ESL Integrated Skills, Advanced
Certificate of Competency
Program Code: 3P40944
The English as a Second Language (ESL) Integrated Skills, Advanced certificate program is an integrated language program. The program has one required course and one elective course: The required course, ESL Integrated Skills, Advanced is designed to give students the practice to build fluency in speaking, listening, reading and writing based on topics relevant to their lives, experience and goals. It also applies language skills within the context of everyday real-life topics along with civics-related topics with the goals of helping students access the language needed to become active community participants. One elective option, ESL Student Support Center, provides students with individualized skill building activities to reinforce the learning objectives covered in the required courses. The other elective course, ESL Student Success, Intermediate to Advanced, covers and orientation of the ESL program and NOCE as a whole, effective study skills and learning activities, and the digital literacy skills needed to succeed in an American educational setting.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Elective Course (252 Hours) | ||
| ESLA 234 | ESL Integrated Skills, Advanced | 252 |
| Required Core Courses (12-36 Hours) | ||
| Must choose 1 of 2 courses: | 12-36 | |
| ESL Student Support Center | 12 | |
| ESL Student Success, Intermediate to Advanced | 36 | |
| Total Hours | 264-288 | |
| First Year | |
|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours |
| ESLA 234 | 252 |
| ESLA 001 or 307 | 12-36 |
| 264-288 | |
| Total Hours 264-288 | |
or
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ESLA 234 | 252 | ESLA 001 or 307 | 12-36 |
| 252 | 12-36 | ||
| Total Hours 264-288 | |||
ESLA 001 1-200 Hours ESL Student Support Center
The ESL Student Support Center provides supplemental English instruction through individual and small group learning. Students can attend instructor-led workshops, focusing on targeted language skills, including conversation and pronunciation, grammar review, and reading and writing strategies. Students are provided opportunities to develop digital literacy skills, practicing English through instructional technology. (Apportionment)
ESLA 234 252 Hours ESL Integrated Skills, Advanced
Recommended Preparation: Read, write, speak and comprehend English at a high intermediate level. This is an Advanced four-skill language course using topics and information sources related to students' lives, experiences and goals. Students will expand English fluency in reading, writing, listening and speaking by acquiring new vocabulary and applying learned grammatical structures. In this course, students will apply learned language skills to accessing community resources and being an active community participant. Language acquisition and practice is focused on helping students feel competent and capable in their communities. Civics topics will be chosen each term based on the needs of the students. (Apportionment)
ESLA 307 ESL Student Success, Intermediate to Advanced
This course is an introduction and orientation to the ESL program at NOCE for Intermediate Low to Advanced ESL students and will also cover the effective language learning strategies, goal setting, and digital literacy skills useful in helping students succeed at mastering English. (Apportionment)