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Just for clarity, however - note that it is possible to use the same work for a mock and the real thing, provided the global issue (and associated extracts) are different.

Thank you :) 

Hello Lance: you are right that this is not allowed. I quote an extract from the FAQs document on MyIB:   Care must be taken when modelling the individual oral in class, as any combinations of texts and global issues used for practice...

Could you clarify one point? Can a student use the same works and global issue for the mock IO and the final IO, as long as the extracts are different? My understanding is that this isn’t allowed.

Fair enough, Mark. I think it's always a struggle between wanting to make sure our students are not disadvantaged, and keeping a spirit of fairness, especially since the outline isn't uploaded. My students are finding the exemplars useful, but it...

I think you’re probably right, Paul. As a department we have certainly put in restrictions to try and bring about more consistency and this example would not fall into them. Its aim however is to illustrate qualities in the oral that are possible...

I counted and the outline is 500 words, not even including some of the abbreviations which stand for words or phrases. 

This outline is 407 words or about 3 to 4 minutes of spoken content freely available on the page.  If this is what is acceptable, then I need to change my advice to my students, because we have told them to stick to one or two lines maximum for...

Can we talk about the 'bullet points' in this outline? I am all for making abbreviations and using typography to maximize the meaning which can be put into the line, but to my teacher sensibilities, having 9 or 10 points of up to three or even four...

Hi Branka - I’m not sure I fully understand your question. There is no need for a global issue to refer to an ‘area of knowledge’ as this is more of a ToK concept. Or are you referring to one of the ‘fields of enquiry’? These are designed to help...