AESL/VESL Certificates

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: 

Required

• AESL 502: Beginning High AESL Multi-skills

Plus any TWO of the following courses

• AESL 501: Beginning Low AESL Multi-skills
• AESL 531: Beginning Pronunciation
• AESL 541: Beginning Conversation
• AESL 551: English for Using Computers

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: 

Required

• AESL 504: Intermediate High AESL Multi-skills

Plus any TWO of the following courses

• AESL 503: Intermediate Low AESL Multi-skills
• AESL 513: English for U.S. Citizenship
• AESL 533: Intermediate Pronunciation
• AESL 543: Intermediate Conversation
• AESL 563: Everyday Vocab: Idioms

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: 

Required

• AESL 505: Advance Low AESL Multi-skills

Plus any TWO of the following courses

• AESL 535: Advanced Pronunciation
• AESL 545: Advanced Conversation
• AESL 555: English for Professional Communication

Complete the following courses: 

ONE of the following courses

• AESL 533: Intermediate Pronunciation
• AESL 535: Advanced Pronunciation
• AESL 543: Intermediate Conversation
• AESL 545: Advanced Conversation
• AESL 563: Everyday Vocab: Idioms

Plus any TWO of the following courses

• AESL 523: English for Parents of Elementary School Students
• AESL 524: English for Parents of High School Students 
• AESL 574: English for Child Development
• AESL 575: English for Instructional Assistants

Complete the following courses: 

ONE of the following courses

• AESL 533: Intermediate Pronunciation 
• AESL 535: Advanced Pronunciation 
• AESL 543: Intermediate Conversation 
• AESL 545: Advanced Conversation
• AESL 563: Everyday Vocab: Idioms

Plus any TWO of the following courses

• AESL 553: English for Job Success 
• AESL 554: English for Career Search 
• AESL 555: English for Professional Communication

Complete the following courses: 

ONE of the following courses

• AESL 535: Advanced Pronunciation 
• AESL 545: Advanced Conversation

ONE of the following courses

• AESL 553: English for Job Success 
• AESL 554: English for Career Search 
• AESL 555: English for Professional Communication

ONE of the following courses

• AESL 574: English for Child Development 
• AESL 575: English for Instructional Assistants
• AESL 583: English about Health 
• AESL 585: English about Law 
• CIM 510: Introduction to Computers and Keyboarding 
• CIM 520: Google Workspace 
• ENTR 522: Starting a Business