This course provides advanced ELD students a curriculum of listening, speaking, reading, and writing to achieve a level of proficiency necessary for transition into the mainstream English language arts program. The course promotes and refines the students’ English language fluency through an in-depth study of literature. Experiences in literature are provided in the genres of short story, mythology, drama, poetry and the novel. Students acquire an understanding of the similarities and differences between the ethics, values, customs, and beliefs of the native language setting of their home and country of birth with the new second language country and school environment. This course may be repeated for credit.