Lan Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 hey guys, my high school is just enrolled in IB, and there's a lots of confusions. the teachers that are in charged don't know what they are doing. so i have a question, do you need at least 4 years of the same language to get the diploma in united sates? i asked my Ib teachers and none of them know! please...and thank you for your great help! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Yes, you need two languages, I believe. I did english A1 HL for 4 years and french B SL for 4 years. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Shiver Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 (edited) There are [i]ab initio[/i] courses for absolute beginners. So no, you actually can get the diploma with a second language spoken for less than 4 years. However, language B courses would probably require more familiarity, so maybe 4 years is the recommended minimum time. Although I haven't heard of such a rule until now. Edited May 25, 2008 by Mr. Shiver Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lily Bean Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 There are 2 types of second language. Language Ab initio - for total beginners, if you take a language ab initio you don't have to have done the language before so by the end of IB you'd only have done it for 2 years Language B in theory is for people who have studied a language before as a second language but are not fluent at it but honestly as long as you past the exam in the end, they really don't care how long you studied the language before IB. some people start as beginner in Language B and manage to scrape 4 and 5. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 There's also A2, which is intended for bilingual candidates, who speak the A2 language at a very high level, almost as high as their A1 language. Unlike ab initio or B, it's a literary course and resembles A1. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sraja90 Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 [quote name='deissi' post='17314' date='May 27 2008, 03:57 PM']There's also A2, which is intended for bilingual candidates, who speak the A2 language at a very high level, almost as high as their A1 language. Unlike ab initio or B, it's a literary course and resembles A1.[/quote] Yea it is two, i think they might be confused because they arent counting the English course as a language. My teachers had the same problem. I believe it depends on where you live. In florida, you have to have 4 years of either french/spanish and 4 years of english. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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