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  • To B or Not to B?

    The IBDP is notoriously tough, and for good reason. Perhaps understandably, students (and their parents) will look to game the system if they...

  • Prejudices

    A teacher recently posted a Comment expressing concern about how certain students expressed homophobic/transphobic views in their written texts...

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  • 4 June 2024
    Luna Alfón
    Themes, 2018 onwards
    Thank you so much.
  • 3 June 2024
    David Ripley
    SL Listening exam A
    Glad you think they're valuable, Kieran - and yes, another SL listening test is on my 'To Do' list. You can of course just use the HL ones for SL students...there isn't that much difference in levels of ability, and anyway practising the listening...
  • 3 June 2024
    Kieran Pascoe
    SL Listening exam A
    Hi David. These are extremely valuable tasks. Would it be possible to add additional SL listening practice tests as there is only one for this level? Thank you
  • 30 May 2024
    David Ripley
    Teaching Writing
    In my view, Kiara, yes - spelling would be seen as largely irrelevant, if there is evidence of sophisticated command of the language in other areas, as you suggest. Under Criterion A, the wording "effective and mostly accurate would apply",...