Lessing-Gymnasium
Frankfurt am Main
Altsprachliches Gymnasium — Schule mit Schwerpunkt Musik
Fachbereich I
Fachbereich II
Fachbereich III
Das Fach Englisch
„A language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is.“
(Noam Chomsky)
Whether you come from a bilingual primary school or have started with a different language like Italian or French, our school is a good choice for you. We see diversity as an opportunity, especially in your first year. Our teachers are used to dealing with different levels of language ability, picking you up where you currently stand. For beginners who have not yet had any experience with the English language, we offer a special course in addition to our regular classes.
Since English is taught as a second foreign language, we start with three lessons a week in year 5, following the ‘Biberacher-Modell‘, which combines the benefits of Latin, our school’s first foreign language, with modern English. In class 6 and 7 you will have four lessons per week; later you will be back to three again.
With our textbook, Camden Town, we follow a modern, playful and communicative approach towards successful language acquisition by teaching the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. A creative task could be to perform a scene, write a poem, make a film or simply do creative writing. We also like adding authentic material like podcasts, (short) films, pop songs, newspaper reports and literary texts.
After three years of language learning you will have earned yourself a reward: at the end of year 7 you will take part in a trip to Hastings on the south coast of England together with your classmates. In the following years, you will gain many more insights into the English language, literature and the cultures of various English speaking countries like the UK, the USA, Canada, South Africa and many more. Whenever possible, we attend productions of the English Theatre Frankfurt or watch the latest films in their original version at the local cinema.
For your final years, we offer classes at an advanced level (‘Leistungskurs‘), which will give you the opportunity to reach level C1 of the ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages‘.
Das Fach Englisch
„A language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is.“
(Noam Chomsky)
Whether you come from a bilingual primary school or have started with a different language like Italian or French, our school is a good choice for you. We see diversity as an opportunity, especially in your first year. Our teachers are used to dealing with different levels of language ability, picking you up where you currently stand. For beginners who have not yet had any experience with the English language, we offer a special course in addition to our regular classes.
Since English is taught as a second foreign language, we start with three lessons a week in year 5, following the ‘Biberacher-Modell‘, which combines the benefits of Latin, our school’s first foreign language, with modern English. In class 6 and 7 you will have four lessons per week; later you will be back to three again.
With our textbook, Camden Town, we follow a modern, playful and communicative approach towards successful language acquisition by teaching the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. A creative task could be to perform a scene, write a poem, make a film or simply do creative writing. We also like adding authentic material like podcasts, (short) films, pop songs, newspaper reports and literary texts.
After three years of language learning you will have earned yourself a reward: at the end of year 7 you will take part in a trip to Hastings on the south coast of England together with your classmates. In the following years, you will gain many more insights into the English language, literature and the cultures of various English speaking countries like the UK, the USA, Canada, South Africa and many more. Whenever possible, we attend productions of the English Theatre Frankfurt or watch the latest films in their original version at the local cinema.
For your final years, we offer classes at an advanced level (‘Leistungskurs‘), which will give you the opportunity to reach level C1 of the ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages‘.
Fachbereich I
Fachbereich II
Fachbereich III