MENTORING

MARILINGO offers mentoring aid for students in year 6 - 9  (secondary school in the British school system) and the Swedish gymnasiet (Sixth form college in the British system) studying Swedish as a second language at SOFIA DISTANS and HERMODS DISTANSGYMNASIUM.

Sofia Distans is a distance learning school for Swedish children living abroad, and is following the curricula, and syllabus set by the Swedish National Agency for Education. Sofia Distans function as a normal school, but all the work is done online via the learning platform, Canvas. 

Sofia Distans is grade eligible, and your child will receive grades twice a year  (December and June). When your child finishes year 9 he/she will receive a final grade which means that he/she can enroll with Swedish as a second language at gymnasiet (upper secondary), which may lead to eligibility to apply for Swedish University courses where Swedish, or Swedish as a second language, in most cases, is a requirement.

When studying at SOFIA DISTANS your child will have their own  class -, and subject teacher, and MARILINGO will act as mentor by guiding the students through the different tasks, as well as check so the tasks are handed in by their deadlines.

Once the studies in the compulsory schoolsystem (Sofia Distans) has come to an end the students have the opportunity to continue into Hermods Distansgymnasium which is equivalent to the British Sixth Form College). After three years of studying Swedish as a Second Language the students have achieved a grade which will make the eligable to apply to the Swedish Universities. 

  Marilingo will help the student with

• time management 
• study technique
• explanation of tasks
• adapting the language to the right level
• make sure that deadlines are kept
• progress check

Students mentored by Marilingo are bi - or multilingual and go to a local, or international school in the country they live. 

The students often study Swedish as a second language but can receive help of Marilingo in other subjects such as English, French and Business economics.

Suitable age groups for our mentoring program are years 6 - 9 in the Swedish school system, equivalent to secondary school in the British school system, and Gymnasiet 1 - 3, equivalent to Sixth Form College in the British school system.