ESLCO ESL Level 3 — English for School Success
The pivot level: academic vocabulary, note-taking and the first multi-paragraph compositions. ESLCO is where English stops being a subject and starts being the medium the other subjects arrive in.
Inside the course
Academic vocabulary across subject areas
Note-taking and summarizing from texts and lessons
Multi-paragraph composition with a clear structure
Presentations with visual support
Where it leads
Leads to ESLDO. From here, science and math courses taken alongside stop costing marks to language alone.
PREREQUISITE
Assessment & credit
Standard Ontario assessment: 70% coursework, 30% final evaluation. Completion ships as an official transcript, OUAC-listed and recognized by public and private schools.
How we run it
Small groups, online or in person (Markham campus); semester, summer and winter intakes, scheduled around the student’s Top 6 plan.
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