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Hello all, In lieu of the up and coming IB exams, I was wondering as to whether any of you may have a few tips on preparing for the unseen commentary- I'm terribly nervous and know that 2 hours is NOT long enough (for me) to finish and produce a strong analysis and coherent commentary. How do you time manage effectively when writing? What is the best thing to do in preparation? Thank you, Pathos
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I'm not sure which of the two styles I should use for my footnotes on my World Lit 2 Paper. Which is better in your opinion?
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Hello. Has someone aldeady taken correspondence course for a language ? For next year, first year of IBDP, I'm taking HL SL French A1 by self-taught In fact Indonesian is my mother tongue but after living 10 years in France, I'm going to move back to Indonesia this summer and I'm so far better in French than Indonesian. The head of the shool i'm going to next year proposed me this solution. How does it work ? Is it difficult ? any suggestions ?
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My question is Do you have have to do 3 different genres ie Poetry, Novel and PLay? I think I might have come across something that said that but i'm not sure.
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can anyone suggest me how to crack commentary paper?
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I've decided to do my IOP on Slaughterhouse-five by Vonnegut but I"m not sure what I want to do with it. I'm really focusing more on the time travelling aspect of it, but should i do straight analysis or something creative? I'm not really sure what to do for either. Any suggestions?
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Does anyone has boundaries for A1 Polish, both SL and HL?.. It doesnt have to be 2009, but it would be nice if somebody would have them anyway :')
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Does anyone here take chinese A1??? need some help with the IOP
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I am doing my final exams next week and I need to get a 6 in both paper 1 and 2. What should I do?
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My teacher made us write down some really rough ideas for our IOP in class one day. One of my ideas was to talk about Ophelia's song and my teacher said I can do that but I would have to focus on her lines. Does that mean I should focus on her lines in the song? I don't really know what to talk about for my IOP, since our teacher didn't tell us much about it. Can someone please give me some advice?
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Can anybody suggest me how to frame a topic statement/thesis statement for my world lit? My topic has to do with social pressure on women in house of the spirits and like water for choc...and how women who succumb to social pressure end up suffereing in life.
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Hey, so I finally came up with my thesis for IB World Lit 1, I wanted to know what your opinions on it were: In both The Metamorphosis and The Stranger, the authors make critical judgments of society. Through the observations of the protagonist and his interactions with other characters, the authors judge society based on the fact that people must conform to its ideals or else the subject is viewed as inferior, society has the nature to impose rationality where there is not, and society rashly judges people based on what is has established to be 'normal.' Thanks for any feedback!
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hello, i have troble on choosing my first language and second language. i am a chinese, but only at level of year 8, i am in a english school now, i want to chose english a1 standard level and chinese b higher, but my english teacher said it might be hard for me to cope with, but if i chose like that, chinese b is very easy and i can just focus on english and improve it. if i chose other way around,(chinese a1 standard and english b higer), i have to work on both language and mark boundary for english b higher is very high. plus i can not find a chinese teacher to teach me here. so what can i choose?
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I am doing mines on Oedipus Rex and 100 Years of Solitude. My idea for a topic is about the limitations of free will in both of those novels. What do you guys think? Any feedback?
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hey guys can you tell me what are the things which one should consider while studying and appearing for english A1 sl exams.. both paper 1 and 2
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Help!!!! Can anyone give me any suggestions on an IOP topic on Huck Finn?
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Hey my name's Yena.. I'm on a hunt for the following books: The moor's last sigh (salman rushdie) Death and the maiden (ariel dorfman) Accidental death of an anarchist (dario fo) negotiating with the dead (atwood) lysistrata great gatsby (fitzgerald) like water for chocolate I can't find them in the book store or the library.. so I was wondering if you have any websites that have these books? they're not common so it's hard to find... I checked out most of the sites that pop up when u type "audiobooks" but either you have to pay for it or they don't have it... I don't mind paying for it but i don't like using my credit card on the internet.. hehe So.. do you guys have any…
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Hello there, Can someone please give me some advice on the IOP, i have chosen my topic as the psychological approach to One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. But im not sure what to talk about...Im going to include Behaviourism, Humanism, and Psycho Analysis. Should i include anything else for the IOP?
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I have no idea what to do. I'm also trying to figure out what I want to do for the WL2 paper, because apparently the book I don't use for this has to be used for the WL2. I'm thinking of comparing the nonexistent knight and 6 characters for WL1 if it's possible to do an analysis of symbols in the Metamorphosis. or maybe rewrite some of it from the parents POV. What could I do comparing The Nonexistent Knight and 6 characters? Thanks.
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So I'm pretty happy that paper 1 is something I don't have to study for =p But how much should I study for paper 2? I know that we are supposed to focus in on two works during the exam... So should I just study two works intensively and forget the rest? Thanks!
