Programs
ESL Milestone and Advanced ESL Certificates
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The following video will give you an overview of the certificates and how they are useful.
The ESL Milestone - Language Arts Spoken Communication certificate is for students who want to document their spoken language ability. This type of documentation is perfect for any class or job that requires you to speak with professors, classmates, customers, clients, patients, etc. in English to understand and communicate with them.
ESL Milestone in Language Arts - Spoken Communication
The ESL Milestone - Language Arts Written Communication certificate is for students who want to document their written language ability. This type of documentation is perfect for any class or job that requires you to write to professors, classmates, customers, clients, patients, etc. in English and answer their questions or give them information.
ESL Milestone in Language Arts - Written Communication
Advanced ESL Milestone - Pathway to Environmental Science Certificates is for students who want to document all their English language skills and their basic understanding of Environmental Science. This certificate is mostly for someone who is starting coursework in Environmental Science or wants to have an entry-level career in Environmental Science.
ESL Milestone - Pathway to Environmental Science
Advanced ESL Milestone - Pathway to Broadcasting Certificates is for students who want to document all their English language skills and their basic understanding of Broadcasting. This certificate is mostly for someone who is starting coursework in Broadcasting or wants to have an entry-level career in Broadcasting.
Advanced ESL Milestone - Pathway to Broadcasting
Advanced ESL Milestone - Pathway to Music Certificates is for students who want to document all their English language skills and their basic understanding of Music. This certificate is mostly for someone who is starting coursework in Music or wants to have an entry-level career in Music.
Advanced ESL Milestone - Pathway to Music
Advanced ESL Milestone - Pathway to Cinema / Media Arts Certificates is for students who want to document all their English language skills and their basic understanding of Cinema/Media Arts. This certificate is mostly for someone who is starting coursework in Cinema/Media Arts or wants to have an entry-level career in Cinema/Media Arts.
Advanced ESL Milestone - Pathway to Cinema / Media Arts
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Faculty Profiles
Faculty Profiles
Click below to learn about the Credit ESL faculty.
- A.A. for Transfer, Santa Monica College
B.A. Journalism, CSU Northridge
M.A. Linguistics, CSU Northridge
M.A. English, Arizona State University
M.Ed. E-Learning, Northcentral University
Ed.D. Educational Leadership, CSU Long Beach
TESL Certificate, CSU Northridge - Teaches E.S.L. 003A, E.S.L. 004B, E.S.L. 006B, and E.S.L. 110
- Areas of Interest: languages and literature, sociolinguistics, instructional technology, and educational leadership
- Fun Facts: I will read any book or periodical in any literary genre. I love animals, especially dogs and rodents.
- Pronouns: she / her / hers
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- Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Liverpool (England)
- Teaches E.S.L. 004A
- Fun Fact: I taught in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
- Pronouns: he / him / his
- A.A. Mathematics, Moorpark College
B.S. Computer Science, CSU Northridge
M.A. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, CSU Los Angeles - Teaches E.S.L. 003A and E.S.L. 005B
- Areas of Interest: travel and photography
- Fun Fact: I taught EFL in South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam for 27 years.
- Pronouns: he / him / his
- M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language, CSU Northridge
- Teaches E.S.L. 004A
- Areas of Interest: linguistics and incorporating the history of Los Angeles into my lessons
- Fun Facts: My photographs have been published in several magazines and one book.
- Pronouns: she / her / hers
- M.A. TEFL, Tehran University (Iran)
- Teaches E.S.L. 004A
- Areas of Interest: neuroscience
- Fun Fact: I have one article in Procedia (Elsevier) and one in Nature.
- Pronouns: she / her / hers
- Coming soon!
- Department Chair
- M.A. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Ph.D. Intercultural Communication with an emphasis on Communication Strategies for Professionals - Fun Facts: I was chosen to represent The U.S. at the World Tourism Organization International Conference in Cheju, Korea, and I had the honor of being the first Western professor to give a lecture at the former headquarters of the Communist Party in Budapest, Hungary.
- M.A. Comparative Literature, UC Los Angeles
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UC Los Angeles
TESOL Certificate, UC Los Angeles - Teaches E.S.L. 003C
- Areas of Interest: swimming with turtles and writing
- Fun Fact: I helped run a video game company.
- Pronouns: she / hers
- A.A., Valencia (Community) College
B.A. English/Creative Writing, Florida State University
B.A. in Spanish, Florida State University
M.A. Education, Ibaraki University (Japan)
Ph.D. Second Language Acquisition, Carnegie Mellon University - Teaches E.S.L. 003A, E.S.L. 003B, and E.S.L. 008B
- Areas of Interest: languages, music, and cooking
- Fun Fact: I have taught in Japan, Taiwan, and the U.S.
- Pronouns: he / him / his
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- B.S. in Business Administration (M.I.S.), University of Arizona
M.A in TESOL, CSU Los Angeles - Teaches E.S.L. 005A
- Areas of Interest: languages, music, and traveling
- Fun Facts: I have taught in the U.S. and UAE. I am a TEFL Kuwait Board Member-at-Larger and SIG Chair of Language Learning with Generative AI.
- Pronouns: she / her / hers
- A.S. Aviation Science, Glendale Community College
B.A. Political Science, UC Los Angeles
M.A. TESOL, CSU Dominguez Hills - Teaches E.S.L. 003B
- Areas of Interest: traveling, music, history, eating, fitness, and health
- Fun Facts: I taught in Japan. Currently, I fly full-time as an airline pilot.
- Pronouns: he / him / his
- B.A. Spanish, CSU Los Angeles
MAT-TESOL, University of Southern California - Teaches E.S.L. 003C, E.S.L. 005C, E.S.L. 006C, and E.S.L. 110
- Areas of Interest: football (soccer), American football, flag football, and motorsports
- Fun Fact: I have run the L.A. Marathon in 3 hours, 48 minutes.
- Pronouns: he / him / he / el
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- A.A., Moorpark College
B.A. Linguistics, UC Los Angeles
M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language, CSU Northridge - Teaches E.S.L. 003A and E.S.L. 006A
- Academic Areas of Interest: grammar, linguistics, and personal finance
- Personal Areas of Interest: board games, baseball, tennis, and learning languages.
- Fun Fact: I own over 125 board and card games.
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- Linguistic Studies with an emphasis on English Grammar, State Linguistic University of Armenia
B.S. Business Administration/Management, CSU Northridge
M.A. English Rhetoric and Composition Theory, CSU Northridge
TESL Certificate, CSU Northridge - Teaches E.S.L. 110
- Academic Areas of Interests: grammar, linguistics, rhetoric, and psychology
- Personal Areas of Interest: travel and dance
- Fun Facts: I started to speak with full, clear sentences at the age of 9 months.
- Pronouns: she / her / hers
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