ESL Integrated Skills - Beginning Certificate of Competency

Program Description

This noncredit program is designed to prepare beginning English language learners with the fundamental speaking, listening, reading and writing skills of the English language.  This program will also prepare students with the necessary skills to be successful in the credit-based ESL (English as a second language) courses.

The pathway below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program.  Individual circumstances might require some changes to this pathway.  It is always recommended that you meet with an academic counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.

Division

Arts & Humanities

Department

English

Career and Academic Pathway (CAP)

Arts, Communication, Design

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Gain the English language skills necessary to move successfully through the credit ESL sequence of courses.

Program Map

GE General Education
O Available Online
Program Requirement
P Program Prerequisites

1st Semester

ESL 601 - ESL Beginning Level 1 - Introduction to Basic English Literacy

This noncredit course is designed to introduce low-beginning English language learners to basic English letter-sound correspondence, vocabulary, and sentence patterns. Students will start using English to speak about themselves, their families, and their community. In addition, students will learn to read and complete simple forms. This course is taught through total English immersion while acknowledging students’ cultural experiences.

Course Details:

2nd Semester

ESL 602 - ESL Beginning Level 2 - English at Home and School

This noncredit course is designed to prepare low-beginning English language learners with vocabulary and sentence structure to communicate in social and academic settings. Students will learn to give and respond to directions, as well as to speak about home, classroom routines, and community life by using a variety of sentence patterns. In addition, students will learn basic note-taking skills. This course is taught through total English immersion while acknowledging students’ cultural experiences.

Course Details:

  1. Departmental Advisory: ESL 601

3rd Semester

ESL 603 - ESL Beginning Level 3 - English for Work and Leisure

This noncredit course is designed to prepare intermediate-beginning English language learners to use a variety of English structures and vocabulary for work and leisure. Students will learn appropriate linguistic behaviors with regards to the setting and time of the occasion being discussed. This course is taught through total English immersion while acknowledging students’ cultural experiences.

Course Details:

  1. Departmental Advisory: ESL 602

4th Semester

ESL 604 - ESL Beginning Level 4 - English for Work and Education
This noncredit course is designed to prepare high-beginning English language learners to use Standard English for job interviews, and in conversations at work and in educational settings. Students will begin learning aspects of composition. In addition, students will learn effective note-taking skills. This course is taught through total English immersion while acknowledging students’ cultural experiences.

Course Details:

  1. Departmental Advisory: ESL 603