Program Description

The Certificate of Competency in English as a Second Language - Beginning prepares students to advance to higher levels of ESL, both credit and noncredit, by providing foundations in basic English language skills. Students will be exposed to integrated skills courses and learn such practical skills as: demonstrate understanding of spoken English at the advanced-beginning level; communicate using advanced-beginning level English; speak intelligibly; ask and answer questions intelligibly; talk about present, past, and future experiences intelligibly; read sentences and paragraphs at the advanced (high)-beginning level; demonstrate recognition of basic corpus of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions; demonstrate ability to read critically; write sentences and paragraphs at the advanced (high)-beginning level; and demonstrate knowledge of advanced (high)-beginning level grammar.

Learn more about the program at the English for Second Language Learners website.

Program Learning Outcomes

• The student will be prepared to do Level 2 noncredit course work.
• The student will be able to write affirmative and negative statements in simple present, present progressive, simple past, and future, as well as formulate questions and answers to express advice, requests, desires, offers, and necessity.

Award Type(s)

• CY = Certificate of Competency

Hours Required

• Certificate(s): 360

Certificate Requirements

English as a Second Language - Beginning Certificate of Competency

• Hours: 360 [Non-Transcriptable]

Course List

Code	Title	Units
NCEL 411	ADVANCED-BEGINNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE I	120
NCEL 412	ADVANCED-BEGINNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE II	120
NCEL 413	ADVANCED-BEGINNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE III	120
Total Hours		360