The English Department at SGE consists of a team of 12 ambitious teachers, whereof some are currently in parental leave. We offer regular classes from grade 5 to Q2, basic and remedial courses, and of course advanced courses in our qualification phase.

In order to foster our students as intensively and individually as possible, we provide a range of extracurricular activities: starting with our junior students, we encourage learners from grade 5 on to participate at the annual “Big Challenge”, a nationwide language competition that aims at motivating students to improve their knowledge in a playful way. Furthermore, we offer book projects across classes to foster reading skills.

In year 8, 9 and 12 the students have the pleasure to watch a theatre performance by the White Horse Theatre. In the Mittelstufe, the plays either deal with current topics or they are adaptions of classical plays for younger students. In the Oberstufe, the students have the opportunity to watch a Shakespeare performance, after which the students have the chance to chat with the actors who are native speakers from Great Britain.

We further encourage our students to study or work abroad and help them organize individual student exchanges (for more information take a look at our student exchange web page). In order to aid those who cannot go abroad, summer classes in cooperation with the commercial language school “English in Action” in Canterbury, England are being offered. Thereby our students will have the opportunity to learn with and from qualified native English teachers.

Our aim is that no one gets left behind or forgotten.
It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
(Nelson Mandela)

The English Department