English Language Acquisition
Certificate of Performance English Language Acquisition · San Diego City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Summary
The English Language Acquisition (ELAC) Certificate of Performance recognizes an advanced level of English language achievement for students whose first language is not English. Students who earn this certificate have successfully completed advanced ELAC coursework in grammar, writing conventions, reading skills, and critical thinking.
Upon successful completion of the Certificate of Performance, students should be able to:
- Analyze and synthesize the written works of others and compose an organized, multi-paragraph piece in response.
- Revise and reflect on own written work that demonstrates an advanced level of reading, writing, and critical thinking.
Award Notes: A Certificate of Performance is a departmental award that does not appear on the student’s transcript. All courses must be completed within the San Diego Community College District. This program is not eligible for federal financial aid in accordance with Federal regulations.
Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the English Language Acquisition Program will be able to:
- Develop effective verbal and presentational skills for a variety of communication strategies.
- Read and comprehend texts, recognize author strategies, purpose, perspective and argument, and use critical thinking to evaluate a variety of writing.
- Organize ideas and information and express them clearly and effectively in writing for both academic and workplace contexts for different communicative purposes.
- Describe, explain, and analyze multiple perspectives on issues in ways that demonstrate global awareness and appreciation of diversity in its many manifestations.
- Apply strategies both inside and outside the classroom that reflect an understanding of the reading and writing processes in order to become life-long learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens.