English Fluency Program
Three Stages of English Fluency
High School Prep 1 (HSP1)
High School Prep 2 (HSP2)
Pre-Open High (POH)
HSP1 students will take four ESL classes per semester that won’t count as high school credit (listed below). Beside these non-credit ESL subjects, HSP1 students can also take one elective-credit class (such as PE or Art).
- HSP1 Writing
- HSP1 Reading
- HSP1 Grammar
- HSP1 Listening and Linguistics
- HSP Religion
- Choir
- Physical Education or Art
- Study Hall
HSP2 Students will take four ESL classes per semester, none of which offer high school credit (see list below). In addition to these ESL subjects, HSP2 students will take three credit classes: Religion and two subjects of their choice, such as Keyboarding, Art, Photography, Music, Drama, etc.
- HSP2 Reading
- HSP2 Writing
- HSP2 Grammar
- HSP2 Conversation
- Religion I
- Choir or Keyboarding
- Art, Drama, or PE
- Study Hall
The POH Students will take two non-credit and one credit ESL classes (see list below). They will also take Religion and two other credit classes, such as Algebra I or English I, and one elective, such as PE or Choir.
- POH Reading
- POH Writing
- Intro to Communication
- Religion
- English I
- Algebra I or II
- Any Elective Class
- Study Hall
All of our prospective students take an English-fluency exam that helps determine the appropriate level of language training that each student would need to be successful in Primacy‘s American high school curriculum. Once the language ability is assessed, the student will begin classes at the determined level. Every semester the student is in the EFL Program, they will re-take the fluency exams to track their progress. As the students move through the semesters and demonstrate that their language skills have increased, they will take fewer EFL classes and more Open High classes until they are fully integrated in our Open High program.
Testing and Level Placement
The English competency tests cover grammar, writing, reading, and listening comprehension. The EFL program is divided into three levels: High School Prep 1 and 2, and Pre-Open High. High School Prep 1 is for the most limited English skills. High School Prep 2 is the intermediate stage and Pre-Open High is the final stage before fully integrating into our American high school curriculum.