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The Extended Essay in DP Language A
Virtual Think-In, 26 November 2024
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Writing Well for DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature Examinations
Virtual Think-In, 27 November 2024
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The Individual Oral in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature
Virtual Think-In, 28 November 2024
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Mark
Asking Questions
Hi Alice. Yes, it is a generic workshop but the language and the materials will be in English. I will endeavour to find supplemantary material for participants who are teaching the course in other languages. Hope you can make it!
David
Higher Level Essay
Hi Rory. I don't think there is any specific guidance about this from the IB but I would recommend using the first letter and a dash so it is clear what the word is and they signal they are aware of the problem with it.
Rory
Higher Level Essay
I have a student who is Working on Huck Finn and he wants to know how to deal with including a direct quotation that includes the N-word. Has IB established a guideline for this? The student wants to use the passage as is, but doesn't want...
Alice
Asking Questions
Hi Mark, I am considering signing up for your Language A: Literature (generic) workshop in Barcelona, Spain, 14 - 16 February 2025. I teach English A Literature, but there are very few in person workshops available for the Lit course (many for Lang...
David
Sample EE 6: Antony and Cleopatra
Hi Terry. We can try and get some recent ones with mark breakdowns on the site soon. In the future I also recommend asking your IB Coordinator to get your EEs returned and then you will be able to see the examiner scores and comments on...
Terry
Sample EE 6: Antony and Cleopatra
Is there a place to get a couple of examples of EEs with scoring? My students do well in everything else, and the scores on the EEs are lower than I anticipate every year. I will go to FLIBS next fall/winter (in St. Pete, FL) and focus on EE, but...
Shane
Internal Assessment: the Individual Oral
Hi Mark, Yes. Many thanks for the confirmation.
Mark
Internal Assessment: the Individual Oral
Hi Shane: presume you mean two poems for the two different works - not two poems for one work? If the former, then yes.
Shane
Internal Assessment: the Individual Oral
Hi, One of our SSST students wishes to choose two poems as their extracts for their oral. Is this an issue?
David
Changes to the course 2024
Hi Deborah. As far as I am aware the IB have not updated this part of the guide so I assume the 'minimum of three' for each AoE remains. It is worth remembering that the guide also states that "Although these three areas seem to offer...
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