Languages A Language & Literature
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Hello IBsurvival! first post, yay I am taking Swedish A L&L(I assume this goes under the A1 forums), and our first real IB assignment is to do a Further Oral Activity. This seemingly is a very creative assignment, which I think is making it difficult. Our teacher gave us 5 headlines which in some way had to do with Language history in Sweden, as that is the country we are from and Swedish is language we are studying. Since the syllabus is the same for every language it does not matter at all in which language you have done it. Anyway, me and two of my classmates have decided to research and lecture about the relation between language and power for an indigenous people…
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So this new change from: Language A1 & Language A2 --> Language A: Literature, Language A: Literature and Language and Language A: Literature and Performance ... it's a bit confusing and I think especially confusing for people doing the new syllabus who aren't clear about what's going on in their own minds - and are now being extra-confused by seeing old content on this forum! So, read on and hopefully understand a bit more about what's going on... Quick Reference... 1. Background">Background 2. So what's happened to A2?">So what's happened to A2? 3. What's the difference between Lit&Lang and the old A1 course?">What's the difference between Lit&L…
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Guys, I am currently doing my written task and I am asked to write about the linguistic style of a poet. I have done it, but now I need to do my 200 words rationale. Can you guys explain to me about what I should write for the rationale? Like, why did I choose that poet and what else should I write?
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Language and Literature Assessments HL: The Written Task Written Tasks 1 and 2 Students produce at least four written tasks based on material studied in the course. Students submit two of these tasks for external assessment. (20 marks for each task) Each task must be 800–1,000 words in length plus a rationale of 200–300 words. The written tasks form 20% of your grade. A written task demonstrates the student’s ability to choose an imaginative way of exploring an aspect of the material studied in the course. It must show a critical engagement with an aspect of a text or a topic. Written Task 1 on Part Four: Literature and Part Two: Language and …
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Hello guys, I feel kind of screwd cuz I'm writing my reflective statement in Swedish right now and have not the brightest idea about how to formulate or write it. We've already written two before but we cannot get any response from our teacher because 'IB says so' so I was wondering if you have any tips that I might use while writing a reflective statement
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So I have to choose between language and power and language and the individual, i'm so confused! I have no idea what to write about, i just need some inspiration Please help!
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Hi, I am doing HL for Lang and Lit and have completed the main text answering one of the six questions for my written task 2. I understand that an outline must also be written, which is a substitute to a rationale. My teacher's instructions were not very clear in terms of how an outline should be written (ib style) and what is in the criteria in the guide seems to be a little vague as well. Can someone tell me more specifically how an outline (meeting the ib requirements) should be written and how it is different from a rationale. Thanks~!
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Hi guys, I know that IB recently renamed the paper for English to Written Assignment and that it has a word count range of 1,200-1,600. However, one of the lead staff for my school told me that I must include my Reflective Statement that my Written Assignment is based on.. Is there a specific word count for this Reflective Statement that I must follow? Does this reflective statement go with the Written Assignment- adding more word count to it? Thank you, Valentina
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Hello. Is there a major difference between English HL, and SL? I'm asking because I'm considering. I went to an "Enriched English" class during 9th grade, ended up with a B-. Didn't like the teacher very much, and found the topics quite... meh. Odysseus, for example. I don't think I had a lot of determination, and such. However, I went to GCSE level in 10th grade, and was the top student with an A+. My teacher recommended I go to IB. However, 9th grade has scarred me. If IB is boring, I don't think I could handle it, as well as group projects. I DREAD group projects. I love reading, though. I would just hope it would be interesting. Sorry for the long explanation. Is th…
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Hi guys! So we are currently trying to finish the Written Tasks, and I'm on Written Task 2 (English A: Language and literature HL). I know that my response must be based on one of the six prescribed questions, but where are they?? Is my teacher supposed to give us the questions or can we just take them straight out of the IB guide for Language A: language and literature? My teacher has been really vague about this one... Thanks for your help already!
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Hello everyone. I'm doing my EE in group 3 of Lang and Lit, which focuses more on media and it's effect rather than a thematic analysis of a book, perhaps. I was wondering if anyone has done this before, and if you could please give me some tips or good references. If you could refer me to where I can read good past papers, that would be amazing. Thank you all. Have a great summer!
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I'm writing up my written task one however, I wasn't given any clear guidance with the rationale for my piece. This is the first written task I've done. How do I write it? What do I include? Are there any specific pieces of information that I need to include? Thank you!
