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Lingua B Inglese HL

 

This programme is aimed at meeting the needs of Italian mother tongue students learning English as a foreign language in preparation for the IB diploma. The language section of the course aims at helping students understand and be able to express themselves both in written and in oral English by focusing on grammar, lexis and structures.

The HL course is planned for 4 hours per week for a total of 120 hours per annum.
It is divided into 10 units of 24 hours each.


The objectives of the programmes are:
  • to bring the students to the level in English in which they can communicate with ease through each of the four competences: speaking, writing, reading and listening.
  • to encourage students to be aware of the importance of other cultures through the study of literary extracts and other texts as well as through social interaction.
  • to use English in a variety of contexts and for a variety of purposes.
  • to encouraged interdisciplinary study both with different languages as well as different subjects.
  • to allow the students to use English for their future work and study.
  • to encourage a personal appreciation of literature and reading in general.
  • to expand student’s interest into contemporary world literature and the themes it covers