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Language A: Literature (generic)
IB DP Category 2
Barcelona, Spain, 14 - 16 February 2025
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Navigating school-supported self-taught literature
IB DP Category 3
Online (IB Approved), 21 - 23 March 2025
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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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Sample EE on Ishiguro and Mishima
This essay is a comparison of how the conflict between western ideas and traditional Japanese values is presented in A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro and Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima . The essay...
Paper 2 sample response (May 2024)
HL Paper 2 response using Othello and A Streetcar Named DesireThis week we have published another sample Paper 2 response to one of the questions on the May 2024 TZ2 examination. The student uses Othello by...
Paper 2 sample response (2024)
HL Paper 2 response using Antigone by Sophocles and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. The response is well balanced between the two text and uses relevant aspects of each...
Paper 2 sample response (2024)
HL Paper 2 response using Othello and The Remains of the DayThis week we have published a sample Paper 2 response to one of the questions on the May 2024 TZ2 examination. The student uses Othello by Shakespeare...
Changes to the course 2024
The IB have now published a document which summarises the changes made to the Language A courses, including some FAQs for teachers. The summary document can be found on My IB in the Programme Resource...
Paper 1 sample response (May 2024)
Higher Level response to Cherry Blossom Season by Catherine Marshall This response is good in all criteria although the exmainer comments also indicate where it could have been improved. As ever, a useful...
Paper 1 sample response (May 2024)
Higher Level response to Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson The first extract on the paper was from the play Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson and the example below is a reasonably successful response overall,...
A Private Experience
"It is like the woman's tears, a private experience, and she wishes that she could leave the store." This week we have published a further page on a story from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's short story...
Changes to the Language A courses
Changes to the Language A courses announced by the IB There are two main changes to be aware of, both taking effect for for first teaching in September 2024, and first assessment in May 2026: Criterion...
Sample EE on Plath's poetry
This week we have added an Extended Essay exemplar exploring Sylvia Plath's poetry. The essay serves as a useful example of how students can approach poetry in the Extended Essay, with this student exploring...