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English as a Second Language Certificate

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Certificate (D,G,W)

The English as a Second Language (ESL) program offers courses to meet the varied communication and academic needs of persons for whom English is not a native language. Through these courses, students can prepare to enter the workforce or pursue a degree. In beginning, intermediate, and advanced level courses, students develop listening/speaking, grammar, reading, and writing skills needed for proficient communication in their social, academic, and professional lives. Students earn a certificate for program completion.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Speak English with sufficient proficiency to obtain, exchange, and present information, ideas, and opinions for personal, academic and general work-related purposes.

  2. Apply English listening comprehension skills of formal and informal spoken English in social, academic and workplace settings.

  3. Compose effective paragraphs and/or short essays incorporating the conventions of English grammar, mechanics, and usage.

  4. Use English reading comprehension skills with sufficient proficiency to obtain general information and specific details from a variety of general interest readings and limited academic texts.

  5. Use grammatical structures accurately and appropriately to support effective comprehension and expression of English in daily and academic situations.

  6. Use a variety of technological tools to learn and express English in everyday and academic settings.

Graduation Requirements

Program/Major Courses

ESL 22Beginning ESL Reading and Vocabulary

4
ESL 24Beginning ESL Writing

4
ESL 26Beginning ESL Grammar/Communication

8
ESL 28Beginning ESL Listening and Speaking

4
ESL 32Intermediate ESL Reading and Vocabulary

4
ESL 34Intermediate ESL Writing

4
ESL 36Intermediate ESL Grammar/Communication

8
ESL 38Intermediate ESL Listening and Speaking

4
ESL 42Advanced ESL Reading and Vocabulary

4
ESL 44Advanced ESL Writing

4
ESL 46Advanced ESL Grammar/Communication

8
ESL 48Advanced ESL Listening and Speaking

4

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

ESL 22Beginning ESL Reading and Vocabulary

4
ESL 24Beginning ESL Writing

4
ESL 26Beginning ESL Grammar/Communication

8
ESL 28Beginning ESL Listening and Speaking

4
ESL 32Intermediate ESL Reading and Vocabulary

4
ESL 34Intermediate ESL Writing

4
ESL 36Intermediate ESL Grammar/Communication

8
ESL 38Intermediate ESL Listening and Speaking

4
ESL 42Advanced ESL Reading and Vocabulary

4
ESL 44Advanced ESL Writing

4
ESL 46Advanced ESL Grammar/Communication

8
ESL 48Advanced ESL Listening and Speaking

4

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 60 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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