Second Language Education / Concurrent Education

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Program Overview & Highlights

  • General 3-Year Program
  • Combined Honours Programs Available

Become fluent in teaching newcomers to Canada with this unique program. You’ll take three years in the Second Language Education program and two years in Education, earning two degrees at once to become eligible to teach JK to Grade 6. Concentrations in French and Spanish.

Service learning courses in the community and abroad, including in Tanzania where you can help rehabilitate classrooms and teach in schools
Start your in-demand career now: 35% of Ontario secondary schools and 24% of elementary schools are facing daily teacher shortages
Learn to teach a second language to young newcomers to Canada
Newly updated program with concentrations in French and Spanish

Learn More About Our Program

10
service learning electives to enhance your experience
98.8%
of our graduates are employed within 2 years1
1 (OUGS Education, 2020)
80
days of real teaching experience inside local schools
5,000+
Open the door to over 5,000 schools around the world with our International Baccalaureate qualification

What Lancers Are Saying

Craig Leopold - Student
Modern Languages is exactly the gateway to the rest of the world that I've always wanted. Ever since I joined the program, my year abroad in Germany is all I can think about. The small size of the program is a blessing rather than a curse, and it really feels like every professor is rooting for me to succeed. My experience in Modern Languages has been encouraging, illuminating, and so much more than I could have ever expected. 

Craig Leopold

Student
Modern Languages

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 70%) [and any French/FREN4U (min. avg. 70%) for the French stream]
Minimum Average: 75%
Mean Average: 79%
Minimum Average (Co-op): 80%; 70% minimum in English
Note: Admission to first year only.

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Course Requirements: Grade 12 English [and Grade 12 French (min. avg. 70%) for the French stream]
Minimum Average: 75%
Mean Average: 79%
Minimum Average (Co-op): 80%; 70% minimum in English
Note: Admission to first year only.

Language Requirements

To review the most up-to-date information on Language Requirements: See language requirements.

Students interested in the French stream are required to have completed any Grade 12U French.

Academic Calendars

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Career Tracks

  • Elementary teacher
  • principal
  • special education teacher
  • learning strategist
  • academic administrator
  • language advisor
  • translator/interpreter
  • educational assistant
  • immigration services

Related Programs

Modern Languages with Year Abroad
French Studies / Concurrent Education

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