English as an Additional Language

Overview

K-12 Curriculum Guides are found on the eNLightenED website

The EAL program is intended for students who do not speak English at home and require English language instruction in order to successfully complete the prescribed curriculum. The EAL curriculum provides instruction in the strand headings of Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Representing, which are integrated and connected to the prescribed curriculum. EAL instruction is determined according to the English proficiency level and other relevant aspects of the student’s learning profile.

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Primary and Elementary

The EAL program at the primary and elementary levels provides English language instruction and support leading to students’ successful completion of the prescribed curriculum. At primary and elementary, some students in the EAL program may have missed years of schooling due to refugee or migration experiences.

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Intermediate

EAL for the Intermediate School is a course for beginning English learners who need to develop English language and literacy skills in order to succeed in the prescribed curriculum.

EAL Foundation Intermediate is a beginning English course for students with limited first language literacy and/or interrupted prior schooling. The course is designed to develop oral language skills as well as emergent and early reading and writing skills. Students at the intermediate level who have missed years of schooling due to refugee or migration experiences may also take courses in the LEARN program.

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High School

K-12 Curriculum Guides are found on the eNLightenED website

EAL courses at the high school level are designed to build language skills across the curriculum and support students’ successful integration into prescribed-curriculum courses. Courses provide instruction from the literacy level to the advanced level of English proficiency and academic English.

The EAL curriculum at the high school level consists of five EAL courses: EAL Foundation, EAL 1205, EAL 2205, EAL 3205 and EAL 3206.  Students at the high school level who have missed years of schooling due to refugee or migration experiences may also take courses in the LEARN program.

  • EAL Foundation – a beginning English course for students with limited or no prior schooling. The course is designed to develop oral language skills as well as emergent and early reading and writing skills. This is a noncredit course.
  • EAL 1205 – an English language arts (ELA) course providing optional ELA credit for beginning proficiency learners who have at least a transitional literacy level in another language or in English. It is offered to beginning-proficiency students, in place of prescribed-curriculum Language Arts.
  • EAL 2205 – an academic English course providing core ELA credits for students with intermediate/developing-level English proficiency. Students in EAL 2205 would normally have completed EAL 1205 or have an equivalent English language proficiency level.
  • EAL 3205 – an academic English course for students with a high-intermediate to low-advanced level of English proficiency providing core ELA credit. Students in EAL 3205 would have completed EAL 2205 or have an equivalent English language proficiency level.
  • EAL 3206 –an English Language Arts course providing optional ELA credits for students with high-intermediate to low-advanced English proficiency who are transitioning to prescribed curriculum English language arts. It introduces students to a range of text types and genres, including:
    • Fiction
    • Non-fiction
    • Novel
    • Poetry
    • Drama
    • Media

Note: If an ESL student has the language skills to succeed in English 1201/02 or 2201/2, the student should be enrolled in that course rather than enrolled in ESL courses.

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