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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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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...
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A teacher recently posted a Comment expressing concern about how certain students expressed homophobic/transphobic views in their written texts...
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- First of all, Jenna, the fanfiction issue... I'm not familiar with fanfiction either, but I take it to refer to stories which draw from, or are developed from, existing literary fiction - correct? If so, the category would depend on the approach...
- I assume that the student has a copy of Malala's speech, Sofia? If so, that is a cultural artifact. Also, if she is going to analyse the "impact", she will need evidence of this impact - presumably in the form of statistics, opinion surveys...or...
- Hi David! I was wondering whether fanfiction published online would count as a cultural artifact for 2B. Or would this depend on how they treat the material - if it's literary analysis, could it also go under category 3? I am not that familiar...
- Hello David and this lovely community, after reading the previous comments I realized that my student's RQ does not fall into Cat. 2B since she's not using any artifact. In the beginning, she was going to analyze the impact of Malala Yousafzai's...