Language B
The Language B Standard Level (SL) and Language B Higher Level (HL) courses are language acquisition courses for students with some previous experience of the target language.
The distinction between language B SL and HL can been seen in the number of recommended teaching hours, the level of competency the student is expected to develop in receptive, productive and interactive skills, and that HL students are required to study two literary works originally written in the target language.
Students develop the ability to communicate in the target language through the study of language, themes and texts. In doing so, they also develop conceptual understandings of how language works. Communication is evidenced through receptive, productive and interactive skills across a range of contexts and purposes that are appropriate to the level of the course (and beyond those for language ab initio).
The language B syllabus is organized into five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization and sharing the planet. Optional recommended topics and possible questions for each theme are presented in the guide, but are not prescribed.
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Astrid Seibt. Email: astrid.seibt@goetheschule-essen.de
French B
School Curriculum:
Contact:
Jan Ruhrbruch. Email: jan.ruhrbruch@goetheschule-essen.de
Spanish B
School Curriculum:
Contact:
Jessica Cereto. Email: jessica.ceretomartinez@goetheschule-essen.de
Language ab initio:
The language ab initio course is a language acquisition course for students with no prior experience of the target language, or for those students with very limited previous experience.
Students develop the ability to communicate in the target language through the study of language, themes and texts. In doing so, they also develop conceptual understandings of how language works. Communication is evidenced through receptive, productive and interactive skills across a range of contexts and purposes that are appropriate to the level of the course.
The language ab initio syllabus is organized into five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization and sharing the planet. The language ab initio syllabus prescribes four topics for each of the five prescribed themes for a total of 20 topics that must be addressed in the language ab initio course.
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Spanish ab initio
School Curriculum:
Contact:
Jessica Cereto. Email: jessica.ceretomartinez@goetheschule-essen.de