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Language A: Language and literature (generic)
IB DP Category 1
Stockholm, Sweden, 20 - 22 September 2024
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English A: Literature
IB DP Category 1
Online (IB Approved), 4 - 6 October 2024
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Virtual Think-Ins
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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Writing Well for DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature Examinations
Virtual Think-In, 14 June 2024
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- Hi Simon,The IB isn't exactly explicit. What they do say is that students must write about more than one short story. How many after that isn't specified. In many respects, it will depend on the line of inquiry. Is the...
- Hi Trond,Yes! In fact, we even have an EE based on a memoir on the site. You can find it here: https://thinkib.net/englishalanglit/page/34178/2019-ee-category-1-when-breath-becomes-airFor IB classification purposes, memoirs are...
- Hi Cate,No, they do not count. The actual quotation from the novel (or whatever work/text is being used) does count, but the citation/reference does not. Best,Tim
- Hi Tim and David. For the HLE, if you want to write about a collection of short stories like Carter's The Bloody Chamber, can you write about just two or three stories? Cheers, Simon