To support our bi/multilingual students, we offer a range of First Language courses in the academic timetable. First Languages include a language learned from birth, other languages spoken at home and/or in a previous school and ‘heritage languages’, which are languages spoken by a parent, grandparent or ancestor. To be placed in any first language course, students preferably need to have had previous academic study of the language.
This is different from our Home Language Programme which is for students who are not able to take their first language during the school timetable.
Grade 9 and 10
On Dover Campus, students in Grades 9 and 10 whose first or second language is Dutch, French, German, Korean, or Japanese can study a UWCSEA-designed First Language course which provides academic study of the chosen language in preparation for the IB Diploma (or a return to study in a school which teaches in the language).
Dutch and Korean are offered as First Language courses only. French, German, and Japanese courses include both First and Second Language learners, with a differentiated approach to support varying proficiency levels.
Note that Dutch and German are offered after school to Dover Middle School students, in Grades 7 and 8.
On East Campus, students in Grades 9 and 10 whose first language is Japanese or Hindi can study a UWCSEA-designed First Language course which provides academic study of the chosen language in preparation for the IB Diploma (or a return to study in a school which teaches in the language). Japanese is also offered in Grades 6, 7 and 8, and Hindi is offered in Grade 6.
