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Practising Paper 2 reading
.Examples of the various types of question used in Paper 2 are scattered around the site, usually in the handouts provided to support texts for reading.The listing below gives you links so that you can...
8 February 2024Writing
Text type expectations Free
To put it another way, how will they be expected to handle each text type in Paper 1: Productive skills - writing? Basically, what instructions do we give the students ... what plans do we provide them,...
15 November 2023Assessment
Listening exam 1
This is a complete exam, following the pattern of the new Listening Component. I would immediately point out that it is in no way an 'official' example. I have not seen the specifications in instructions...
8 December 2022Assessment
Sample Paper 1 tasks
This page sets out to provide a range of sample tasks such as may be set in Paper 1 Writing. These can be used for practice in class work, or for use in mock exams.The tasks have been based on real questions...
3 February 2023Assessment
Listening exam 2
This is a complete exam, following the pattern of the new Listening Component.Note that this is an HL exam - the lengths of recordings, the level of difficulty of the texts, and the challenge of the questions...
8 December 2022Assessment
HL Orals
Let's just remind ourselves of the basic requirements of the HL Individual Interview:Supervised preparation time - 20 minutesThe student is presented with two extracts (one from each of the two literary...
17 June 2022Assessment
Listening exam 3
This is a complete exam, following the pattern of the new Listening Component.Note that this is an HL exam - the lengths of recordings, the level of difficulty of the texts, and the challenge of the questions...
3 March 2024Assessment
Paper 1 Video Walkthrough
The Paper 1 assessment criteria awards students up to 12 marks for their use of language but up to 18 marks for the quality of their ideas. Failing to read (and understand) the prompt can result in students...
21 February 2024Writing
Opinion column / letter to the editor
NOTE: These two text types are significantly different in that an Opinion column is presumed to be written by a professional journalist, while a Letter to the Editor is presumed to be written by a non-professional...
6 May 2023Assessment
Paper 2 Listening Free
Remember, here is the basic structure of the Paper 2 Comprehension component:-Listening & Reading paper (Paper 2 / Assessment 2)SL - Listening: 45 min + Reading: 1 hrHL - Listening: 1 hr + Reading: 1hr
2 January 2023Assessment
Listening exam 4
Here is another complete exam, following the pattern of the new Listening Component.Note that this is an HL exam - the lengths of recordings, the level of difficulty of the texts, and the challenge of...
28 December 2022Assessment
Paper 1 sample exam 1
This sample exam paper is designed and written to reflect the specifications of the Paper 1 Writing from May 2020.Each question contains the following basic elements:a context
4 December 2022Writing
Specific text type skills Free
By 'specific skills', I wish to define the kind of approach required for each text type, and the kind of language expected. These can be seen as 'transfer goals' - the term used in the IB's unit plan...
13 November 2023Assessment
Paper 2 Reading
Remember, here is the basic structure of the Paper 2 Comprehension component:-Listening & Reading paper (Paper 2 / Assessment 2)SL - Listening: 45 min + Reading: 1 hrHL - Listening: 1 hr + Reading: 1hr
9 November 2022Assessment
Listening Tasks Free
Opening Gambit:"Listen to this (audio recording / video) ... and I want you to pick out ..."We all have ears, but do we hear? Listening is an undervalued skill, because the basic process is automatic...
6 May 2024Assessment
Paper 1
Remember, here is the basic specification of the Paper 1 :-Writing paper (Paper 1 / Assessment 1)SL - 1 hr 15 min (for 250-400 words)HL - 1 hr 30 min (for 450-600 words)NOTE: There is now no word-count...
15 March 2024Writing
News report
context, audience, purpose - * in a way, the 'context' of a news report is actually the point of a news report, its main content - a news report describes and explains the very context that makes it necessary....
9 March 2023