Non Credit ESL

 

Noncredit ESL classes help students learn English and improve their skills in reading, writing, speaking and understanding English. While some courses include all elements of grammar, vocabulary and conversation strategies, others focus on specific skills, such as reading, writing, or speech.

Contact
Chairperson
Lilit Davoyan
Phone
(818) 778-5594
Email
noncredit@lavc.edu
Office Location
ACA 1401
Office Hours
email for availability

Department

Continuing Education

Pathway

Humanities and Communication 

Programs

Noncredit ESL Certificates

Click the tabs below to find out about the Noncredit ESL certificates of completion.

Students who complete the English as a Second Language certificates will gain skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The sequence of certificates will help students prepare for meaningful employment and prepare them to transition into credit courses.     

   English as a Second Language I

 

Students who complete the English as a Second Language certificates will gain skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The sequence of certificates will help students prepare for meaningful employment and prepare them to transition into credit courses.   

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE II 

 

Students who complete the English as a Second Language certificates will gain skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The sequence of certificates will help students prepare for meaningful employment and prepare them to transition into credit courses.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE III

 

Students who complete the English as a Second Language certificates will gain skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The sequence of certificates will help students prepare for meaningful employment and prepare them to transition into credit courses.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IV

Students who complete the English as a Second Language certificates will gain skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The sequence of certificates will help students prepare for meaningful employment and prepare them to transition into credit courses.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE - Speech

Full-time Faculty

Name Contact Information
Lilit Davoyan @email
Amadeo Quilici @email
Sarah Van Norman @email
Magda Walsh @email

Adjunct Faculty

Name Contact Information
Mariam Aintablian @email

Zorik Baghoomian

@email
Maria Borromeo @email
Kevin Butler @email
Roza Chirishyan @email
Steven Crawford @email
Andres Cruz  @email
Asya Davtyan @email
Maryam Haghighi @email
Marine Janvelyan @email
Gregory Kappy @email
Kate Lulinski @email
Jose Montes @email
Sean Saly @email
Shelley Seltzer @email
Rebecca Lila Steinberg  @email

Faculty Profiles

Click below to learn about the Noncredit ESL faculty.

 

  • California State University, Northridge/ Master of Arts in Linguistics with a Concentration in TESL

  • Teaches NC ESL Levels 2, 4, 5; NC ESL Speech 2

  • Area of Interest: Phonology

  • Fun Fact: My favorite word in the English language is wanderlust - a longing to travel.

Zorik Baghoomian
  • Master's in TESL and Linguistics from California State University, Northridge 

  • Teaches Credit, Noncredit ESL courses, Environmental Science, and English Literature

  • Area of Interest: I am interested in literature, history, philosophy, cultural studies, geography, and sciences. 

  • Fun Fact: Did you know that humans are the only species known to blush?

 
Maria Borromeo
  • Bachelor of Education, University of Toronto, Bachelor of Arts, York University, TESOL Certification, University of San Diego 

  • Teaches NC ESL Levels 0, 1, 2 & 3

  • Area of Interest: educational technology and creating information gap activities that are interactive and collaborative.  

  • Fun Fact: I’ve been to 14 national parks. 

 

  • Master of Arts in Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

  • Teaches English as a Second Language non-credit courses

  • Area of Interest: I love conversing with people, during work and in my free time!

  • Fun Fact: I am from New York.

 

 

  • Master of Arts Teaching of English as a Second Language, 2014

  • Teaches multiple levels of ESL from entry level to level 6

  • Area of Interest: 

  • Fun Fact: I enjoy teaching English to our students and learning from them too. What a privilege it is to meet and get to know people from all over the world. 

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  • M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from CSU Northridge
  • Teacher many levels in the noncredit program as well as transfer-level writing in the credit program
  • Area of interest: advanced academic writing and grammar
  • Fun fact: In my free time, I like to program helpful tools and learn about the brain.

Andres Cruz
  • Master's Degree in TESOL

  • Teaches Noncredit ESL levels 1 and 2, Speech 2 

  • Area of Interest: linguistics, language and culture, and law and policy

  • Fun Fact: I enjoy feeding hummingbirds in my backyard and reading books about comparative religion. 

