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English B
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The Extended Essay in DP Language B
Virtual Think-In, 22 May 2024
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- 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...
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- I know of no rule that says you can't use 'bad language' in the evidence for an EE, Noemi. The student herself shouldn't use bad language, of course - but if the swear words are in the songs, that's the reality.