Languages
At IEG Södermalm languages are important, not just because we’re an international school. We believe language is a vital tool for communication, reflection and learning.
The Language Department provides students with the means to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and to be careful, considerate listeners in a variety of languages. As well as English and Swedish you can take up to 400 points in French or Spanish as part of either the NV or SP programme. You can also study Italian, German or Latin.
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Languages at IEG feed into all the subjects we teach. Through the improvement of language skills students are able to better understand concepts and develop analytical skills in all subjects. This is important training for future university studies whether in Sweden or abroad.
Our teachers are highly qualified and share their international experience preparing students for active participation in today’s multi-cultural, global society.
Class work is varied and demands considerable involvement. Students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning and develop their independence whilst working alongside supportive staff.
The teachers of the modern languages department are working to achieve a very important goal: to help pupils to attain a comprehensive, and well rounded communicative ability. This aim is in accordance with the guidelines of the school authorities in Sweden.
The ability to use a number of languages is important for international contact, and gives pupils the option to further their studies in other French and Spanish speaking countries. Language capability also increases the student’s employability once they have finished their studies in the ever growing international job market. To refer to Skolverket: “ [the] aim of the subject and its role in education [is that] a knowledge of languages is needed for studies, travelling in other countries and for social and vocational contacts of different kinds.”
We language teachers at Internationella Engelska Gymnasium Södermalm prepare our students so they can further truly develop their knowledge after completing the Gymnasiet.
We work in small groups to develop a student’s desire and ability to learn languages and increase their choices for life!
Programme Information
The Social Science Program at Int. Engelska Gymnasiet is an exciting and diverse pre-university program that prepares students for university studies in the social sciences, as well as law, education and administration by offering courses in Biology, Business, Economics, English, Swedish, Modern Languages, Geography, History, Humanities, Math, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Religion.
Students are also able to include a variety of electives within their programme of study including: Art, Drama, Creative Writing, Journalism, Art, World Literature, etc. The school provides a full list of electives each year.
Programme Objectives
The Social Science program seeks to develop the abilities of students to research, analyze, and communicate within the context of a wider awareness of the world. The goals of the Social Science Program are to:
- acquaint students with the principal concepts and practices in the social science disciplines
- help students develop an understanding of the scientific method and the objectives and current methods of social science research
- develop the language skills of the students so that they can communicate at an appropriate level generally, and specifically, in the vocabulary of the social sciences
- equip the students with the capacity to establish relationships between the principal elements and concepts of the social science disciplines
- help students integrate the disciplinary knowledge into a coherent framework.
University / Careers
Kings College, Cambridge University (UK)
Graduating Int. Engelska Gymnasiet with the Social Science Programme will give you the skills to pursue university studies in Sweden or abroad in the social sciences, humanities, business, law, economics and the arts. If you are looking for a career in archeology, business, criminology, international development, education, journalism, law, politics, psychology, tourism and urban planning, among many others, this is the kind of programme you should be considering.
