Landmark East offers an English Literacy Development (ELD) program for international students who are from countries or communities in which standard  English is not the primary language of communication.  These students may have learning exceptionalities and have difficulty meeting the expectations of Canadian curriculums because of their lack of proficiency in English.  ELD students are those who may have had limited access to remedial schooling and/or have experienced significant gaps in their education due to their language difficulties.

The ELD program is tailored to the individual needs of each student.  ELD students have daily individual language tutorials that focus on developing specific language skill areas (listening, reading, writing and speaking) and learning strategies.  In addition, students attend small classes that focus on improving students' expressive writing, grammar, vocabulary, pronouncation and conversational skills.  The content of ELD classes comes from the grade level curriculum.

Students may be required to have an individual language therapy session each week with our speech-language pathologist.  In residence, international students are paired with a roommate who speaks English, providing an opportunity to improve language acquisition skills.