The English as a Second Language Level 5 Certificate of Competency prepares students to transition to credit ESL college courses. The courses required for the certificate integrate high-intermediate to advanced grammar and writing skills and listening and speaking skills that prepare students for academic work in college-level courses. Students will also acquire skills to effectively communicate in academic, social, employment, financial, and medical settings. The focus is to prepare students to transition to advanced credit ESL courses and college content courses.

Noncredit courses are based on completion of hours instead of units. ESL R804A is 52.5 hours and ESL R804C is 70 hours, for a total of 122.5 hours. 

Noncredit courses are based on completion of hours instead of units. ESL R804A is 52.5 hours and ESL R804C is 70 hours, for a total of 122.5 hours. 

• Respond to job interview questions during a mock interview related to a field of their choosing utilizing the correct grammar structure matching the posed questions and relevant vocabulary and jargon.
• Give a 5-7 minute research-based presentation in front of the class applying target vocabulary, grammatical structures, and presentation techniques.
• Apply note-taking skills learned to an academic lecture and a professional presentation to demonstrate comprehension of main points and definition of terms.
• Define and identify the parts of speech in an academic text.
• Use appropriate verb tenses including simple tenses, continuous tenses, present and past perfect, and conditional structures in written assignments.
• Identify and accurately compose simple, compound, complex, and compound/complex sentences including correct punctuation and use of connectors.