Noncredit English Language Development (ELDN Courses)
ELDN 7400 Spanish Literacy 1
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
This is a low-beginning literacy course that develops Spanish literacy skills. Students
learn to recognize and produce letter sounds, and read and write common vocabulary
words and basic sentences. English sight words are introduced. This class emphasizes
culturally appropriate curriculum.
ELDN 7410 Spanish Literacy 2
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: C - Credit - Not Degree Applicable
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
This is a low-beginning literacy course that continues the development of Spanish
literacy. Students build upon the reading and writing skills acquired in Spanish Literacy
1. English literacy skills are gradually introduced. This class emphasizes culturally
appropriate curriculum.
ELDN 7415 Written Driving Test for ELL
12.0 - 18.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
Students prepare to take the California written driving test in English by acquiring
the essential vocabulary needed to understand the questions and answers. Students
learn the procedures for taking the test at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
as well as learn the rules they must obey when driving in California.
ELDN 7420 Newcomer
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
This course is intended for students with limited-to-no academic background. Students
begin to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities for life, academic,
and career skills.
ELDN 7425 ELD Lab
8.0 - 240.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
The course provides self-paced, instructor-guided support using Burlington English
software. Students practice listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
ELDN 7430 Low Beginning
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
Students develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities for life, academic,
and career skills. This is the beginning ELD course for students who want to learn
English.
ELDN 7440 High Beginning
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
Students develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities for life, academic,
and career skills. This course is intended for students who have earned an SP grade
in the Low Beginning course or who have taken the self-guided placement test.
ELDN 7450 Beginning Conversation
28.0 - 48.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
Build your confidence in speaking English! Practice the conversational skills needed
in real-life situations and daily tasks. This course focuses on communication, strategies
to improve pronunciation, and grammar in context. This course is appropriate for Low
Beginning (ELDN 7430) and High Beginning (ELDN 7440) students.
ELDN 7460 Low Intermediate
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
Students develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities for life, academic,
and career skills. This course is intended for students who have earned an SP grade
in the High Beginning course or who have taken the self-guided placement test.
ELDN 7470 High Intermediate
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
Students develop high-intermediate listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities
for life, academic, and career skills. This course is intended for students who have
earned an SP grade in the Low Intermediate course or who have taken the self-guided
placement test.
ELDN 7480 Intermediate Conversation
28.0 - 48.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
Build your confidence in speaking English! Practice the conversational skills needed
in real-life situations and daily tasks. This course focuses on communication, strategies
to improve pronunciation, and grammar in context. This course is appropriate for Low
Intermediate (ELDN 7460) and High Intermediate (ELDN 7470) students.
ELDN 7490 Bridge
84.0 - 102.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
This course is designed for students who want to transition over to credit classes.
Emphasis is placed on English fluency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
This course is intended for students who have earned an SP grade in the High Intermediate
course or who have taken the self-guided placement test.
ELDN 7501 Intermediate Grammar
64.0 - 72.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
This course is designed to help students use basic 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.
This is a mirrored course; it is offered at the same time and place as the credit
course. Noncredit and credit students take the class together with one instructor
and complete the same coursework. No credit is given for this course.
ELDN 7502 Low Advanced Grammar
64.0 - 72.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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. This is a mirrored course; it is offered at the
same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit students take the class
together with one instructor and complete the same coursework. No credit is given
for this course.
ELDN 7503 Advanced Grammar
64.0 - 72.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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. This is a mirrored course; it is offered at the
same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit students take the class
together with one instructor and complete the same coursework. No credit is given
for this course.
ELDN 7511 High Intermediate Conversation
48.0 - 54.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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. This is a mirrored course; it is offered
at the same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit students take
the class together with one instructor and complete the same coursework. No credit
is given for this course.
ELDN 7512 Low Advanced Conversation
48.0 - 54.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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. This is a mirrored course; it is offered
at the same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit students take
the class together with one instructor and complete the same coursework. No credit
is given for this course.
ELDN 7513 Pronunciation
48.0 - 54.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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.
ELDN 7521 High Intermediate Reading
80.0 - 90.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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. This is a mirrored course;
it is offered at the same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit
students take the class together with one instructor and complete the same coursework.
No credit is given for this course.
ELDN 7522 Low Advanced Reading
80.0 - 90.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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. This is a mirrored course;
it is offered at the same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit
students take the class together with one instructor and complete the same coursework.
No credit is given for this course.
ELDN 7523 Advanced Reading
64.0 - 72.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
ELDN 7523 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 ELD 523, ENGL 312 or READ 310. This is a mirrored course;
it is offered at the same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit
students take the class together with one instructor and complete the same coursework.
No credit is given for this course.
ELDN 7531 High Intermediate Writing
80.0 - 90.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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. This is a mirrored course; it is offered at
the same time and place as the credit course. Noncredit and credit students take the
class together with one instructor and complete the same coursework. No credit is
given for this course.
ELDN 7532 Low Advanced Writing
80.0 - 90.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
Repeatable: 99.00
Grading Method: Satisfactory Progress
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, 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. This is a mirrored course; it is offered at the same time and
place as a credit course. Noncredit and credit students take the class together with
one instructor and complete the same coursework. No credit is given for this course.
ELDN 7533 Advanced Writing
48.0 - 54.0 hours.
Acceptable for credit: N - Noncredit
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.