Resources
Tips
Like everything in this course, further oral activities require skills that can be developed and perfected with time and practice. There are a few tips and tricks that you can find here to help you approach...
Assessment
P1 sample work
One of the best ways to learn is by example. In order to become familiar with the expectations of Paper 1, you will want to look at how student work has been assessed in the past. Both poor and good samples...
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Creating Student Accounts Free
Dear Fellow IB Language A: Language and Literature Teachers, Firstly, a big thank you to you and your schools for subscribing to the English A: Language and literature website. We really hope you are...
The course
Course Outlines
How you design your course is so open and flexible that it becomes simultaneously freeing and constraining. The key is to find an approach that works for you and the people you collaborate with on a...
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8 Total Course Outlines! Free
InThinking has now published eight course outlines on the site. You can find the final two Standard Level course outlines here. Whether you take an area of exploration approach, a conceptual approach,...
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Standard Level Course Outlines - May 2021 Exams and Beyond Free
I’ve posted two Standard Level course outlines to compliment the Higher Level course outlines on the site. Next week, I’ll post two more. At that point, there will be 8 different course outlines to...
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PowerPoint Introductions Free
PowerPoint is a bit like Brussel sprouts; you either love it, or you hate it. Personally speaking, my preference is for sprouts. Listening to a turgid ‘death by PowerPoint’ presentation is, well, just...
The course
Course construction
After reading the Language A: Language and Literature guide, you may ask yourself: 'Where do I begin?' These pages help you get started. First of all it is important to recognize your own strengths. Whether...
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Two "Creative" Course Outlines Free
I've updated the site and added two new Higher Level course outlines for first teaching in August of 2019 with first exams in May of 2021 (see course outline #3 and #4). You can find them here and you...
The course
Introducing Intertextuality
Intertextuality: connecting texts is one of three areas of exploration that provide a framework for the English A: Language and Literature course. Intertextuality is a complex and contested term. It was...