Dual Language Programme
English-German

Families at ISB have the choice of receiving communication predominantly in English (English Language Programme) or equally in English and German (Dual Language Programme).

The Dual Language Programme offers students instruction in their first (“home”) language (English or German), while providing the opportunity to learn in and about a second (“target”) language. 

Each Dual Language classes will have dedicated full-time Teachers and Teaching Assistants (English and German). Students will be greeted and settled in by the same two Core Teachers each day and will then transition to an English-language or German-language focus on alternate days. Each class will have one of their Core Teachers or Teacher Assistants with them at all times. 

All Dual Language Programme classes are staffed with an English speaking and German speaking teacher. Teachers each spend 50% of the teaching time with students, ensuring equal instructional time in each language. 

Students in both the English Language and the Dual Language Programme are assigned a Homeroom class and contact teacher. The teachers work collaboratively as a single team to support the learning of all children. Feedback on learning is provided to parents via the contact teacher assigned to each child.

*TA: Teaching Assistant

Our weekly “Waldkinder” is an integral part of our curriculum, where the outdoors becomes our classroom! Learning in an outdoor environment allows children to interact with the elements around them and helps them to gain a deeper understanding of the world we live in. It is also an important way for our students to connect to our host country Switzerland’s environment and make connections to the local community.

For more detailed information, please see the Dual Language Programme Position Statement.

DLP Position Statement