ESL Core Literacy

Certificate of Competency (Noncredit) English as a Second Language · Santa Ana College · 2026-2027 Catalog

Program Code: CEC.ESLCL.COM

Program Control Number: 37093

This combination of courses is designed to help students develop adequate literacy skills to succeed in the core ESL courses that follow. In this series of courses, students will learn to function at a basic literacy level in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in both English and in their native language.

Learning Outcome(s):

  1. Students will learn basic level competencies to be able to take other classes in other programs.
CourseTitleUnits
Students must pass this course:96-216
ESL 300Literacy96-216
Students must pass one of the following courses:80-480
ABE 111Spanish Literacy for Adults240-480
orABE 112Beginning Spanish Literacy80-160
orABE 113Intermediate Spanish Literacy80-160
orABE 114Advanced Spanish Literacy80-160
Total176-696

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