IB English Language & Literature (Block C)
Languages, Literature and Culture
What will you be working towards?
| Code | ENGIB01 |
| Qualification Type | International Baccalaureate Diploma |
| Qualification Level | Higher Level |
| Course type | Full Time |
Overview
The study of the texts produced in a language is central to an active engagement with language and culture and, by extension, to how we see and understand the world in which we live. A key aim of the course is to encourage students to explore and question the meaning generated by language and texts. Helping students to focus closely on the language of the texts they study and to become aware of the role of each text’s wider context in shaping its meaning is central to the course.
In addition, students will develop skills of textual analysis and the understanding that texts, both literary and non-literary, can be seen as autonomous yet as products of the culture, society and historical period from which they originate
The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.
Students should be curious about the world in which they live and interested in making relevant links
How will it be delivered?
Paper 1 Exam (HL): Comparative Analysis of two Texts - 2 hrs 25%
Paper 2: Literature Exam (HL)
In response to one of six questions students write an essay based on at least two of the literary texts studied in part 3. - 2 hrs 25%
Written tasks
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)
One of the tasks submitted must be a critical response to one of the prescribed questions for the HL additional study. - 20%
Individual Oral Commentary – a recorded spoken essay on an extract taken from one of the texts studied in part 4 - 15%
Further oral activity
Students complete at least two further oral activities, one based on part 1 and one based on part 2 of the course. - 15%
Entry requirements
Grade 5 in English Language
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