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Twitter, brevity & wit
What is wit? Being witty is not an easy skill. It is the ability to combine clever ideas and funny words to amuse people. In other words, it is the opposite of slap-stick humor which is very physical...
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4. Social Organisation
How do we fit into the world around us? This theme looks at how we organise our lives and connect with others. We will explore everything from close social relationships and local communities to active...
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3. Human Ingenuity
Human Ingenuity examines how our creativity and innovation shape the world around us. From AI and emoji culture to echo chambers and satire, students explore the benefits and consequences of scientific...
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2. Experiences
Focusing on the stories that shape us, this theme encourages students to explore personal and shared human experiences. Topics range from rites of passage and life-changing events to migration and cultural...
Building a programme
Course Design Approaches
A common question from English B teachers is, "How should I plan and design my course?" This page will explore the advantages and disadvantages of the three prescribed methods from the Language B guide. ...
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Reporting atrocities
Never in human history has so much news been available, so fast, from so many different sources, through so many media. Paradoxically, it seems that never has news reporting been so confused, and confusing....
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Advertising fear
Uncertainly often leads to fear. In his slim but thought-provoking essay Liquid times, Zygmunt Bauman presents a view of the modern condition of society as 'liquid' - dominated by rapid changes caused...
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'Why Men Don't Iron'
Ann & Bill Moir’s book Why Men Don’t Iron (1998, still available from Amazon) is a lively and polemical review of the ‘the real science of gender studies’, as the sub-title puts it. Essentially, it argues...
Review/revision
P2 Reading Practice
There are numerous reading practice tasks available for you on the site. You will find many of these in the Themes pages of the eBook, while there are several others connected to the short stories and...
Assessment
SL Visual Stimulus Bank Free
Selecting a good SL visual stimulus can be time consuming. This page contains images that can be used for practice or the final individual oral. Remember that students should not see the image in advance...