Certificate of Competency, High Intermediate English as a Second Language (ESL)

This Certificate of Competency focuses on refining fundamental language and communication skills in
English. Program emphasis is on independent reading, strengthening reading comprehension, analysis
of main ideas and significant details, response to facts and opinions, vocabulary enrichment, writing
process, paragraph development and organization, purpose, audience, and sentence types. Students
also continue to build fluency in small and whole group discussions, give short informal and formal
speeches, begin note taking, and refine listening comprehension This program takes a content-based
approach to instruction, connecting skills to cultural context, focusing on topics of health and/or
learning to earn and planning for success in present and future goals.