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IB Approved Workshops
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,In terms of stills, the IB doesn't tell us other than to say that they must include them. How many will depend on the student and the argument being made (in connection to the global issue). We recommend 2-4 stills. 4...
- Hi Tim and David, my students for their IO BOWs are using either film extracts from This is England or Dr Strangelove, an advert from a campaign recruiting for the Royal Navy, a cartoon by Liza Donnelly or a b/w photograph from Carrie Mae Weems'...
- Hi Carolyn,I suppose someone speaking from a poststructuralist persuasion would say 'all texts'. They would have a point and they would, quite deliberately, refer to 'texts' rather than 'works'.Duffy's work is often overtly intertextual. Some...
- Hi Carolyn,What's your motivation for suggesting that they 'belong' to time and space? Are you hesitant, and if so why? Almost all works can 'belong' to each area of exploration, although perhaps some move obviously than others. I know...