# ESL Advanced Grammar and Composition (Certificate of Competency)

Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: School of Extended Learning: English as a Second Language (Noncredit)

Source: https://catalog.sbcc.edu/sel/esl-noncredit/esl-advanced-grammar-composition-certificate-competency/

### Requirements

Advanced students gain valuable speaking and writing skills to use in the workplace on in pursuing their educational goals. Students learn and practice the correct use of grammatical elements plus appropriate structure and mechanics of advanced written English. The goal of this certificate is to prepare students for advancement in academic and work settings.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ESLN NC010 | ESL Advanced Grammar | 0 |
| ESLN NC046 | ESL Writing for Academic Success | 0 |

### Learning Outcomes

1.  Identify and correctly use grammatical elements including past perfect and future perfect tenses, and conditionals.
2.  Show oral proficiency in using a variety of sentence structures and tenses that include past perfect and future perfect tenses, and conditionals.
3.  Use the process of pre-writing, drafting and final versions.