While we primarily teach in English at Compass, we encourage all our students to learn a variety of languages.
French
Advanced French is offered to Primary students from Year 1 to Year 6 and French is offered to Year 7 through to Year 13 (Compass PLUS: A-Levels and IBDP) in Themaid, while at Madinat Khalifa French is offered from Year 1 through Year 11. At our Gharaffa campus, we teach French to students from Years 1 to 6.
Spanish
Spanish is taught from Year 7 through to Year 13 (Compass PLUS) at Themaid, and at Madinat Khalifa our secondary students learn Spanish from Year 7 through to Year 11 (IGCSE).
Arabic
Qatari nationals and other native speakers study Arabic in line with Ministry of Education guidelines. Non-native speakers can learn Arabic as an extra-curricular activity, as well as in the curriculum in primary and secondary school.
Dutch
Our Dutch and Belgian students can choose to follow our fully accredited Dutch Programme, which is overseen by our Dutch coordinator. We also offer Dutch language and culture as an extra-curricular option as part of the LanguageOne Programme for native speakers.
LanguageOne provides mother tongue education to international schools. At Compass, our Dutch speaking primary students can join these programmes at our Gharaffa campus and our Secondary students Year 7 to Compass can join the Dutch programme at our Themaid campus.
For more information about LanguageOne, visit www.languageone.org or contact our Local Director, Renske Maandag, at renske.maandag@languageone.org or +968 9936 8177. You can also read more about our Dutch Programme here.
