English as a Second Language Advanced Level Certificate of Competency

The Certificate of Competency for English as a Second Language – Advanced Level is designed for students to demonstrate advanced English language skills.

The required advanced-level courses leading to a certificate will prepare students for academic English language and mainstream academic or vocational courses. Courses for this certificate focus on all four primary language skills, including academic reading, composition writing, speaking, and listening. Students will expand communicative and academic vocabulary, conversational skills, composition, and comprehension. The completion of this certificate will prepare students for college-level certificates and degree-applicable coursework, greater civic involvement, and potential job advancement.

Advanced students are placed within the following sequence of foundation courses, according to their English abilities and may test out of up to 4 courses. Courses may be offered days, evenings, and weekends during fall, spring and summer. There is recommended preparation for advanced courses.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this program will be able to:

Demonstrate improvement in their grammar.
Demonstrate improvement in their speaking and comprehension skills.
Demonstrate improvement in their reading and vocabulary skills.
Demonstrate improvement in their overall writing skills.

REQUIRED CORE:

Course ID	Title	Hours
ESL 340 *	Advanced Multiskills	99.6
ESL 342 *	Advanced Conversation	49.8
ESL 343 *	Advanced Pronunciation	49.8
ESL 344 * or	Idioms and Expressions in American English	49.8
ESL 354	Vocabulary Skills for College	49.8
ESL 350 * or	Essential Academic Skills	99.6
ESL 346 * or	Advanced Writing for Work	49.8
ESL 345 * and	Advanced Writing I	49.8
ESL 802 *	Advanced Writing I Lab	24.9
ESL 347 * or	Advanced Grammar Review	49.8
ESL 357 *	Grammar Review for College	49.8
	Select Two Restricted Electives from below	99.6
TOTAL HOURS FOR THE CERTIFICATE:		199.2-498.0
Restricted Electives: (Choose 2) 99.6 hours
ESL 355 *	ESL Reading for College: American Literature	49.8
ESL 356 *	Academic Success Strategies for ESL Students	49.8
ESL 358 *	Listening and Note-Taking Skills for College	49.8
ESL 359 *	American Language and Culture Through Film	49.8

Students much achieve a noncredit grading option of P (Pass) in each class in order to be eligible for the certificate.
*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.

English as a Second Language Advanced Level Certificate of Competency

Program Student Learning Outcomes

TOTAL HOURS FOR THE CERTIFICATE:

199.2-498.0