Noncredit ESL Milestone for Multilingual Speakers - Pathway to Health Careers Certificate of Completion

The Noncredit ESL Milestone for Multilingual Speakers - Pathway to Health Careers Certificate of Completion is designed to prepare English Language learners (ELLs) to succeed in short-term vocational certificate programs related to Health Careers and/or degree-applicable coursework in various Guided Pathways certificate and degree programs. Multilingual students completing these certificates have obtained academic English reading and writing skills at an advanced, post-secondary level. In addition, they have achieved success in prerequisite or introductory coursework in a variety of degree, certificate, and/or general education patterns. These two elements combine to demonstrate significant achievement of a milestone along their pathways to Health Careers certificates, degrees or transfer opportunities.

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. Understand how to properly use common medical terms in health care practice.