Assessment
Proposal: Functional Phrases
A proposal, as I always tell my students, is one of the English B text types you are most likely to produce when you leave education and join the world of work. I have lost count of the number of times...
Building a programme
Enhancing the MYP
Current MYP Basics Enhancing the MYP Current MYP Enhancing the MYP Basic reference material ** For all of these, see PRC, under MYP Language acquisition guide (For use from September 2020/January 2021) ...
Review/revision
The Questions - SL parts 2 and 3 - HL part 3
The Questions: Questions should be open-ended. Yes/No questions should be avoided. For Students: For Teachers: Try to get your students to “parrot” back your grammar. In other words, if you ask a question...
Review/revision
Social Organization Oral Questions
The Social Organization theme is great for making cultural comparisons. It is an excellent theme to discuss in the orals, as students always have opinions on it. Below are sample questions that students...
Review/revision
Sharing the Planet Oral Questions
The Sharing the Planet theme is a student favorite. It could be because students care about the planet, or in the words of one of my students, “it's the one theme that is common in all our IB subjects”....
Review/revision
Identities Oral Questions
The identities theme is rich for student engagement and exploration. It is often a favorite topic for students to discuss in the orals. Below are sample questions that students can use to prepare for...
Review/revision
Human Ingenuity Oral Questions
The Human Ingenuity theme is diverse, dealing with topics such as technology and artistic expression. This topic can sometimes be challenging to connect back to the Anglophone world, but it can also be...
Review/revision
Experiences Oral Questions
The Experiences theme is a favorite for the English B SL orals. It is easy for students to make personal connections with this theme. Below are sample questions that students can use to prepare for their...
Assessment
HL Crit.B1 'make use' - advice Free
The 2025 subject report states that: “Criterion B1 assesses how well the student engages with the literary extract in the presentation, and how relevant the ideas are to the selected extract. At this...
Assessment
SL Crit.B1 'draw on' - advice
The 2025 subject report states that: “it should be remembered that the link to the target culture is an essential element of this assessment criterion." In other words, students need to make a connection...