IB French ab initio SL (11/12)

IB French ab initio SL

Grade: 11 & 12

Credit: 1.0

Prereq:  Less than 2 years of French instruction

Course Description: 

IB French ab initio is offered at SL only, language ab initio is a language acquisition course designed for students with no previous experience in—or very little exposure to—the target language. Language ab initio students develop their receptive, productive, and interactive skills while learning to communicate in the target language in familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Students develop the ability to communicate through the study of language, themes, and texts. There are five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization, and sharing the planet. Language ab initio syllabus additionally prescribes four topics for each of the five themes, for a total of 20 topics that must be addressed over the two years of the course. 

IB Language ab initio Brief