English Language Development (ELD Courses)
ELD 501 Intermediate Grammar
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to help students use intermediate grammatical forms in reading,
writing, and oral/aural contexts. This course requires one lab hour per week. Student
lab work includes, but is not limited to, the following: completion of computer-assisted
activities as well as assigned grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening
exercises. Lecture: 3 hours per week. Lab: 1 hour per week. The course is not open
to students who received credit for ESL 550.
ELD 502 Low Advanced Grammar
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to help students understand and use intermediate grammatical
forms in reading, writing, and oral/aural contexts. This course requires one lab hour
per week. Student lab work includes, but is not limited to the following: completion
of computer-assisted activities as well as assigned grammar, vocabulary, reading,
writing, and listening exercises. Lecture: 3 hours per week. Lab: 1 hour per week.
The course is not open to students who received credit for ESL 551.
ELD 503 Advanced Grammar
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to help students understand and use advanced grammatical forms
in reading, writing, and oral/aural contexts. This course requires one lab hour per
week. Student lab work includes, but is not limited to, the following: completion
of computer-assisted activities as well as assigned grammar, vocabulary, reading,
writing, and listening exercises. Lecture: 3 hours per week. Lab: 1 hour per week.
The course is not open to students who received credit for ESL 552.
ELD 511 High Intermediate Conversation
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course prepares students to understand and speak English at the high intermediate
level. In this course, students develop communicative competence by engaging in a
variety of listening and speaking activities. Students will participate in interviews,
small group discussions, and presentations. The course is not open to students who
received credit for ESL 543.
ELD 512 Low Advanced Conversation
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course prepares students to understand and speak English at the low advanced
level. In this course, students continue to develop communicative competence by engaging
in a variety of listening and speaking activities. Students will participate in interviews,
small group discussions, and presentations. The course is not open to students who
received credit for ESL 544.
ELD 513 Pronunciation
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
A pronunciation skills course for all levels of language learners. This course introduces
students to Standard American English consonant and vowel sounds, stress, and intonation.
Students will practice listening discrimination and production skills at the segmental
and suprasegmental levels. The course is not open to students who received credit
for ESL 555.
ELD 521 High Intermediate Reading
4.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to help high intermediate ESL students develop academic reading
skills. Emphasis is on developing reading comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
Students will read a variety of text types (e.g., short stories, newspaper articles,
novels, and nonfiction pieces). This course requires one lab hour per week. Student
lab work includes, but is not limited to, the following: completion of computer-assisted
activities as well as assigned grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening
exercises. Lecture: 4 hours per week. Lab: 1 hour per week. The course is not open
to students who received credit for ESL 537.
ELD 522 Low Advanced Reading
4.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to help low advanced ESL students develop academic reading
skills. Emphasis is on developing reading comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
Students will read a variety of text types (e.g., short stories, newspaper articles,
novels, and nonfiction pieces). This course requires one lab hour per week. Student
lab work includes, but is not limited to, the following: completion of computer-assisted
activities as well as assigned grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening
exercises. Lecture: 4 hours per week. Lab: 1 hour per week. The course is not open
to students who received credit for ESL 540.
ELD 523 Advanced Reading
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: D - Credit - Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
ELD 523 uses fiction and nonfiction texts to develop reading skills and strategies.
The emphasis is on improving reading comprehension and efficiency and helping students
become critical readers. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or
have received credit for ELDN, ENGL 312, READ 310, or ESL540.
ELD 531 High Intermediate Writing
4.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to help high intermediate ESL students develop academic writing
skills at the paragraph and short-essay level. Instruction is provided in the following
areas: the writing process, sentence structure, vocabulary development, formatting,
and mechanics. This course requires one lab hour per week. Student lab work includes,
but is not limited to, the following: completion of computer-assisted activities as
well as assigned grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening exercises. Lecture:
4 hours per week. Lab: 1 hour per week. The course is not open to students who received
credit for ESL 538.
ELD 532 Low Advanced Writing
4.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Pass/No Pass
This course is designed to help low advanced ESL students develop academic writing
skills at the short essay level. Instruction is provided in the following areas:
the writing process, sentence structure, vocabulary development, formatting, and mechanics.
This course requires one lab hour per week. Student lab work includes, but is not
limited to, the following: completion of computer-assisted activities as well as assigned
grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening exercises. Lecture: 4 hours per
week. Lab: 1 hour per week. The course is not open to students who received credit
for ESL 541.
ELD 533 Advanced Writing
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
C-ID Course Number: n/a
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Designed to help students critically analyze texts to use in support of a well-organized,
thesis-based essay. Improvement in grammar, mechanics, sentence structure, word choice,
and usage of outside sources with MLA formatting is also emphasized.