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The English A: Language and Literature course is part of the holistic IB learning explerience.
The Extended Essay requirement provides students with the opportunity to write a 3,000 - 4,000 words on a topic of interest from one of their subject areas. See this section for samples and tips on how to integrated this into the language and literature course.

Theory of Knowledge (TOK) asks interdisciplinary questions on how we acquire knowledge. 'How do you know what you know?' There are many applications of this question to the Language and Literature course.

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Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Free
As we study a wide range of texts, we are likely to consider many critical questions that relate to the nature of knowledge,...
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Belief: Why Myths Matter
The highly regarded, prize winning writer, Andrew O’Hagan is only a few months older than me. He was born in the same...
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Thinking Critically About Concepts, Timelessness, and Universality
To claim that anything is universal and timeless is a pretty bold claim. It is, nonetheless, a frequently heard claim (we...
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Solar: Getting things wrong and the power of stories
This page has two focuses: (i) The power and importance of stories in human social life and (ii) the observation that we...
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Language, Gender and Experimentation
The following lesson was originally designed for use in the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) classroom. However, the lesson overlaps...
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Censorship
Why do people prevent other people from advertising, campaining or expressing their opinion? In other words, 'Why do we...

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