| ELD 1 (Beginning—15 units) Prerequisite: Placement based on English language skills testing, prior schooling/grades, teacher recommendation. | Students develop the vocabulary and language structures necessary to achieve beginning proficiency in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing English. Emphasis is on developing the basic oral comprehension and speaking skills needed to progress to ELD 2. |
| ELD 2 (Early Intermediate—15 units) Prerequisite: Placement based on English language skills testing, prior schooling/grades, teacher recommendation. | The course continues the development of the vocabulary and language structures necessary to participate in an academic setting. Emphasis is on advancing the oral comprehension and speaking skills needed to progress to ELD 3. Students also focus on the transition to English literacy skills. |
| ELD 3 (Intermediate) Prerequisite: Placement based on English language skills testing, prior schooling/grades, teacher recommendation, or successful completion of ELD 2. | This course advances the student to oral fluency in both comprehensive and speaking skills. The students move from increasing mastery of basic interpersonal communication skills to increasing ability to use English for academic purposes. The reading and writing tasks become more complex. |
| ELD 4 (Early Advanced) Prerequisite: Placement based on English language skills testing, prior schooling/grades, teacher recommendation, or successful completion of ELD 3. | Having achieved oral fluency, the emphasis of this course is to build the reading comprehension and writing skills necessary to succeed across the core content areas. Students continue to learn strategies for reading and research, and apply the stages of the writing process. Students also continue to develop skills for oral presentations. |
