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Language A: Language and literature (generic)
IB DP Category 2

Barcelona, Spain, 14 - 16 February 2025
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English A: Language and literature
IB DP Category 2

Paris, France, 21 - 23 February 2025
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English A: Literature
IB DP Category 2

Online (IB Approved), 21 - 23 March 2025
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Virtual Think-Ins
Paper 1 in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature

Virtual Think-In, 27 January 2025
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Paper 2 in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature

Virtual Think-In, 29 January 2025
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The Individual Oral in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature

Virtual Think-In, 11 February 2025
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Kuddos to you all for taking effort ,to put all the information and resource materials, with suggetions under one umbrella. For beginners like me, this website comes in handy for clarification on how to go about with the curriculum and the resource materials...

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Lena
Asking Questions
Thank you, Tim! Perfect. I found the detailed criteria! :-) Pity that they are so difficult to access. 
10 Jan 2025
Tim
Asking Questions
Hi Lena, It's hard to find.  The IB released the details of the new marking criteria in late September and I didn't find out until the start of October, and just by chance.  Here's a blog post about how to get your hands on the detailed...
9 Jan 2025
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Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Never Let Me Go and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
Hi Tim, Wow, this is an incredibly detailed and helpful response. Thank you so very much! I'm working with May 2025 students on Paper 2 material at the moment.  Thanks again, and have a great day. Eadaoin
9 Jan 2025
Desiree
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Good Morning David,  Yes...Jia with a "J" from the NY Times! And yes...that was my question (in the flurry of all my typing yesterday, I misspelled her name and perhaps wasn't as clear as usual!). Thank you very much for the clarification. Have...
9 Jan 2025