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English B
IB DP Category 1
Stockholm, Sweden, 20 - 22 September 2024
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The Extended Essay in DP Language B
Virtual Think-In, 22 May 2024
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With up to date information on the English B, this is by far a better resource for teachers than any textbook or Teacher's guide on the subject. If there is a question about English B -- and I have had many over the years -- the answer will be...
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- I'm afraid this subject cannot be done as an English B EE, Inkeri. If you consult the page Cat.2 Clarified , you'll see that the IB specifically excludes 'sports' as 'cultural artifacts'. Also, remember that Cat.2B should always be focused...
- One of my students is keen on writing the EE on badminton but the problem is that she hasn´t got a clear where to put focus on the topic. Could one way of looking at this topic to write about the origin of the sport ( India and British soldiers...
- In principle, William, a television series is acceptable as source material for Cat.2B. However... (i) the purpose must be to explore and analyse something about Anglophone culture; and this means that (ii) it can't just be critical criticism...
- Hi David! One of my students wants to write her EE on the "Anne with an E" TV series. Would that be considered a "Spoken document / Television programme"? If possible to choose that for her EE, could she possibly formulate a research question...