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English B
IB DP Category 1
Stockholm, Sweden, 20 - 22 September 2024
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Virtual Think-Ins
Writing well for DP Language B examinations
Virtual Think-In, 3 April 2024
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Writing well for English B examinations
Virtual Think-In, 16 April 2024
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Receptive Language Skills in DP Language B - Paper 2
Virtual Think-In, 17 April 2024
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The Extended Essay in DP Language B
Virtual Think-In, 22 May 2024
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A teacher recently posted a Comment expressing concern about how certain students expressed homophobic/transphobic views in their written texts...
Handwriting
How do we write? Or, to be more precise, how do we expect, or require, our students to write? I have recently read an article in El Pais on...
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- Yes, I think she could definitely take that approach, and it certainly makes sense to me. Thank you for your reply - it has helped me make sense of it in my head so that I can guide her. Have a good long weekend, if you are having one!
- Yes, Joyce, I believe that this would be acceptable - allow 'head' as equivalent to 'heads' which is more grammatically correct. The principle informing such decisions is that grammar should not influence the mark unless an error blurs the...
- The RQ seems sensibly limited and focused, Ceridwen, and it should fit well into Cat.2B. My concern would be not so much that it would be 'historical' but rather that it might be too simply factual - which is perhaps another way of saying the...
- Hi David,This might have been addressed before regarding not penalizing grammatical errors, so is it safe to say that students leaving out the "s" for plurals would be acceptable (e.g. "shaving their head" instead of "heads"? or would...
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Our school has subscribed to InThinking English since we started our IB program in 2013. David provides excellent resources and sensible guidance which answers questions directly. As well as building program contents, thereâs invaluable advice about...
This website is a great resource for English Language B teachers. Lots of information and best of all, free resources to use in class! I also like the way it's very up-to-date... I can highly recommend it!