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# Process

There are many **ways schools may decide to deliver language development**, including;

* a school designed course
* an extension to a DP group 2 language acquisition course
* an external provider such as a local language school
* an online language course
* a school-monitored self-directed language study

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| _Image:_ [_Okubo, Leonardo Toshiro_](https://unsplash.com/photos/jBSTNenQxok)_. Unsplash, 2019._ |
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The **process** will depend somewhat on the context of your school and how the language development course is offered. Language development will look very different in a school with 110 nationalities and 80 mother tongues when compared with a bilingual school or a school with mainly first language English speakers.

In some schools, **online or self-directed language learning** may take place during independent study periods, but in others, learning might take place in **groups or classes** for all CP students together. The possibilities are endless and IB schools vary enormously! **Your school will decide** how best to deliver language development based on your school **context** and the **language profile** of the student body.

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Potentially, you may be offered a **range of options**, and you can decide the language and level best suited to your individual needs, background and career ambitions.
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The following questions may **help you decide** which route to take:

* What language(s) do you already speak or understand?
* What additional language(s) have you already studied and may want to take further?
* Which language would be most useful to you for employment or travel?
* Which language would be challenging, relevant and enjoyable for you to study?

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Whatever language is chosen, either by you, or by the school, you will **map your learning** over the course of the CP via your [language development portfolio](https://app.gitbook.com/@faria-education-group/s/cp-language-development/portfolio), and this is **assessed** by the school.
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