Our ESL/ESOL Offerings
Helping fulfill ESOL's mission, helping people learn about American language and culture, several courses are offered for credit.
AMST 100 - Introduction to American Culture and Language
Wednesday, 4:00 - 7:00 pm / 3 credits
This active, participation oriented class looks at the not-so-obvious daily American life, enabling a better understanding of American culture. Pocatello is used as a living laboratory with many off campus excursions and discussions. AMST 100 is designed for students new to the US and/or to Pocatello, but all students interested in cross cultural understanding are welcome.
ENGL 100 - Introduction to American University Writing & Speaking for ESOL Students at ISU
Monday and Wednesday 3:00-3:50 pm + tutor hour / 3 credits
This class offers ESL-appropriate feedback and answers cultural questions that are NOT part of the regular ISU classroom process. Assignments increase awareness of how first language impacts English and explores many surprise expectations that are not part of your own educational traditions. Topics stressed are:
- grammar,
- sentence structure,
- verbs,
- extensive vocabulary expansion,
- use of dictionaries, and
- Internet and technologies.
The course helps transfer students from two year colleges bridge into ISU standards and challenges. In addition to group sessions, each student has individual tutoring in problem areas. ENGL 100 can be taken as preparation for, or as concurrent help with, ENGL 090, ENGL 101, COMM 101 and other goal classes.