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2025-2026 Catalog SVC 
    
2025-2026 Catalog SVC

ODLA 041 - ELA 4-1 for Open Doors


Credits: 15
Variable Credit Course: Yes

Lecture Hours: 165
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: ODLA Level 4-1 (High Intermediate ESL). Students improve English listening, speaking, reading, and writing and comprehension with a goal to develop college and career readiness skills. Prepares students for transition to ODLA 42.

Prerequisite: Receive a P grade in ODLA 13 (or placement into ELA/ODLA 41).
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Identify key details in text by using Wh- questions.
  2. Identify the eight parts of speech in Standard American English in text.
  3. Recall the rules of capitalization and punctuation in Standard American English.
  4. Identify parts of a paragraph.
  5. Set agreed-upon norms for class discussions by collaborating with peers.
  6. Identify the Present Perfect tense in text.
  7. Decode multi-syllable words.
  8. Identify the first and second “If” conditionals in text.
  9. Identify past and current educational and/or professional experiences.
  10. Break down the math word problems.
  11. Use technology to produce coursework.

Course Contents


Instructional Units: 15