DP essentials
TASKS Oral versus literate
The distinction between the oral and the written is one of the elements of our human world that is so fundamental, like gravity, that we are often only dimly aware of it, and pay little conscious attention...
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Update – Student Access & distance learning Free
I am very well aware that many teachers are under pressure, due to COVID-19, to produce distance learning arrangements for their students very quickly. So, I am working hard to adapt teaching material...
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Student access (& COVID-19) Free
. The English B site continues to evolve. The latest project in development is that of providing much more emphasis on Student Access. This means creating pages specifically designed for students to read...
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TASKS Hate speech Free
Society and ideas ... arguably, society cannot properly exist without language, without the ability to communicate ideas. The problem is that ideas can also be profoundly disruptive of society. Should...
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Of guts and minds Free
Looking back over my erratic entries in this blog, I see that the commonest subject matter has been politics. Is this of relevance in a website dedicated to English B? I feel that it is… because we teach...
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Happy May Exams! Free
. A Happy New Year to all followers of this English B website! In professional terms, a significant event of 2020 will be the first assessment under the new system specified by the 2018 Subject Guide....
Activities
Tenses present & past
I visit (present simple) ... means 'the state of things' - in other words, what IS. This might mean 'at this point in time' (e.g. "I am happy today"), but more generally it means 'permanent facts about...
Activities
Imagining the possible
This type of conditional is important for indicating precisely that what you say is 'possible but hypothetical'. There is an important difference between saying ... "If all school exams are abolished,...
Assessment
HL Sample H
. You can make use of this sample in three ways: Marking standards calibration ... to test whether the way you mark results in the same marks as awarded Guided tour of analysis ... to study the process...
Assessment
HL Sample G
. You can make use of this sample in three ways: Marking standards calibration ... to test whether the way you mark results in the same marks as awarded Guided tour of analysis ... to study the process...