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Adult Education High School Equivalency for Language Arts Success Certificate of Competency


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This is a non-credit, open enrollment Adult Basic Education Language Arts program within the Adult Education Department. Students will practice fundamentals in three major content areas: Reading, Language Arts and Writing. Students will achieve the ability to read closely, the ability to write clearly, and the ability to edit and understand the use of standard written English in context. Program is designed for students who eventually plan to pass one of the three high school equivalency (HSE) exams, follow a CTE pathway, or attend academic college courses. Basic test-taking computer skills for success on high school equivalency exam will be embedded into the course outline.

This program meets the needs of the 145,000 basic-skills deficient people in the South Orange County region. It is intended primarily for students who are preparing to take one of the three state approved high school equivalency exams. Completion of this program will prepare students to enter the workforce, a CTE program, or to transition into an academic post-secondary education.

Program Student Learning Outcomes


Students who complete this program will be able to: 

  • Effectively read and report on fiction and nonfiction texts related to social studies, science and literature
  • Demonstrate in writing, ability to analyze two opposing reading passages to decide which argument has more convincing evidence and explain why the evidence supports your choice
  • Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone and understand explicit details in text
  • Make and support inferences and draw conclusions or deduce meanings not explicitly present in text
  • Determine the main idea, topic, or theme of a text; summarize key details and ideas
  • Draw conclusions and make generalizations
  • Organize ideas by evaluating the relevance of content
  • Understand writing conventions such as correct forms of verbs, modifiers and pronouns and maintain grammatical agreement
  • Recognize correct capitalization and punctuation  
Course ID Title Hours
AEBE 702NC * Adult Education Basic Education Language Arts I 49.8
AEBE 792NC * Adult Education Basic Education Language Arts Lab I 49.8
AEBE 703NC * Adult Education Basic Education Language Arts II 49.8
AEBE 793NC  * Adult Education Basic Education Language Arts Lab II 49.8

TOTAL HOURS FOR THE CERTIFICATE:


199.2

*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.

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