The members of the ESL department are committed to your success in college, work, and life. We dedicate ourselves to teaching and work hard to help you gain access to the many opportunities available in the United States.

All ESL instructors at Cerritos College must have:

      -  a Masters degree specializing in teaching English as a Second Language;

       - the ability to speak and write Standard American English; 

       - an understanding, sensitivity, and commitment to meeting the needs 

         of our students, and

       - experience in teaching ESL to college level students.

Full- Time Faculty                Office                 Extension        E-mail
Patricia Berry
Department Co- Chair   Social Sciences 226       2850         pberry@cerritos.edu

Diane Nakamura
Department Co - Chair  Social Sciences 234       2898        dnakamura@cerritos.edu

Lucia Coulter               
Social Sciences  230       2847        lcoulter@cerritos.edu

Joann Sugihara-Cheetham
Learning Resource Center 26A      2892       jcheetham@cerritos.edu

To call an instructor, you must first dial (562) 860 - 2451 and then the extension.