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Apr 19, 2024
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2022-2023 College Catalog
Adult Education English as a Second Language Vocabulary Development Certificate of Competency
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The AESL Vocabulary Development sequence of courses will constitute a Career Development and College Preparation Noncredit certificate program. This program is designed for high beginning, intermediate and advanced ESL learners. Students will review and use vocabulary words, common idioms and phrases related to life skills, vocational and academic topics. Students will work on mastering 350-450 new vocabulary items through a variety of listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. Additionally, students will acquire learning strategies and technology skills to support lifelong English development. AESL 730 is a prerequisite for AESL 740.
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Program Student Learning Outcomes
Students who complete this program will be able to:
- Students will fill in correct vocabulary items in a cloze test with 75% accuracy.
- Spell target vocabulary words with 75% accuracy during dictation exercise.
- Match target vocabulary words with meanings with at least 75% accuracy.
- Students will compose a written passage using 10 new vocabulary items.
- Students will decipher the meaning of unknown words using one or more learning strategies.
REQUIRED CORE
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Title |
Hours |
| AESL 730NC * |
Adult Education ESL Vocabulary Development I |
49.8 |
| AESL 740NC * |
Adult Education ESL Vocabulary Development II |
49.8 |
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TOTAL HOURS FOR THE CERTIFICATE:
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99.6
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*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.
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