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Overview

Alberta Education has provincial programs of study in nine International Languages for high school: Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Punjabi, Spanish and Ukrainian.

International Languages programs include:

  • Bilingual programs, where in addition to Languages Arts (Kindergarten to Grade 12), the language is used for instruction in other courses up to a total of 50% of the school day, and
  • Language and Culture courses, where the language is used to develop communication and intercultural and strategic skills, and to build an appreciation for the culture.

The following categories contain programs of study and program supports for bilingual programs and language and culture courses:

A complete programs of study listing is available under the kindergarten to grade 12 curriculum.

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