The courses required for the ESL Certificate of Competency-Level 2 prepare students to function in everyday situations including social, business, educational, financial, and medical settings. Skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking are taught at the advanced-beginning level and prepare students to progress in their acquisition of academic English in pursuit of a certificate or degree.

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to: 

• Read with basic comprehension and acquire new vocabulary from context.
• Write simple sentences using correct grammar and syntax.
• Participate in conversations on a variety of everyday topics.