ESL Skill Review, Advanced
Certificate of Completion
Program #3P44018
The ESL Skill Review, Advanced certificate program focuses on vocabulary and English grammar forms and structures through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. The vocabulary focus is on increasing students' academic vocabulary by using context clues, stems and affixes, dictionary skills, and practice with the Academic Word List. In addition, they will become familiar with the denotations and connotations of words. Civics topics will be chosen each term based on the needs of the students.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses (90 Hours) | ||
| ESLA 244 | ESL Skill Review, Advanced | 90 |
| Required Elective Course (36 Hours) | ||
| Must complete one of the following courses: | 36 | |
| ESL Reading Skills, Intermediate to Advanced | 36 | |
| ESL Speaking Skills, Intermediate to Advanced | 36 | |
| ESL Writing Skills, Intermediate to Advanced | 36 | |
| ESL Grammar Review, Intermediate - Advanced | 36 | |
| ESL Vocabulary Review, Intermediate - Advanced | 36 | |
| Total Hours | 126 | |
| First Year | |
|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours |
| ESLA 244 | 90 |
| Elective Course - Must complete one of the following courses: | |
| ESLA 181, 183, 186, 223, or 226 | 36 |
| 126 | |
| Total Hours 126 | |
or
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ESLA 244 | 90 | ESLA 181, 183, 186, 223, or 226 (Elective Course - Must complete 1 of 5 courses) | 36 |
| 90 | 36 | ||
| Total Hours 126 | |||
ESLA 181 36-72 Hours ESL Reading Skills, Intermediate to Advanced
This ESL course emphasizes reading comprehension skills while building vocabulary and critical thinking skills for students who are at an intermediate level or higher. (Apportionment)
ESLA 183 36-72 Hours ESL Speaking Skills, Intermediate to Advanced
This course is designed to help English language learners at the intermediate to advanced level develop and build accuracy and fluency in speaking. The class will focus on different types of spoken language, conversation strategies, pronunciation skills and everyday speaking situations. (Apportionment)
ESLA 186 36-72 Hours ESL Writing Skills, Intermediate to Advanced
This ESL course will acquaint intermediate to advanced students with writing techniques by focusing on pre-writing, outlining, drafting, revising and editing. (Apportionment)
ESLA 223 36-84 Hours ESL Grammar Review, Intermediate - Advanced
This course will teach the meanings and usages of advanced English grammar structures that are frequently used in everyday situations. Students will learn how to apply grammar rules in oral and written communication. This class supplements core ESL courses and is designed for ESL students placed in the intermediate and advanced levels. (Apportionment)
ESLA 226 36-72 Hours ESL Vocabulary Review, Intermediate - Advanced
Students will review, expand, and retain vocabulary words and phrases organized by commonly used topics. Students will work on using approximately twenty-five practical target words per class in oral and written exercises. This course is designed for the ESL students placed in the Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, and Advanced levels. (Apportionment)
ESLA 244 ESL Skill Review, Advanced
Recommended Preparation: Read, write, speak and comprehend English at an intermediate high level. This course focuses on vocabulary and grammar forms and structures through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. The vocabulary focus is on increasing student academic vocabulary by using context clues, stems and affixes, dictionary skills and practice with the Academic Word List. Students will acquire the denotations and connotations of words. (Apportionment)