Certificates of Competency
Reedley College offers three certificates of competency for noncredit ESL students.
Basic English as a Second Language
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this certificate, students will be able to:
- Read and understand beginning-level texts;
- Write sentences and basic paragraphs at the beginning level; and
- Recognize and use beginning grammar structures.
Required Core
- ESL 310 Low-Beginning Reading, Writing and Grammar
- ESL 311 High-beginning Reading, Writing and Grammar
Select one course
- ESL 310LS Low-beginning Listening and Speaking
- ESL 311LS High-beginning Listening and Speaking
Intermediate Academic and Vocational English as a Second Language
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this certificate, students will be able to:
- Write multiple draft paragraphs at the low-intermediate level;
- Write a basic in-class, timed essay at the high-intermediate level.
- Write a basic in-class timed paragraph at the low-intermediate level;
- Write multiple-draft basic academic essays at the high-intermediate level.
- Identify and correct common ESL writing errors at the low-intermediate level;
- Understand and analyze concepts in high-intermediate texts.
- Read and understand low-intermediate academic texts;
- Demonstrate critical reading in low-intermediate level texts; and
- Demonstrate an understanding of vocabulary in low-intermediate texts.
Required Core
- ESL 312 Low-Intermediate Reading, Writing, and Grammar
- ESL 313 Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing
Select One Option
- ESL 312LS Low-intermediate Listening and Speaking
- ESL 313G Intermediate Academic Grammar AND ESL 313LS Intermediate Listening and Speaking
Academic and Vocational English as a Second Language
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Analyze and synthesize concepts in college-level texts.
- Write a basic in-class, timed essay at the high intermediate level;
- Write multiple-draft, source-based essays of at least 1200 words with limited second-language errors.
- Compose in-class timed essays with limited second-language errors on an assigned topic related to class readings.
- Identify and edit second language writing errors at the high intermediate level;
- Demonstrate critical reading in high-intermediate texts.
Required Core
- ESL 314 High-Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing
- ESL 315 Advanced Academic Reading and Writing
Select two courses
- ESL 314G High-intermediate Academic Grammar
- ESL 314LS High-intermediate Listening and Speaking
- ESL 315G Advanced Academic Grammar
- ESL 315LS Advanced Listening and Speaking