Our subjects

All the subjects we teach

From the country’s languages to the sciences, from cycle 1 to corporate training. Each subject shows the levels at which we teach it.

Languages

• Luxembourgish Luxembourgish can’t be learned anywhere else: it’s the language of the crèche and the playground, of the service counter and the neighbours… Primary Secondary Adults Companies See the subject
• German In Luxembourg, German isn’t just another foreign language: it’s the one children learn to read and write in at primary school, and… Primary Secondary Adults Companies See the subject
• French In Luxembourg, French is the language of government, business and many job interviews — and, at school, the language other subjects gradually… Primary Secondary Adults Companies See the subject
• English In Luxembourg, English is no longer a foreign language: it’s the language of meetings, of higher education and of colleagues with whom… Primary Secondary Adults Companies See the subject
• Spanish Spanish is a language people choose rather than one imposed on them: for secondary school, for family, for work, or for the… Primary Secondary Adults See the subject
• Italian In Luxembourg, Italian is a family language before it’s a school subject: people learn it so as not to lose it, to… Primary Secondary Adults See the subject
• Early language learning Between the ages of 4 and 6, children don’t learn a language: they pick it up. Early language learning makes the most… Early learning See the subject

Sciences

• Mathematics Maths is the subject that opens or closes the most doors at secondary school — and the one where a poorly understood… Primary Secondary Adults See the subject
• Physics Physics takes method more than memory: read the question, choose the right relationship, write down the units. It can be learned, and… Secondary Adults See the subject
• Chemistry In chemistry, everything connects: leave one chapter hazy and you fall behind on the next three. We start again from that chapter,… Secondary Adults See the subject
• Biology Lots of vocabulary, lots of diagrams, and exams that ask you to explain rather than recite. Learning to build an answer lightens… Secondary Adults See the subject

Humanities

• Latin Latin is chosen early in the classic track and studied for years: it’s regular translation, not rote learning, that earns the marks. Secondary See the subject
• Philosophy A subject where you’re marked on a way of thinking that is rarely taught as such — and which can nonetheless be… Secondary See the subject

Other subjects

• History Memorising dates is no longer enough: pupils are asked to explain, connect and comment on a document. Method counts at least as… Secondary See the subject
• Geography Maps, statistics, documents to comment on: secondary-school geography is as much about analysis as about learning. Secondary See the subject
• Law Luxembourg law can’t be inferred from any other: new vocabulary, new logic, and sources with no equivalent elsewhere. Secondary Adults Companies See the subject
• Accounting and management Balance sheet, income statement, entries: accounting is learned by doing. That’s what makes it off-putting to read and quick to catch up… Secondary Adults Companies See the subject
• Computer science Computer science has become a subject in its own right at secondary school — and one of the few where regular practice… Secondary Adults Companies See the subject