, I’ve reached 6.5 and finally, 7.0.
All I can say is thank you so much for the great work, Maria and English for Canada team. You guys are the best!
