ESL Intermediate Skills Program
Noncredit Certificate School of Humanities and Liberal Arts · Merced College · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Intermediate ESL program is designed for intermediate level students who have learned basic survival skills, but who need instruction that will lead to a relatively sophisticated level of discourse of issues, and ideas that reach beyond basic survival. The program will prepare students to take credit courses at Merced College. This program includes practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
A. Upon completion of intermediate level ESL, the student will be prepared to take college credit courses.