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Help in English compare and contrast essay?
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Hey guys, I'm desperate I have an English exam tomorrow where I have to compare and contrast two texts and I'm not really good at it. Do you guys have some helpful tips? Maybe regarding the structure of the essay? I don't really care about using sophisticated words and fancy phrases, I just want a simple structured, not confusing essay. That's good enough for me. So, just any tips you can think of? Thank you.
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Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone knew where I could get my hands on a copy on the list of prescribed authors for IB? I would like to know if some of the books I'm reading in my own time qualify as an independent reading material for English. Thanks in advance!
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Hi, everyone! This September I'm starting IB Diploma programme and now I have to choose IB courses. I'm thinking about English A: Language and literature HL, because I like reading and writing but I'm not sure whether my English is good enough for English A course... I guess, it's for native speakers only, isn't it? Also, I would like to know what is the differences between English B HL and English A: Language and Literature HL? Because either way, I'm going to take one of these...
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Hi, all! So, I'm currently finishing up my final draft for English Literature and Language Written Task 1, it's a speech supporting Edward Snowden's whistle-blowing. My current word count (total, including rationale of ~300 words) is ~1,500 words. The question is: Is that over the word count? If so, what is the word count? There isn't a word count mentioned in the grading criteria I've been given by my teacher, so I'm not sure if I should go ahead with it as-is or whether I should reduce the word count. Any help on the matter will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Hi, I am so blank about FOA! I somehow managed to learn what the FOA is all about, and I am an English SL student, and i want to do an individual FOA. I also went through the ideas and tips but I urgently need A PROPER topic so that I can do my FOA on it. Preferably a presentation. How do i "analyse"??? Someone please help!!!!
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Hey, so I've finished my FOA and I understand I'm supposed to write a reflection about it. The problem is, that our English teacher has changed and she's now confusing me more than i already was. What EXACTLY am i supposed to include in my reflection? Cheers!
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What does Written Task 2 include?
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I have a few questions. 1) I am in English A SL and we've been given the "Written Task 1" for next week. Can someone explain the details of it to me, or link me to a source? As far as I understand, we have to choose one of the poems we studied (by W. Owen) and write about the language he uses. We need 800-1000 words, I have no idea how I can manage that... Apparently it shouldn't be an essay, but can be e.g. a newspaper article. What are some other examples/ideas? I'd also appreciate if someone told me where I could find a sample paper. 2) We're being given only a week to do this, so is it like a practice one, will we have to do another Written Task 1? Also, will the IA c…
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Hi! I am writing my written task and was wondering: What are the structural conventions for an opinion column? Thanks!
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Ok, hey guys im new to this forum, and i just want to ask some validity of my topic for my FOA which is coming up within 2 weeks. Im currently doing Part 2 of the course (MEDIA AND MASS COMMUNICATION). For my FOA i was thinking about doing it on "Popular culture, and its media influences to youth groups through commercialization". I dont know what text type to use for my topic, i mean overall speaking i will be doing an oral presentation like a speech but i dont know like how to use the text type (like it asks you to). Any ideas on how i might do this? thank you
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To all English Lang&Lit SL, does anybody have any teacher hand-outs or recommendations about how to structure a Paper 1 Commentary? In the following format maybe if possible: (Just writing what I already know) Introduction: Author, Genre, Theme, Thesis Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Conclusion: Any advice is dearly appreciated.
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I'm a sophomore, in the midst of IB course selections. One of my current problems i'm struggling over is as to whether I should take English Lit or Lang and Lit (both SL). Here's a bit about my current situation: I'm in an advanced English course, and earning fairly good results. My teacher says that I have a natural talent for English, and she's pushing me to take Lit. However, here's the catch: English, specifically literary analyzation, is not one of my interests. In addition, the current course i'm taking is VERY analysis based, and analyzes A LOT of literature (poems, prose, the whole lot). IB alumni from my school have said that the class i'm in right now is very si…
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Hi every one, I need help for my written task 1. This is my 2nd tasks, but I still, don't have a clear idea about what IB want me to do. I had read Doll's house and Street car named desire. I tried to search for examples of written task on part 3, but I couldn't find any. All I have heard from my classmate and teacher is that the example is a diary entry of a character or something like that. But I think it's not just simply composing some fiction text. I don't know what they want me to show the understanding of, and how to show it in my text? I will be much appreciate for the answer, Thank you.
