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Pleasanton Adult and Career Education looks forward to serving your educational needs both face-to-face and online!

ESL Program

GENERAL ENGLISH PROGRAM INFORMATION
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  • Our Fall classes run from August - December and Winter/Spring classes run from January - May. 
  • Classes meet two days each week for two hours each day for daytime classes and two days a week for an hour and a half for evening classes.  We have daytime and evening classes. 
  • Please refer to our student handbook (English, Chinese, Spanish) for important information about our policies and procedures, including our attendance requirements for classes.  
  • Child care is available for evening classes by contacting our office (child care is for potty trained children ages 5 and older, and must be arranged by contacting our office, limited spaces are available in our child care program). 
 
HOW TO REGISTER
 
Online registration is required for the Intake and Placement Test sessions.  Students must register in advance and will receive email confirmation of their enrollment in the session.  The Intake and Placement Test session lasts approximately 2.5 hours.  The session includes a test in listening and reading (2 hours), and placement into one of our classes.
 
Registration for the Spring 2023 Semester is now closed, with the exception of Citizenship and Beginning Literacy Classes. If you are interested in joining ESL classes in August 2023, please register for the waitlist here: 
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR INTAKE / PLACEMENT   
 
NEW STUDENTS
All new students, and students who have not completed a class post-test, must take the placement test in order to register for an ESL class.  
 
RETURNING STUDENTS
Students who did not complete a class post-test must take the placement test in order to register for an ESL class.  If you took an ESL class and a post test, then you do not need to take another test.  If you are a returning student, do not create another account in our online system.  If you do not remember your log in information, please request a password reset or contact our office for assistance.  We will email you with your enrollment after you test or before class starts.