Program Description

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

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

Program Learning Outcomes

• The student will be able to place into a Level 4 credit course.
• The student will be able to identify topics, main ideas, and supporting details in readings of approximately 500 words.

Award Type(s)

• CY = Certificate of Competency

Hours Required

• Certificate(s): 360

Certificate Requirements

English as a Second Language - Intermediate Certificate of Competency

• Hours: 360 [Non-Transcriptable]

Course List

Code	Title	Units
NCEL 421	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE I	120
NCEL 422	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE II	120
NCEL 423	INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE III	120
Total Hours		360