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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...
Clay Boutilier
Shohei High School (Japan)
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As men abound in copiousness of language, so they become more wise, or more mad than ordinary.
Hobbes, Leviathan, (1651)
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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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- Is this a good question for cat 3: To what extent is the theme of the value of things and not realizing what we have until we lose it presented in the book "Better than the Movies" by Lynn Painter? Or will it get lost in more of...
- Thank you! I agree that it is problematic basing an EE on Film/TV, but would you say she could do it if there is a transcript available such as this: https://anneofgreengables.fandom.com/wiki/Read:Your_Will_Shall_Decide_Your_Destiny. ? From...
- Thanks for you reply which clarified the picture. We´ll have to find something else that suits the student and her capacity.
- So far as I can see, yes, they can, Ruby. There is no instruction to 'Stop writing'. On the the other hand, students should be discouraged from this, I feel - there's a danger in them second-guessing their answers without being able to check...