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Written Task Written Task 1--opinion column
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Hello, is there anyone here who knows if I could write an opinion column about how advertisement affects people? This is for my first written task, I really don't know if it is a good idea. If yes, how should the structure of the main body be? Anything concrete which I should emphasize? Thanks in advance
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For those who have exams in 2013, the syllabus has changed. I don't see this mentioned a lot in the discussions of this subforum. That's why the purpose of this topic is to discuss the changes that come with the new syllabus. For example, we, 2013 exam students, have to do a written assignment that consists of interactive orals, reflective statements, and an essay. These are all based on works studied in part 1. One reflective statement and one essay is to be submitted for external assessment. Of course I'm not very sure how this works in other IB schools, but we have already done two sets of interactive orals and 2 reflective statements, but I still am not very clear on …
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I am doing my written task 1 on the novel "A Streetcar Named Desire" written by Tennessee Williams and I am having trouble figuring out an idea to write about and choose the format in which to write my written task. I would really appreciate it if anyone gave me some ideas. Thanks.
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This is an emergency. My WT2 is due in 4 hours, and I am 45 words over 1000 words. I need to know some things, please help. I've read that if I go over, only my first 1300 words are read, but does that pertain to just my essay, or is that my essay plus my outline? Do in-text citations count towards word count? Please help!
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Hi, My written task focuses on "Language and gender," and our teacher said we can use any source as long as it relates to the focus (language and gender). I decided to do this on the movie (source) Fury and how it represents gender in the male gender- it shows how men in the male gender are influenced to be one way, and are not accepted if they are another way; so essentially a character in the movie is looked down upon by his teammates (other males) as he is not "manly" enough for them; this character throughout the film, through constant pressure by his teammates (to develop the manly characteristics), develops into the "man" his teammates consider to be a "man." So I…
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I now someone'll be irked for my waste of bandwidth, but I just have a simple subjective question out there if anyone is willing: What is considered a good score on the Works in Translation Literary Essay? To clarify, I'm referring to the 1200-1500 analytically essay based upon teacher-developed prompt. Of course it morphs into individual topics of discussion, but it was made clear to me we have to start with the original teacher's prompt. I ask because I'm nervous about my own grade on the essay. My teacher reviewed our papers and gave each of his students and awarded me a measly 10 out of 22 (12 out of 25 including the other criteria). I've edited my paper since then…
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For my English HL class I need to do an FOA on part 1 which is "Language in Cultural Context," I was wondering if I could analyze multiple texts from the same culture, and see how the culture influences them or if it would be better to take texts from multiple different english speaking cultures and see how different cultures perhaps affect the same topic. Also, any and all advice would be appreciated on anything about FOAs Thank you!
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I have to turn in my WT1 first draft in two weeks and I want to write about language and power, and perhaps write a blog / editorial. The problem is, I'm not very sure whether the topic I've chosen corresponds to the marking criterias. I want to write about the influence and status of English in China, but as English is not one of China's official languages, there isn't a very big conflict around this particular topic. Most of my classmates seem to be writing about different variants of English and their status in the world. So I'm wondering if any of you guys know whether my topic is okay for WT1?
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Can anyone please give me some pointers on what exactly is to be done for the Outline of the Written Task 2? I'm so lost and I don't know what to do, is it similar to the Rationale for Written Task 1? Thanks in advance!
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Hi guys, I'm in English A Lang Lit SL and I'm about to write my written task 1. So I'm decided to write an opinion column, yet for example if I choose to do something with feminism, which points are we supposed to include? Is the opinion column a critique of the stimulus material? Is it opinion on the chosen specific issue in general supported with facts? I'm just confused about how you can show your knowledge and understanding of a topic studied for Part 2, for example. Thanks in advance for responses.
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So, I'm an IB Junior and I have to start working on my English IOP for The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien today. I wasn't sure where to start, so I asked my teacher and she said to start with a thesis. However, I'm awful at writing these. I've already decided on a topic and picked out a bunch of quotes/passages that I want to talk about, but I don't know how to form this into and organized presentation. The topic (or thread) I've chosen is the relationship between courage and pride in the novel. For example, one of the passages I want to use is when Norman Bowker is describing all the medals he received, but how he didn't receive the silver star. "And his [bowker'…
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could anybody help me with suggestions of where to find the primary text or what topic to talk about for my FOA ? ( futher oral activity.
