Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics

He is talking about how we must be able to do certain tasks or have certain skills before we are allowed to move up to the next "level" in learning a discourse.

In my high school language classes (French) we had 4 areas of learning. Reading, writing, speaking and listening. we had to keep a B or better in each of these areas in order to not only pass the class but also be able to go on to the next level. if you did not keep your grade up to that level you were required to retake the class.