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Connect School of Languages
Connect School of Languages is an English as a Second Language school for International Students based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is also referred to as "Connect". Connect created a Hybrid ESL Teaching Method that combines traditional ESL teaching with new tablet technology and social media.

The Hybrid Teaching Method believes that: ''One size fits all education no longer works. Each person, each culture is different. Education must be flexible.We often forget what excites students and what motivates them. Today’s learner is able to multi-task. Often times, they are too bored in the classroom. They need to be engaged. They live in a world of smart phones, iPads, Facebook, Google, YouTube and you can’t take that away from them and expect them to learn. There is no reason to teach English like we did in 1980 or 1990. To do this means we are teaching them about a world that has already passed. We need to live in the world that students live in and teach them how to be to be better communicators in this world. We want to engage students and get them excited to learn. We want them to learn how to communicate in the modern world. Integrate todays’s technology and reset our curriculum. There are so many tools available that teachers are excited too. English is English. It will not change. The difference between language schools is how to teach it. Our programs, blogs, social media, app use and iBook development show the power the future holds.''

History
Connect was started by James Rice in 2002. Connect opened its doors in December 2002. In 2008, Connect moved its school to Bloor and Yonge.