LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

FOR NEWCOMERS TO CANADA (LINC)

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The Centre for Newcomers will close its doors to the public as of March 16th but business, as usual, is still on-going. LINC online registration has been offered. Please complete the registration through phone and email. 

LINC program is for adult immigrants and refugees (18 years of age or older) who need to develop necessary language and life skills to actively function in the Canadian society.  The program offers the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills based on Canadian Language Benchmarks.

The LINC classes focus on learning approaches and instruction that can effectively facilitate language development in the learners. The program also provides computer skills and sociolinguistic and cultural awareness through real world tasks. The learners are assessed through PBLA i.e. Portfolio Based Language Assessment. 

At Centre for Newcomers we offer full-time and part-time LINC classes. These classes are free of cost and can be joined anytime of the year. The childcare services are available for children 19 months to 5 years. The LINC classes offered at CFN are:

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CLB 1/2 - 4

CLB 1- 4

CLB 1- 4

Please download the registration form below and email it with the following documents to:

Sarah Hagos at s.hagos@centrefornewcomers.ca or call Sarah at 587-392-0148

1. Immigration Document: (Permanent Resident Card and Landing Document)

2. Language Assessment Report and Referral form from ‘Immigrant Services Calgary’ or your latest LINC Certificate. To take your language assessment test please contact ‘Immigrant Services Calgary’ at

Phone: 403-262-2656

 Email:  CLARC@immigrantservicescalgary.ca

Address: #1401, 910 7th Ave. SW Calgary

In-person assessment is available at Centre for Newcomers through Calgary Language Assessment and Referral Centre (CLARC). Please contact CLARC at 403-262-2656 to book an appointment

3. Child’s Alberta Health Care Card if childcare is needed.

Click below for the LINC registration form

This program receives funding from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Canada (IRCC)