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Good day, Could you help me understand the following comments from IBIS regarding the orals. Last year and this year I was the only teacher assessing work. Last year no adjustments were made to grades, yet this year all grades were reduced many...

Aisling, Wow - I am so sorry!  I am touching up this page and I am just seeing your question for the first time.  This rarely, if ever, happens and it was not our intention to not answer you. To make a non-literary body of work,...

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Hi Wouter, Marking is not an 'exact science'. If it were, we would all arrive at the same conclusions, there would be no need for moderation, and examiners would never stray out of tolerance. That said, it isn't random. With enough experience,...

Hi, As a teacher, it is confusing to me that the structure (criterion C) and the language (criterion D) could clearly be more effective as the examiner notes, yet this sample still attained full marks. It sometimes feels like marking is a bit...

Hi Ana Regina, My understanding is that it technically should be italicized (this holds true for English too).  But, because students cannot do this when writing by hand, they should underline the novel title.  For poetry and short...

Hi! What is the correct way to format a book title in Paper 2 for Portuguese A: Language and Literature? In quotation marks or underlined?   

I discovered Claire Keegan's novella Small Things Like These last year too. Now, I'll read it with one of my classes. I don't want to ruin the experience by watching the movie though. I'll see what happens. 

Hi Virna, I've answered in corresponding number order. 1. I have my doubts about this one.  I don't think it's possible (my understanding is that it is originally in Korean).  However, we aren't the IB and you can always ask...

hello,  I have some doubts about the extended essay in english A language and literature.  1. my student wants to use omiscient readers viewpoint which is a South Korean apocalyptic fantasy web novel written by the author duo...