Other Languages

Course summary

The first and most important life-skill for a human being throughout his or her life is that of communication – and the most essential tool for communication is language! Almost everything we learn is through the medium of language and most if not all of the major disasters created by man are due to a breakdown in communication, a lack of ability to understand each other’s language and through that, each other’s cultures, values and priorities. Language learning is not only about the mechanics of contemporary vocabulary and structures, but must involve the study of culture, history and literature, which enables us to learn from both current and past times and places. It is this pivotal role of language which inspired those who first conceived of the IB to give language such a high priority in their hexagon of learning.