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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...
Don't Eat That! - The Language of Nutrition
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 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...
- Hi Lukia,This isn't a requirement. Global issues are only pertinent to the Individual Oral (IO). On the whole, it is much better for students to use the guiding question to establish a thesis or focus. Looking for global issues would, I think,...
- Hi Tim and David,Thank you for the reminder on how to guide students in paper1.Please share your views on how the students can quickly identify a global issue from the texts in paper1 and how this can be referred to in an essay, so as to remain...