ELD 1 (9, 10, 11, 12)

Two-Year Course taken concurrently/20 Credits

 

Prerequisites: Placement by district/site language proficiency testing This two hour class is the first in the English Language Development (ELD) Program designed to help students who primarily speak a language or languages other than English. The two-hour block is an intensive course that follows the tenets of the Natural Approach to language acquisition stressing communicative function of English in academic/school and daily life. Bilingual support is provided, when appropriate, through use of peer tutors or same-language adult instructional aides. All language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and critical thinking skills are developed in class. Successful completion requires that the student reach all standards and skills necessary to progress on to ELD 2.

 

Type of course: Meets graduation requirement.