ESL Level 2
This is the second level of courses for ESL students at a lower advanced level of English.
Here are the three steps to choosing your courses (See registration presentation).
Step One- Apply at Kwantlen and pay $40.00
- Take the KIST and Accuplacer ($70.00) test to find out your English level
- Wait two (2) weeks for results to be mailed to your home (receive your marks in two days if you call the registrar's office)
Register for both of these "core" courses
- ELST 0281 (Writing English for Academic Purposes) core Course (6 credits)
- ELST 0283 (Academic Listening and Speaking Skills) core Course (3 credits)
Step Three
Now, register for two of these electives*
- 1 university level course of low language demand (credit 3) (Examples of courses available)
- ELST 0261 Advanced pronunciation Elective 3 Credits
- ELST 0262 Grammar II Elective 3 Credits
- ELST 0365 English Language and Culture (3 credits)
- ELST 0267 English for Business (3 credits)
* Electives Full-time students take both core courses plus two electives 15 credits.
Prerequisites
0281:
- ELST 0181 with a B-
- or [(Accuplacer 98 or TOEFL iBT 61 or CB -TOEFL 173 or TOEFL 500) and (Kwantlen ESL Writing Band 5 or TWE 4)]
- or TOEFL iBT 61 with writing sub-score 18
- or IELTS 5.5 with no sub-score less than 5.0
0283:
- ELST 0183 with a B-
- or (Accuplacer 88 and KIST 35)
- or TOEFL iBT 61 with listening sub-score 15 and speaking sub-score 15
- or [(TSE 35 or SPEAK 35) and (CB -TOEFL Listening Scaled Score 16 or TOEFL Listening Scaled Score 50)]
- or IELTS 5.5 with no sub-score less than 5.0
0261:
- ELST 0183 with a B-
- or (ELST 0061 with C and ELST 0183 with C)
- or KIST 35
- or TSE 35
- or IELTS Speaking Band 5
- or SPEAK 35
0262:
- ELST 0181 with B-
- or [Accuplacer 98 and (Kwantlen ESL Writing Band 5 or TWE 4)]
- or TOEFL iBT 61 with writing sub-score 18
- or [CB -TOEFL 173 and (Kwantlen ESL Writing Band 5 or TWE 4)]
- or [TOEFL 500 and (Kwantlen ESL Writing Band 5 or TWE 4)]
- or ABEE 0060
- or (ABER 0065 and ABEW 0064)
- or ENGP 1060
- or PSPE 1060
0365:
- ELST 0281 with C+
- or [Accuplacer 108 and (Kwantlen ESL Writing Band 6 or TWE 4.5)]
- or [TOEFL iBT 79 or CB -TOEFL 213 or TOEFL 550) and (Kwantlen ESL Writing Band 6 or TWE 4.5 or TOEFL iBT writing sub-score 17)]
- or IELTS 6.0
0267:
- ELST 0181 with B-
- or [(Accuplacer 98 or TOEFL iBT 61 or CB-TOEFL 173 or TOEFL 500) and (Kwantlen ESL Writing Band 5 or TWE 4)]
- or TOEFL iBT 61 with writing sub-score 18
