IB Dp Language Ab Initio Sl - Hillsboro High School

Language ab initio is a language acquisition course designed for students with no prior experience of the target language, or for those students with very limited previous exposure. This course is offered at SL only, and is not accepted by colleges for credit. At the language ab initio level, a student develops receptive, productive and interactive communicative skills. Students learn to communicate in the target language in familiar and unfamiliar contexts. The course will cover five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization, and sharing the planet. Within each theme, students will use personal, professional, and mass media texts to explore a variety of prescribed topics including eating and drinking, festivals and celebrations, media, social issues, and climate. The course culminates with an individual oral assessment.