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Language A: Language and literature (generic)
IB DP Category 1
Stockholm, Sweden, 20 - 22 September 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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Writing Well for DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature Examinations
Virtual Think-In, 14 June 2024
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George Orwell's Essays: Working with the HL Essay
This week, we are adding our ninth page of study materials to support your students in their study of George Orwell's essays. This week's page...
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In year 2 of the course, after you have finished the Higher-Level Essay and the Individual Oral, you will most likely no longer teach non-literary...
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- Hi Robert,I don’t see any issue with the length of the two poems. They seem long enough, in my eyes. As for using two or three poems, it will really depend on what the student writes in the essay and how that turns out. Seems like the student...
- Hello Tim and David,Hope this finds you well. I got a question, I understand 2 literary works are minimum to explore and go deepner when writing the HL Essay (3 may be suitable, I know). I got this student who has a nice line of inquiry: How...
- Hi Lena,Obviously, we have to be quite careful how we express ourselves as we do not wish to 'take sides', or seem to appear to 'take sides'. I'm sure you can understand our desire to remain impartial.Clearly, I don't know the circumstances...
- Hi! I teach in a school which offer 10 different language A at the moment. I also oversee the Language A teachers (coordinator). Our end-of-year grade 11 exam is coming up. Normally we include Paper 1 and Paper 2 only. However, this year the...