ENGLISH AND LITERATURE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ESL 050 Technical English (3)
Designed
to upgrade the English skills of students to a level appropriate for vocational
employment.
ESL 051p English for Police Officers (1)
Designed
to upgrade English skills for participants from the Pohnpei State Police
Academy program.
ESL 055t English For Apprentices (3)
Designed
to upgrade English skills for participants in the Pohnpei State Apprenticeship
Program.
ESL 070 Integrated English for ESL Students
I (9)
Prerequisite: Divisional Placement
The
course is the first in a series of two courses designed to introduce students
to the English language, will improve student’s overall proficiency in
beginning writing, reading, listening and speaking skills as they are used in
an academic setting.
ESL 071 Integrated English for ESL Students
II (9)
Prerequisite: Divisional Placement or completion of ESL 070 with a "C" or better.
A
second course in a series of two courses designed to introduce students to the
English language, will improve student's overall proficiency in intermediate
writing, reading, listening and speaking skills as they are used in an academic
setting.
Placement:
Divisional placement
Study
Skills is a course designed to assist beginning students to become aware of the
study techniques necessary for success at the college level. Students will
apply these techniques in a variety of settings.
ESL 087 Listening and Speaking for Academic Purposes
Placement:
Divisional placement.
In this course, students will increase their facility in the use of academic English listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills. The emphasis will be on the aural/oral skills utilized in college classrooms for coursework across the curriculum, with practice provided in a range of content areas.
ESL 088 English Reading IV (3)
Placement:
Divisional placement.
To
prepare students to master college level coursework, the course focuses on the
development of pre-reading, reading and post-reading skills and strategies
necessary for students to effectively process academic content materials.
Placement:
Divisional placement or completion of ES 088 with a "C" or better
To
prepare students to master college level coursework, the course continues to
focus on the development of pre-reading, reading, and post-reading skills and
strategies necessary for students to effectively process academic content
materials.
ESL 095 Introduction to Poetry (3)
Introduces
the fundamentals of writing poetry and strengthens knowledge of vocabulary,
parts of speech and figurative thinking.
Placement:
Divisional placement.
Writing
IV is a grammar-intensive writing course designed to improve the student's
fluency in written English through increased understanding of the structure and
organization of written English with a focus on academic writing.
Placement:
Divisional placement or completion of ES 098 with a "C" or better.
Writing
V is a writing-intensive course designed to improve the student's competency in
academic writing through an increased understanding of the writing process,
rhetorical patterns, and correct grammatical structures.
ESL/BU 095 ESL for Business Purposes I (4)
Prerequisite:
High School Diploma or GED
This course
is designed to further strengthen the English skills acquired in the lower
level companion course and to prepare the student to pass the COM-FSM entrance
exam, or to enter the workforce with a certificate that will attest to a
post-secondary level of competence in English skills for business purposes.
ESL/BU 096 ESL for Business Purposes II (4)
Prerequisite:
ES /BU 095
This
course is designed to further strengthen the English skills acquired in the
lower level companion course and to prepare the student to pass the COM-FSM
entrance exam, or to enter the workforce with a certificate that will attest a
post-secondary level of competence in English skills for business purposes.