English as a Second Language (ESL)

The Department of Education offers a sequence of two intensive 6-credit courses in ESL for academic purposes to non-native speakers of English who are accepted by Concordia University but who must upgrade their reading and writing skills.Two 3-credit courses in ESL oral communication are also available for students whose mother tongue is not English and who would like to improve their pronunciation and academic speaking skills.If English is not your mother tongue and you wish to take a Credit ESL course, you are required to take the Concordia Comprehensive ESL Placement Test (ConCEPT).ESL courses are courses in English as a Second Language. The core credit-level ESL courses offered at Concordia are designed to help students whose first language is not English develop their written and oral communication skills for academic purposes.