King's has established a University English as a Second Language program called Post-Secondary English At King's (PEAK). This program is designed to offer two streams of university ESL:
PEAK Foundations
PEAK Foundations is a 24 hour per week ESL program designed to bring students to a level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing sufficient for post-secondary study. Students who are in the PEAK Foundations course must successfully complete at least one term. Based on the advice of the ESL instructor(s) students may move from this program into Blended PEAK or into regular academic study. Please see the course descriptions for PEAK100 and 110 for more details on this program.
Blended PEAK
Blended PEAK allows a student to take 9 hours per week of English Academic Language Training while also taking 6 to 9.5 credits of other University courses. While in the Blended PEAK program, students are excused from the requirement to complete Foundations English in the first 30 credits completed. Students must successfully complete at least one term. Based on the advice of the PEAK instructor(s) students may move from this program into PEAK Foundations or into regular academic study. Please see the course descriptions for PEAK105 and 115 for more details on this program.
Applying to PEAK
To be considered for PEAK, students must be admissible to King's in all respects except for English Language Arts proficiency. Students may apply to the PEAK program by indicating this on the application for admission form.
In addition, students who have been admitted to King's as regular students may be required to take Blended PEAK based on the results of early alert English assignments delivered early in the first few weeks of ENGL214.