强化课程（6个级别）的主要目的是让学生为进入英语大学或大学做好准备，并为需要高水平英语能力的专业人士或商人提供语言培训。出于旅行，社交或其他个人原因而寻求英语的人也会发现这是一个刺激性和吸引力的计划。在此综合技能计划中，学生将通过参加各种学习活动来练习和发展技能，这些活动包括讨论，口头演讲和辩论以及音频和视频收听活动。学生还将学习阅读学术和非学术文章以及撰写论文，报告和论文的策略。各种活动，学习支持资源和新技术是强化计划的组成部分。以社区为基础的项目和郊游活动为学生提供了在课堂之外练习英语技能的更多机会。
ESL courses are courses in English as a Second Language. The core credit-level ESL courses offered at Concordia are designed to help students whose first language is not English develop their written and oral communication skills for academic purposes.The Department of Education offers a sequence of two intensive 6-credit courses in ESL for academic purposes to non-native speakers of English who are accepted by Concordia University but who must upgrade their reading and writing skills.Two 3-credit courses in ESL oral communication are also available for students whose mother tongue is not English and who would like to improve their pronunciation and academic speaking skills.If English is not your mother tongue and you wish to take a Credit ESL course, you are required to take the Concordia Comprehensive ESL Placement Test (ConCEPT).