Assessment
Criteria
Before you write the Higher Level essay, you should look at the assessment criteria. This way you know what the examiner is looking for. The best way to become familiar with the criteria is to use them...
Assessment
Skills
The Individual Oral tests various skills. As the course aims to develop the powers of expression and communication, students are expected to prepare their use of language, plan their oral in advance and...
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IO sample work
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HLE sample work
One of the best ways to learn is by example. In order to become familiar with the expectations of the Higher Level Essay, you will want to look at how student work has been assessed in the past. Both...
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Paper 1 Practice Texts to Go: Book Reviews
On completing the study of a literary work, students can be encouraged to write a book review and to include this in their learner portfolio. Book reviews of the kind that appear in newspapers, magazines,...
Assessment
Paper 1: Practice Texts to Go
The Paper 1 examination is an unseen written examination. Unlike the Individual Oral and the Higher Level Essay there is no need for students to connect their response to wider reading or a wider body...
Assessment
Criteria
When preparing for the Paper 1 exam, you should familiarize yourself with its assessment criteria. If you know what examiners are looking for, then you are more likely to write effectively and score well....
DP essentials
Is English going to the dogs? Part 2
The following page continues from and extends the lesson activities in Is English going to the dogs? Part 1. In other words, it’s Part 2. Like the earlier page, the activities are intended to encourage...
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Is English going to the dogs? Part 1
We make lots of judgments about the ways in which people use English, don’t we? Isn’t it, one way or another, part of our job as English teachers to do this? We may suggest that we are well placed to...
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July 4th Update Free
David and I know you need "bodies of work" and it is something that we hear loud and clear. I've published one today (from Barbara Kruger) and we are working on publishing more as quick as we can. You'll...