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How is the bilingual programme different?

Bilingual education means that half of your classes at lower secondary school are in English. Everything will be in English, including your books. Subjects like biology, physical education, history, music, maths and of course English are perfectly suitable for bilingual education. During the lessons pupil will even speak English to their classmates! The other half of the classes will be in Dutch. In the upper secondary school, about a third of the classes will be in English - mainly the non-examination subjects. In the bilingual stream, pupils follow an extra programme so they can obtain an internationally-recognised certificate. For vwo this will

be the International Baccalaureate A2 certificate, for havo and mavo a similar certificate. IB A2 (vwo) level certificate for English helps pupils to gain admittance to almost any university in the world.

Why choose bilingual education?

Because it is fun! First of all, pupils have to like English and want to learn to become very good at speaking and writing it. Secondly, learning English at a high level will offer pupils many future opportunities, whether they would like to work in business or study at university. People communicate in English all over the world. Studying in higher education at hbo or university in the Netherlands often involves reading and writing in English as well. What's more, bilingual education will broaden the European and international horizons as well as improve the general language skills, such as comprehensive reading and good formulation. Last but not least, in the bilingual stream pupils will do interesting international projects and go on exchanges or study trips.

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