Languages

While it’s true that English has become a global ‘lingua franca’ over the past several decades, don’t let that stop you learning a new language! Learning additional languages opens up new opportunities and gives us personal, professional, social and economic advantages that you might never have encountered otherwise.

What is Languages all about at Saint Ignatius College?

Languages starts in Year 7 and 8, with a fun and interactive way of introducing the Indonesian or Italian language and culture to students. Beginning the year with an insight into another country, students will have the opportunity to better understand a different culture, leading to the unique opportunity of seeing themselves and their own culture from an outside perspective.

Students will begin to develop their language skills beginning with basic vocabulary and building up to simple conversations. In Year 9, Languages becomes an elective subject that students can choose to continue studying all the way through to the end of Year 12. Students who continue Languages at or above the Year 10 level get the opportunity to be included on an overseas study tour.

What will you get to do?

Students will have the opportunity to develop their language skills, looking at topics of interest and relevance for young people, including family, sports, entertainment, holidaying, travel, animals and history. Students will have an opportunity to do a lot of inquiry based learning and hands on activities, with ICT incorporated into day-to-day study. Students will be surprised by the range of different activities they will do and how much they have learnt about the language and culture by the end of each year.