Do you want to improve your English language proficiency skills? The English Language Peer Support (ELPS) program is back for the Summer 2021 term, starting on May 17th!

Join our Peer Supporters for one-to-one English language support for academic assignments.

What is the ELPS Program?

The ELPS program provides all Schulich students with one-to-one online English language assistance on assignments, cases, papers and presentation skills. Students who want support with English proficiency will work together with peer supporters, who will provide feedback on grammar, structure, citations and verbal presentation skills.

Schulich’s English Language Peer Support program is all about students helping students. Our Peer Supporters are Schulich graduate students who are experienced in providing tutoring support and who understand what it takes to meet Schulich’s English language proficiency standards.

How to Book:

Starting this term, we will be using MS Booking System for the ELPS program.

Use the “English Language Peer Support Appointment” link under the “Useful Links” section of your MySchulich Student Portal, or under the “Quick Links” section of this blog to access the ELPS calendar.

The ELPS schedules are posted up to 2 weeks in advance.  Select ELPS 1 or ELPS 2 to view the available dates and times and choose your preferred slot. Complete and submit the required information to book your appointment time. You will receive a confirmation and a reminder email, which will contain the meeting link to join your appointment. Appointments will be held on Microsoft Teams.

Important notes for booking:

(1) If you experience an error message when booking the appointment, please refresh the page and try again.
(2) Please keep the confirmation email in case you need to cancel or re-schedule the appointment.

Appointments are 45 minutes in length and a maximum of 2 appointments can be scheduled per week.
When you book a 1:1 appointment for writing practice, please have your assignment ready in Google Doc.

English Conversation Group

Do you want to practice your verbal conversational English in a fun, social setting? Then drop-in to the weekly English Conversation Group where our Peer Supporters will host general conversation groups on everything from sharing tips for coffee chats to discussing favourite characters on a Netflix show! Feel free to bring ideas for discussion topics! English Conversation Groups are open to all members of the Schulich community for whom English is an additional language, including current undergraduate/graduate international students and their spouses/partners. Sessions are held on Zoom each Thursday morning.

No need to register! Just come, talk, and have fun!

Thursday: 8:00am-9:00am EDT

Check your email for the ZOOM link!

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Please contact International Relations at intlrelations@schulich.yorku.ca if you have any questions.