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English B
IB DP Category 1
Stockholm, Sweden, 20 - 22 September 2024
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Writing well for DP Language B examinations
Virtual Think-In, 3 April 2024
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Writing well for English B examinations
Virtual Think-In, 16 April 2024
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Receptive Language Skills in DP Language B - Paper 2
Virtual Think-In, 17 April 2024
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The Extended Essay in DP Language B
Virtual Think-In, 22 May 2024
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How do we write? Or, to be more precise, how do we expect, or require, our students to write? I have recently read an article in El Pais on...
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- Yes, Joyce, I believe that this would be acceptable - allow 'head' as equivalent to 'heads' which is more grammatically correct. The principle informing such decisions is that grammar should not influence the mark unless an error blurs the...
- The RQ seems sensibly limited and focused, Ceridwen, and it should fit well into Cat.2B. My concern would be not so much that it would be 'historical' but rather that it might be too simply factual - which is perhaps another way of saying the...
- Hi David,This might have been addressed before regarding not penalizing grammatical errors, so is it safe to say that students leaving out the "s" for plurals would be acceptable (e.g. "shaving their head" instead of "heads"? or would...
- Hi David. Thank you so much for your advice!
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This website is a great resource for English Language B teachers. Lots of information and best of all, free resources to use in class! I also like the way it's very up-to-date... I can highly recommend it!
For a nervous first-time IB teacher, InThinking was there for me when there wasn't a lot of choice regarding teachers' reference materials. Now 5 years later, I still find myself coming back for teaching ideas and confirmation that I haven't gone crazy!