ESL Milestone for Multilingual Speakers: Pathway to Health Careers Certificate of Achievement

The ESL Milestone for Multilingual Speakers: Pathway to Health Careers Certificate of Achievement teaches advanced reading and writing skills at a post-secondary level for English learners combined with introductory skills related to a future in health careers. Students will use a combination of these skills along their pathways to degrees, certificates, or transfer opportunities. In addition, they will be more prepared to succeed in a variety of health certificate programs and to join a health career in the future.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Write and edit clear, well-developed essays on academic topics and effectively use English as applied in Health Science classes as well as workplace environments in one of the Health Careers. Summarize, paraphrase, and quote readings using proper citation and formatting strategies, as a way to integrate outside sources into writing for Health Science classes.
2. Apply techniques of written communication, sentence structure, word usage, punctuation, spelling, medical terminology, and Health Sciences document formatting.
3. Analyze written health-related communication and compose and organize paragraphs into effective documents.
4. Participate in in-depth health-related discussions effectively, take clear notes, and give oral presentations.
5. Demonstrate the understanding and spelling of prefixes, root words, and suffixes to accurately decode common medical terms.
6. Demonstrate how to properly use common medical terms in health care practice.