Viviana Ines Salazar Pantoja is a lovely student from Cancun, Mexico, who studied in our English as a Second language programme from February 14 to May 15, 2020. She did part of her studies in EC Montreal’s Semi-Intensive, 24 Lessons per week programme, at our onsite school and the remainder of her weeks online with EC Virtual. Throughout her studies at EC Montreal, Viviana remained motivated, determined and engaged. When we were mandated to close by the government of Quebec on March 13, she returned home to Cancun and has been continuing her English studies online from the comfort of home. She has made a lot of progress and we are so very proud of all her achievements.
Viviana recently attended our virtual graduation ceremony and we learned how much she appreciated her lessons, our EC Montreal’s teachers and her time at the school. Viviana wants to continue studying with EC Montreal when the time is right. In the meantime, she sent us some wonderful comments describing her experience at EC Montreal. We hope to welcome Viviana back to EC Montreal soon; whether it is at our full immersion school or on EC Virtual.
We have reminded Viviana that she has access to Microsoft Suite for a full year and she can continue to access all the language exercises available on EC online for up to three months.
Here is what Viviana wanted to share with all of us:
I loved…
Montreal!!!, it is an amazing multicultural and beautiful city, and the people are really friendly.
I enjoyed…
meeting people of other countries, to walk in the Old Port and to play in the snow.
I learned…
that you just need to try…speak, just speak, the Canadian people are really friendly and they can understand that you are doing a effort and they will help you.
I will continue to…
practice my reading and watching in English, learning new words and trying to speak a lot, forgetting the shame.
I will always remember…
the first time that I saw snow.
I promise to…
return to Montreal!
