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Paper 1 in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature
Virtual Think-In, 22 May 2024
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Paper 2 in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature
Virtual Think-In, 23 May 2024
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The HL essay in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature
Virtual Think-In, 29 May 2024
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The Individual Oral in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature
Virtual Think-In, 5 June 2024
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The Extended Essay in DP Language A
Virtual Think-In, 13 June 2024
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- Hi James,Any non-literary body of work used by students for the IO should be part of the course that has been studied. Students should not be self-selecting. If the student is using this body of work for the IO, you would have taught, I presume,...
- Hello,I have a student who would like to use a statue as their non-literary 'extract'. It's 'Fearless Girl' by Kristen Visbal. This threw up a number of issues. Is the extract one photograph of the statue? What would the BOW be then? Other...
- Hi Beverly,The IB doesn't give explicit instructions here. Our advice - and it is a bit context dependent - is that about 1 total page is sufficient for the "extract." Why 1 page (or less)? The student really has a very limited...
- Hi Tim,I have a few students who are interested in using a graphic novel for their individual orals. Kindly guide me on how to choose an excerpt from Persepolis or Maus. I am not sure if it should be a page or more.