Group 2: Language Aquisition

Standard Level (SL):

This two-year IB course is designed for motivated students with some previous experience in the language and provides an opportunity for students to reach a more advanced level of proficiency. The course moves quickly and covers a vast number of IB topics (and vocabulary related to those topics) while focusing on building written communication, spoken interaction, listening comprehension and reading text-handling skills for meaning and understanding. Using a whole range of French or Spanish authentic resources and texts as a stimulus for communication, students are asked to actively learn and use communicative strategies to be successful. During the two-year program, students actively work with IB standard- level texts and questions to achieve communicative competence in a range of situations.

Higher Level (HL):

This two-year IB course is designed for highly motivated students with extensive experience in the language. and provides an opportunity for students to reach an advanced level of proficiency in a wider range of situations. The course moves quickly and covers a vast number of IB topics (and vocabulary related to those topics) while focusing on building written communication, spoken interaction, and reading for meaning and understanding skills. Using a whole range of French or Spanish authentic resources and texts as a stimulus for communication, students are asked to actively learn and use communicative strategies to be successful. During the two-year program, students actively work with IB standard- level texts and questions to achieve communicative competence in a range of situations. This higher-level course differs in that students are exposed to a larger variety of literary texts and are expected to write in more depth with a wider breadth of language.

For Further Information and Assessment Overviews, Please Consult the IBDP Language B - Acquisition SL & HL Subject Brief

This two-year IB course provides an opportunity for highly motivated students to begin the study of language and reach a High-Novice/Intermediate level by the end of the second year. The course moves quickly and covers a vast number of IB topics (and vocabulary related to those topics) while focusing on building written communication, spoken interaction, and reading for meaning and understanding skills. Using a whole range of French authentic resources and texts as a stimulus for communication, students are asked to actively learn and use communicative strategies to be successful. During the first year and second year, students are introduced to IB ab initio level texts and exam questions in preparation for the success on the IB examination.

For Further Information and Assessment Overviews, Please Consult the IBDP Language B - Ab Initio SL Subject Brief

Standard Level (SL):

This two-year IB course is designed for motivated students with some previous experience in the language and provides an opportunity for students to reach a more advanced level of proficiency. The course moves quickly and covers a vast number of IB topics (and vocabulary related to those topics) while focusing on building written communication, spoken interaction, listening comprehension and reading text-handling skills for meaning and understanding. Using a whole range of French or Spanish authentic resources and texts as a stimulus for communication, students are asked to actively learn and use communicative strategies to be successful. During the two-year program, students actively work with IB standard- level texts and questions to achieve communicative competence in a range of situations.

Higher Level (HL):

This two-year IB course is designed for highly motivated students with extensive experience in the language. and provides an opportunity for students to reach an advanced level of proficiency in a wider range of situations. The course moves quickly and covers a vast number of IB topics (and vocabulary related to those topics) while focusing on building written communication, spoken interaction, and reading for meaning and understanding skills. Using a whole range of French or Spanish authentic resources and texts as a stimulus for communication, students are asked to actively learn and use communicative strategies to be successful. During the two-year program, students actively work with IB standard- level texts and questions to achieve communicative competence in a range of situations. This higher-level course differs in that students are exposed to a larger variety of literary texts and are expected to write in more depth with a wider breadth of language.

For Further Information and Assessment Overviews, Please Consult the IBDP Language B - Acquisition SL & HL Subject Brief

This two-year IB course provides an opportunity for highly motivated students to begin the study of language and reach a solid High-Novice/Intermediate level by the end of the second year. The course moves quickly and covers a vast number of IB topics (and vocabulary related to those topics) while focusing on building written communication, spoken interaction, listening comprehension and reading text-handling skills for meaning and understanding. Using a whole range of Spanish authentic resources and texts as a stimulus for communication, students are asked to actively learn and use communicative strategies to be successful. During the first year and second year, students are introduced to IB ab initio level texts and exam questions in preparation for the success on the IB examination.

For Further Information and Assessment Overviews, Please Consult the IBDP Language B - Ab Initio SL Subject Brief

This two-year IB course provides an opportunity for highly motivated students to begin the study of language and reach a High-Novice level by the end of the second year. The course moves quickly and covers a vast number of IB topics (and vocabulary related to those topics) while focusing on building written communication, spoken interaction, and reading for meaning and understanding skills. Using a whole range of Arabic authentic resources and texts as a stimulus for communication, students are asked to actively learn and use communicative strategies to be successful. During the first year and second year students are introduced to IB ab initio level texts and exam questions in preparation for the success on the IB examination.

For Further Information and Assessment Overviews, Please Consult the IBDP Language B - Ab Initio SL Subject Brief