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im going to write WT2 on the old man and the sea i ve chosen the first question: How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers? please help me with 2 different types of reader, i just have no idea
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I am planning to do my FOA, which is this Wednesday.. on Gender and Language in the Big Bang Theory. I am still not really sure how I should connect Language with this thing. Although I did think of some things such as the register and style of the characters that can be related to their gender. Now I am a bit confused, does language affect gender or does gender affect language or some other relationship between them? Another thing is, how am I supposed to put it into cultural context?
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http://cdn.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/twitter1.jpg http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/bwe/images/2010/08/Skype-Retro-Ad.jpg Could you suggestion on what I can say based on the text and the picture? This advertisement was produced by a Brazilian advertising agency for Maximidia Seminar (a seminar on communication) on 2010.
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Wondering if you guys could help me, I am English HL, I will be doing my oral commentary very soon. I will definitely get a poem by Grace Nichols as I am Higher Level and I am having difficulties with some of her poems, they are: The Invitation and The Body Reclining. The Body Reclining I sing the body reclining I sing the throwing back of self I sing the cushioned head The fallen arm The lolling breast I sing the body reclining As an indolent continent I sing the body reclining I sing the easy breathing ribs I sing the horizontal neck I sing the slow-moving blood Sluggish as a river In its lower course I sing the weighing thighs The idle toes The liming k…
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Hey guys, So I'm doing English A: Lit/Lang SL. So far I've done a written task in Part 2 (Language and Mass Communication), Part 3 (Literature - Texts and Contexts) and Part 4 (Literature - Critical Study). I've gone over the specification, and it seems I don't have to do more tasks according to this quote from the specification: "Students complete at least three written tasks... The content of each task must relate to a different part of the course. Therefore, at least one task must relate to part 1 or part 2, and at least one task must be based on a literary text from part 3 or part 4." But, this site: http://www.englishal...itten-tasks.htm seems to say that I have to d…
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Hey. I'm supposed to write my English (HL) written task 2. I was absent so I don't know much about it. Can anyone tell me what it is supposed to be like in terms of content we write? And where do we get the essay titles from? And explain every bit of it to if you can.
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Hey Everyone, I have been assigned to write a WT2, and the text that will be used as a basis for analysis is "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. I chose the fifth question, which is: How does the text conform to, or deviate from, the conventions of a particular genre, and for what purpose? Okay, so I know that I can elaborate on that topic, specifically talking about the deviations as the author doesn't really follow the conventions of the genre and doesn't want to make the reader understand what a true war novel would. The teacher told me that I should find another text, a real war novel, and point out the differences to prove my point. He's strong on that, he won…
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Anyone has any good and useful links for writing a good film review or know how it works and can give a simple guideline? Thanks Guys, IBtank
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Hi! So I have my paper 1 on Friday afternoon and Paper 2 on the following Monday morning. How are you guys revising because there are no past papers and I have done the specimen papers? For paper 1, is it only going to be non fiction? And for paper 2, since I have a play and a novel, do I only have a choice from the general literature section? Thanks a lot and good luck for any exams left! Enora
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Hello Everyone! I'm really having a real problem with my Paper2. The books I'm studying are The Whale Rider and the Poems of Pablo Neruda, none of which appear in any study website . The problem I'm having here is that I never know how to incorporate both the context and the stylistic devices to answer the prompt question. That is my weak point. I consulted my teacher. But she was of no use. She said it's 'skills' and would not advise me further on how to achieve this so-called 'skill' she's talking about. I'm good at analysing literary features and all the devices the author use as well as their effects. However, I don't know how to use it to answer questions like "…
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Hii , I am still confused with whats the main objective of the written task 2. I mean , what and how do we focus on the topic. for example , if i am doing it on advertisments. so do I completely generalize them or catch hold of one specific ad ? and further on , what do I have to stick myself to while typing it all out?
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What are the grade boundaries for the WT2 in English A: Lang/Lit HL? How many marks would you need to get a 7?
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Hello everyone! I am doing my FOA pretty soon, and I am basing it on the presentation "A call to men" by Tony Porter in TED Talks. I was wondering if anyone had any tips about how to fulfil the first and second criteria for this task. How can I analyse a text properly and show it in my presentation? Thanks in advance!
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