English Proficiency Level High-Intermediate
Certificate of Specialization English As a Second Language · San Jose City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Description
San José City College offers an English Proficiency Level High-Intermediate Certificate of Specialization. Students will acquire reading, vocabulary, grammar, writing, and oral skills that will prepare them for the advanced level of English as a Second Language courses. Completion of this certificate will highlight the students’ ability to communicate both orally and in writing at a high-intermediate level in academic, professional, and social environments.
A grade of "P" is required in each course. Completed courses will appear on students' transcripts.
The Certificate of Specialization will only appear on documents issued directly by the English as a Second Language department. The English Proficiency Level High-Intermediate Certificate of Specialization will not appear on students’ transcripts.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to plan and compose expository essays of at least four paragraphs with high-intermediate proficiency.
- Demonstrate sentence variety and lexical and grammatical accuracy at a high-intermediate level.
- Demonstrate the use of effective strategies to acquire and retain vocabulary at the high-intermediate level.
- Identify main ideas and targeted content from listening segments and academic texts at a high-intermediate level of listening and reading proficiency.
- Use effective conversation and discussion techniques to exchange and expand on information and ideas at a high-intermediate level of speaking proficiency.