Languages

LANGUAGE I

Language I (L1) is taught from the age of admission into the nursery cycle, throughout the school life and is the language of the section in which the pupil is enrolled.

Host language sections:

German, Spanish, French and English.

Language I: All EU languages. For SWALS pupils (students without a language section), L1 is different from the language of the section. For SWALS, L2 will be the language of the section.

The study of the first vehicular language is compulsory in all European Schools. It starts in the year I of Primary education and goes until year 7 of Secondary education.

Vehicular languages:

German, English, French or Spanish^(*)

(*) According to the decision taken by the Board of Governors in April'23, pupils entering in P1, P2, P3, S1, S2 and S3 will be offered the possibility to opt for Spanish language too, as L2.

LANGUAGE III

The study of a second foreign language is compulsory from year 1 to year 5 in Secondary and optional in years 6 and 7.

The School offers the following options for language III:

Any official language of the European Union countries not studied as L1 or L2.

The study of a third foreign language is OPTIONAL from year 4 in Secondary.

The School offers the following options for language IV:

Any official language of the European Union countries not studied as L1, L2 or L3.

The study of a fourth foreign language is OPTIONAL as a complementary subject in years 6 and 7 in Secondary.

The School offers the following options for language V:

Any official language of the European Union countries not studied as L1, L2, L3 or L4.