Students who enter this level have decided to begin academic or vocational programs. All reading, writing, speaking, listening, and sentence structure activities are taught in the context of a variety of academic disciplines. Students study the simple sentence from a linguistic perspective, learn to write paragraphs using all rhetorical modes, learn to write college essays, learn to give 5 to 10 minute oral presentations, learn to use the computerized library resources, learn to listen to academic lectures and take notes. Students in this level advance their language skills and knowledge of the academic culture so that they can enter academic classes or vocational programs. Students at this level participate in a number of special projects.
Students take field trips related to class readings.