Language Development
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Language development (LD) ensures that all students have access and are exposed to an additional language, which is a central tenet of an IB education and will increase their understanding of the wider world. Students are encouraged to begin or extend the study of a language other than their best language that suits their needs, background, and context. It develops students in the areas of oral, visual, and written linguistic and communicative abilities. A minimum of 50 hours is expected to be devoted to language development.
In order to be able to fulfill the 50-hour requirement, students are SSS will have two options:
Enroll and pass an IB foreign language course
Complete a Language Portfolio successfully