The goal of the ESL Program at Pillar College is to help non-English speakers improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Upon successful completion of the program, students are expected to be adequately prepared for English-only college courses and pursue their bachelor’s degrees at Pillar College or any other four-year college in the United States.

The ESL Program is correlated to the Common European Framework (CEFR) and merges the best features of well-known communicative methodologies while offering a balance of all four language skills, vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar to help students learn to communicate with confidence.

All new students are required take our ESL Placement Test in order to be placed into the appropriate level. Students who score 78 and above are exempted from the ESL Program. Other exemptions include:

• TOEFL iBT (78 or higher)
• IELTS (6.0 or higher)

NOTE: Official TOEFL / IELTS score reports must be submitted prior to the beginning of a semester.

ETS DI: 3329

ESL BLEND

Designed for:

• native Spanish-speaking students who are enrolled in Programa BLEND
• non-English speakers who wish to take only ESL classes

Courses:

• ESL Level 1 (ESL 010)
• ESL Level 2 (ESL 020)
• ESL Level 3 (ESL 030)
• ESL Level 4 (ESL 040)
• ESL Level 5 (ESL 050)

Program Length:  15 weeks per level/ 4.5 hours per week
Semester: Fall/ Spring
Credits per course: 0

NOTE: ESL-only students are welcome to audit Conversational English, English Composition I and English Composition II (Programa BLEND) to strengthen their speaking and writing skills.

SPRING 2019 SCHEDULE:
Newark (January 14th - May 6th) - Mondays and Wednesdays

6:00-8:15pm ESL classes
8:30-9:45pm Conversational English and English Composition I & II

Paterson (January 15th - May 2nd) - Tuesdays and Thursday

6:00-8:15pm ESL classes
8:30-9:45pm Conversational English and English Composition I & II

ESL TRADITIONAL (Somerset)

Designed for:

• F-1 undergraduate students (must already possess an intermediate level of English proficiency)
• non-Spanish speaking who are enrolled in Programa BLEND (must be placed level 4 or 5)
• non-English speakers who wish to take only ESL classes (must be placed level 4 or 5)

Courses:

• English Integrated Skills Level 4 (EIS 040)
• Individualized Learning Lab Level 4 (ILC 040)
• English Integrated Skills Level 5 (EIS 050)
• Individualized Learning Lab Level 5 (ILC 050)

Program Length:  15 weeks per level/ 7 hours per week
Semester: Fall/ Spring
Credits per course: 0

SPRING 2019 SCHEDULE:
Somerset (January 14th - May 6th)

Monday 12:30-2:45pm EIS 050
Tuesday 12:30-3:00pm ILC  050
Wednesday 3:15-5:30pm EIS 050
Thursday 12:30-2:45pm
Thursday 3:15-5:30pm EIS 040

Financial Policies and Procedures

Pillar College is committed to providing an excellent cost-effective education for its students. Tuition and fee rates, payable each semester, are set annually according to economic conditions within the college and industry standards.

$22,056	Annual Full Time Student Tuition (Domestic)
$30,000	Annual Full Time Student Tuition (International)*
$11,028 $15,000	Block Rate (12-17 credits per semester) *Block rate is not available to LEAD, Online and Independent-study courses International student tuition up to 15 credits maximum
$919	Per credit rate (11 or less; 18 or more credits per semester); all Online and Independent Study Courses are charged at per credit rate
$158	Audit rate per credit
$525 $263$306	Dual Enrollment (DEED) program per course (not per credit), taken at Pillar College Dual Enrollment (DEED) program per course (not per credit), taken at local high schoolDevelopmental Courses (ESL and courses below 100 level) per credit

Note: For International Students Tuition Rates please see the International Student Admissions page.

Note: For the LEAD program, tuition is determined at the cohort start date and remains the same for the duration of that program. Courses taken outside of the LEAD program are charged at then current tuition rates.  Enrollment in a LEAD term financially obligates the student for the entire four class semester. General Semester Fees.  All Fees are non-refundable.

ESL Program Start/End Dates:  Fall 2019

• Tuesday, September 3, 2019 – December 19, 2019   – Paterson Campus
• Wednesday, September 4, 2019- December 18, 2019 – Newark Campus