LP Foreign Languages

The Lise Prep foreign language course is offered in French or German. Students are divided into two levels: beginner or intermediate based on their years experience in that language and a short interview. There are four lessons a week for this course.

The purpose of our department is to enrich and develop the intellectual and human qualities of our students taking into account the following skills in their chosen foreign language:

• Listening
• Reading
• Speaking (monologue & taking part in a conversation)
• Writing

Our goal is to:

• Make them responsible for their learning and reflect on how they learn best.
• Guide them in the language acquisition process and model effective ways to learn.
• Give them confidence in using their new language in the 4 skills mentioned above and expose them to the target language.
• Make them look at their own language and culture from a universal point of view by expanding their vision and knowledge of the world.
• To establish a positive outlook for different people and cultures.
• To develop their critical thinking and enable them to see problems from various perspectives.
• Motivate students so they become equipped with necessary skills required today so that they can serve their country in the future.

Application:

Our approach is communicative. Grammar is integrated, not taught separately. Learners can learn more than 10, 000 institutionalized utterances when taught only 3,000 of them. Students begin to be exposed to the target language and learn the basics at the LP level or grade 9, depending on when they come to our school.

High school: Elective

There are 3 tracks: 7 year track, 5 year track and 4 year track.

• LP: 4 periods - start the 5 year track (A1 level)
• 9th grade: 4 periods       
  - start the 4 year track for new students
  - continue the 5 year track for LP students
  - continue the 7 year track for middle school students
• 10th grade: 4 periods
• 11th grade: 5 periods (IB1) or 3 periods TEM and FEN students
• 12th grade: 5 periods (IB2) or 3 periods TEM and FEN students