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The Adult English as a Second Language (AESL) program offers three certificates of competency.

This sequence of courses is designed to help non-native English language learners acquire basic communication skills and cultural/civic proficiencies used in everyday life situations encountered at home, at school, at work, and in the community. The program prepares students to participate in simple conversations, read and understand basic directions and texts, fill out basic forms, and write simple sentences. It also prepares students for the intermediate level program. 

Complete the following courses: 

  • AESL Beginning Adult ESL Skill Course 
  • AESL 501 Beginning: Adult ESL Level 1 
  • AESL 502 Beginning: Adult ESL Level 2

This sequence of courses is designed to help non-native English language learners strengthen communication skills and cultural/civic proficiencies used in everyday life situations encountered at home, school, at work, and in the community. The program prepares students to engage in conversations on a variety of subjects beyond that of personal experience, read and understand texts from different genres, and write basic paragraphs. It also prepares students for the advanced level program.

Complete the following courses: 

  • AESL Intermediate Adult ESL Skill Course 
  • AESL 503: Intermediate Adult ESL Level 3 
  • AESL 504: Intermediate Adult ESL Level 4

This sequence of courses is designed to help non-native English language learners refine communication skills and cultural/civic proficiencies used in everyday life situations they will encounter at home, school, at work, and in the community. The program prepares students to develop extended oral fluency, read and understand work-specific and simple academic texts, and write extended paragraphs. It prepares students for ESL academic credit courses and oral and written communication needs in the workplace.

Complete the following courses: 

  • AESL Advanced Adult ESL Skills Course
  • AESL 504: Intermediate Adult ESL Level 4
  • AESL 505: Advanced Adult ESL Level 5