About the Program
This is a certificate of competency in ESL. This sequence of non credit ESL courses that takes students from survival skills to high intermediate language proficiency in preparation for their matriculation into credit-bearing ESL courses. This program provides students with the foundational language proficiency necessary for various career fields or to matriculate into general education courses. This 102 hour certificate program can be completed in two academic semesters and requires the successful completion of at least two courses in the ESL sequence, one of which must be ESL 313.
The Certificate of Completion in Vocational ESL is a two-course sequence, with the option of a third course, is made up of non credit VESL courses that prepare students for employment in a variety of fields. These courses directly impact student employment opportunities through frequent contact with local employers and employment agencies. The elective class provides supplemental instruction in career-specific vocabulary.
Program Requirements
For current program requirements -> 2024-2025
Program Goal: Local
GE Pattern(s): None
Program Code: NONCREDITESL
Program Learning Outcome(s):
Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:
Communicate effectively in English.
Negotiate essential life exchanges and situations.
Establish personal, academic, and vocational goals.
Be prepared to pursue higher academic levels.
Unit(s): 0.00
Recommended Prep: ESL 312
Transfer Status: NT
Contact Hours:
85.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 85.00
This course assists a non-native English-speaking student in developing communication for life, career, and college. Through the integration of reading, writing, speaking and listening activities in English, this course prepares the student to communicate academically and introduces intermediate-to-advanced level grammar structures in context.
Unit(s): 0.00
Transfer Status: NT
Contact Hours:
85.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 85.00
This course provides a conversational approach to the learning of elementary English. It offers the non-native English speaker practice in verbal communication with special emphasis on literacy and life skills. The introduction to basic literacy skills reinforces spoken and written English.
Unit(s): 0.00
Recommended Prep: ESL 310
Transfer Status: NT
Contact Hours:
85.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 85.00
This course moves the non-native English speaking student from basic literacy skills to more in-depth practice with foundational grammatical structures and expressions in English. Speaking and listening skills are practiced, with introduction to writing and reading utilizing appropriate level texts.
Unit(s): 0.00
Recommended Prep: ESL 311
Transfer Status: NT
Contact Hours:
85.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 85.00
This course reinforces and expands a non-native English speaking student’s literacy and communication skills for life, college, and career. It engages students in collaborative activities that integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Intermediate grammar and vocabulary are introduced in context.
Unit(s): 0.00
Recommended Prep: ESL 311
Transfer Status: NT
Contact Hours:
85.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 85.00
This course will support multilingual students as they acquire English-language and digital literacy practices to become users and creators of digital content. Students will use technology to engage in authentic English communication in a variety of personal, professional, and academic contexts. Students will engage in reading, writing, speaking, and listening strategies by exploring a variety of digital texts, genres, cultural artifacts, platforms, applications, and programs.
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Contacts
Kelly Fredericks, Chair
(530) 893-7414
Department Office: LRC 320
(530) 895-2581
Counseling and Advising:
(530) 895-2378
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