 

  • M.S. in Educational Counseling, National University

  • Teaches Levels 1 and 3

  • Area of Interest: I’d like to develop strategies to make grammar lessons more accessible and practical for ESL learners

  • Fun Fact: I can play piano and have 7 years of music school background

  • MA in Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language, CSUN, 2007
  • Teaches ​​​​​​all levels of ESL 

  • Area of Interest: Role of gamification in language learning 

  • Fun Fact: Every year, I set a reading goal of at least 24 books. The only year I didn't reach my goal was the year I watched all the seasons of TWD on Netflix. 

Alixan Gorman
  • M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from CSU Northridge
  • Usually teaches noncredit Level 1 and intermediate grammar/writing in the credit program
  • Area of interest: linguistics, intermediate academic writing and grammar, teaching about the history of Los Angeles
  • Fun fact: I have a cat who plays fetch.

 

 

Sahar H.

 

  • MA in Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language, CSUN, 2020
  • Teaches all levels of ESL
  • Areas of interest: TOEFL & IELTS, Business English
  • Fun Fact: I am fluent in Farsi/Persian, Azari, and Turkish. Also, I am a Simultaneous Medical Interpreter.

linkedin.com/in/sahar-hamzei-a3798164

 

 

 

  • MA TESOL Azusa Pacific University 

  • Teaches ​​​​​​multi-skill ESL levels: 0, 1, 2, 3 & 4 , ESL - Multi-level Writing Skills Course, Voc. Ed - ESL for entrepreneurs with a marketing focus, Voc. Ed - ESL for Home Health Aides, Voc. Ed- Workplace and Job readiness skills, ESL Conversation levels 1 & 2, Pronunciation Levels 1 & 2

  • Area of Interest: My focus as an ESL instructor is to teach students the skills to connect with the people and communities around them and obtain their career and family goals related to English. 

  • Fun Fact: I love to scuba dive and garden, and I am currently learning to ski. 

 

  • MA in English with ESL Cert. from CSUN

  • Teaches ​​​​​​Reading/Writing

  • Area of Interest: I write poetry and enjoy reading international poets for sharing cultural differences while expressing universal truths

  • Fun Fact: Let's thank the Normans for invading England and providing the great vowel shift and all those silent e's, so that we now say "Wife" instead of "Wif."

Amadeo Quilici
  • M.F.A, English/Writing, Mills College at Northeastern University.

  • Teaches ​​​​​​ESL NC (All levels) ESLCVCS NC (All Levels) ESL NC Speech (1&2) 

  • Area of Interest: My current area of interest is adapting online and technological resources for use in face-to-face classrooms.

  • Fun Fact: As an undergraduate majoring in English Literature, I studied Mandarin at Tsinghua University in the People’s Republic of China.

Sean Saly
  • Master's in Teaching English as a Second Language/Linguistics/ California State University, Northridge
  • Teaches ​​​​​​NC ESL levels 0,1,2,3, 4, speech 1

  • Area of Interest: I am a lover of languages and cultures around the world. 

  • Fun Fact: I am fluent in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

Shelley Seltzer
  • M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics; UCLA

  • Teaches upper-level Grammar, Reading/Writing, and Speech:​​​​​​ ESL NC 015, 016, 018, 23, 24

  • Area of Interest: Language acquisition

  • Department role: Giver of hugs

  • Fun Fact: I like creating connections between students through projects requiring their creativity.

 

  • University of Southern California, MAT-TESOL  
  • Teaches ​​​​​​Beginning Conversation, Speech 2, Levels 1, 2, 3 & 6  

  • Area of Interest: Building community through language and personal experience 

  • Fun Fact: I enjoy traveling and learning about other cultures. 

 

  • MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), SOKA University of America
  • Teaches ​​​​​​various levels of ESL in California and overseas

  • Area of Interest: I have a passion for helping students acquire English language proficiency, both in-person and online, including communication effectiveness, cultural adaptation, and social sensitivity to diversity.

  • Fun Fact: I love to dance and in the past performed with various groups in a variety of genres!

Edgar Zardaryan
  • California State University Northridge ​​​​​, Bachelor of Science – Business Law California State University Northridge ​​​​, Master of Arts – Teaching English as a Second Language
  • Committed to fostering language proficiency and cultural understanding across diverse communities, with a passion for empowering students from various ethnicities and backgrounds to achieve their language learning goals.
  • Published Work Available on Amazon

Most Common Academic Idioms in Spoken English: With Armenian Translation

Amazon Link

Yerevan State University Linguistic Journal, Significance of Pragmatics within SLA Instruction

Armenian Folia Anglistika

  • I enjoy learning new languages and meeting people from different cultures.

  ​​​​​​I love good food and spending    time with family and friends.

 

 

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