Language Acquisition

Language programme

In Ressu Comprehensive school all the students study Finnish (can be found under Language and Literature) and English starting from the 1st grade.

On 3rd grade the students can choose an optional language (French or Spanish).

Swedish is a mandatory subject and it starts on the 6th grade.

On the 8th grade students can choose an optional language (French, German or Spanish)

City of Helsinki also offers lessons in many languages as mother tongue.

IB Key Concepts and Related Concepts in Language Acquisition

MYP focuses on conceptual understanding - connecting fragmented knowledge into bigger entities - and the key concepts & related concepts together with the global contexts support that

Key Concepts

Communication

Connections

Creativity
Culture

Related Concepts

Emergent (B1-Swedish 7-9th grade, A2-French and Spanish 7th grade, All optional languages starting on 8th grade)

Audience, Context, Conventions, Form, Function, Meaning, Message, Patterns, Pronunciation, Purpose, Structure, Word choice

Capable (A2-French and Spanish 8-9th grade, Finnish stream A1-English 7-9th grade)

Audience, Context, Conventions, Empathy, Function, Idiom, Meaning, Message, Point of view, Purpose, Structure, Word choice

Proficient (B+D classes English 7-9th grade)

Argument, Audience, Bias, Context, Empathy, Idiom, Inference, Point of view, Purpose, Stylistic choices, Theme, Voice

You can find the criteria for final assessment of the foreign languages (=English, French, Spanish, German)at Opetushallitus web pages.

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