Language Pathways at IB

At UWCSEA we believe that students should continue their home language up to the end of high school so they have the opportunity to fully develop their home language skills. Not only do we offer a range of taught classes in language A subjects, we also offer School Supported Self-Taught Language A at the IB Diploma level giving students the opportunity to continue to develop their home language. Students who take two Language A subjects will be awarded a Bilingual IB Diploma.

The College also upholds the IBO Language guidelines that state that students should follow the IB Language course that offers ‘the most appropriate level of challenge’. As such we would expect students to follow the pathways outlined below if they intend to continue with their Language at IBDP.

• (I)GCSE First Language leads to IB Language A

• (I)GCSE Second Language (available in Chinese only) leads to IB Language B

• (I)GCSE Foreign Language leads to IB Language B

In addition to these pathways, the Ab Initio courses offer students the chance to take up a new language.