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Hiya, We're doing 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' by Bertolt Brecht for the exams in May along with Crucible (Arthur Miller) and A Man For All Seasons (Robert Bolt). I'm ok with the other two texts but our teahcer just rushed through the Chalk Circle and now i'm just prepostrously defecit of notes on it and was wondering if any of you kind souls who are doing it/ have done it could lend me some help? I know the story and basically what the play is about the major themes are evokes (nature s nurture, capitalism Vs Communism and stuff) but i'm completely stumped when it comes to the songs?? I don't know what they're for apart from entertainment purposes? Also, ive just trie…
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I want to write about the extremes of temperature and how they affect the character(s) in the books "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "The Outsider", but I am having trouble deciding on exactly how to phrase it. So far I have two potential titles: "To what extent do extremes of temperature determine survival or destruction in "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "The Outsider"? "What is the significance of the extremes of temperature in "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "The Outsider"? Which is better? I have two teachers and they are telling me different things so I really don't know. Are there any better ones you can think of? Thanks in adv…
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I was reading the subject reports for May 2009, and the examiners keep stressing the importance of the topic title in the World Literature Papers. I'm doing narrative technique in The Stranger and The Metamorphosis, but I can't narrow it down further. My teacher told me to define what I'll be discussing in the introduction, but I still feel like the topic title is a bit too general. Any suggestions?
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I'm currently doing French A1 self-taught and I want to know how many poems make up 1 'work'. How many poems do you think I need to do? Does anybody do poetry for their part 3? Should they be linked by theme? I seriously need help. I have been stirring about this along time I've been considering novels but they seem hard to answer a Paper 2 question on.
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Basically, my oral presentation is on the theme obsession in "the picture of Dorian Gray" and "the perfume"... It's easy to find lots on obsession in the latter book, but I'm struggling a bit with Dorian... obviously, he's obsessed with his youth, but how could I further develop that? obsession on his picture? would be sooo helpful if you could tell me any obsession-stuff in tpoDG you can think of.... thanks soo much!!!
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What's the difference between interpreting and analysing a text, i.e. for which parts in A1 do we need to do what? I guess the difference is somewhat that for interpreting, we further need to include our own opinion? If so, is it then right to identify that we need to... analyse for paper 1 (unseen paper) analyse for part 2 and part 4 (oral commentary (questions on passages) and oral presentation) but interpret for paper 2 (part 3, answers written at least two of the three books) - or is this simply a commentary/opinion? thanks!!
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Heya, I'm doing English at HL and we just started doing the texts for paper 2 exam. my teacher sort of went over how to look at the questions and stuff and i understood what she told us but i still cant seem to get anything right???! so do any of you current/ex IBers with experience with paper 2 questions know what exactly it is that you're supposed to write!? the structure of the essay, or just general tips would be most welcome!
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Ok, so currently working on the first draft of my english world lit essay. The topic I have thus far, I thought would be interesting and hopefully not done repetitively over the years, but I also wanted to know if it was any good. Topic: The antagonists in Hedda Gabler and The House of Bernarda Alba are justifiable because they fall victim to their ids due to the society they have been placed in. My teacher said to make sure our topics are something discussable, something that does not have a definite answer within the text. Help please and thank you for reading my post!!
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I'm really worried about my friend and I was wanting to have something to tell him to see what his chances are. He told me when he submitted his essays for the world lit assignment 1 and 2 they were of poor quality and the word count was low/miscounted. I don't want to ask the coordinator about his situation since he'll think that I'm getting into other people's business but I really care a lot about my friend. Will this automatically discredit him from getting the IB Diploma, or is it possible for him to turn it around with his other submitted documents/tests? Personally, I fear the worse is going to come, but I'd like some sort of confirmation or something of the sort. …
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Hi! Well, now's the time to start writing the first draft for WL paper 1. I've read quite a lot of different guidelines (provided by IBO, my teacher and forum users) and I feel quite motivated to do good. However, some questions arose: Is the topic "How do literary features enforce the idea of Mama Elena and Esteban Trueba being tyrants?" (Characters of"Like Water for Chocolate" and "The House of the Spirits") OK to approach? What's the main aim of this paper? Whether I need to focus more on the literary features, analysing their effect or just backing up the arguments of the characters mentioned being tyrants with literary features? For example; if one of the novels has…
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My English teacher and a couple of other people confronted me that I have a speaking problem, which isn't terrible, but not very good for someone who wants to make a very good English grade. It is a combination of these things: - I lack good organization to help my ideas flow when I'm speaking - I stutter (kind of) my sentence beginnings - I speak in fragments sometimes; I'll stop myself and will start over like a sputtery engine. One of the theories we came up with is that I experience an unnecessary nervousness and also that I think faster than I speak... I really want to improve my speaking skills before my Oral Commentary next year, so I am taking precautions now so …
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Hello all, In regards to world.lit paper one is it necessary to discuss the issue of the translation within the essay. Both of the works I have chosen are works in translation, and I am looking at the language used, within the translated versions to convey theme. Hence, it is particularly necessary to analyse the differences between, say, a certain word in its original form and its translation? Thank you, Pathos
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Hi everyone, I am currently studying Ab initio Indonesian and my biggest problem is trying to find vocab on the different subjects that are within the syllabus. I was wondering if anyone knows of any site or any where, which has these voab. It would help amazingly Thanks...
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Hey fellow IB kids! I am a Senior at Andrew P. Hill High School and I am pursuing the IB Bilingual Diploma. I was wondering if there was anyone else out there insane enough to do the same
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Hello all, I am writing a commentry for english on the poem "The Wind" by Ted Hughes, and am getting a little stuck (this is my first commentry). Any notes on the poem, or resources related to it, would be greatly appreciated. In particular, I have a few questions: -What is the theme of the poem? (I think the dominant theme is one of endurance, but I am not sure). -Why are the stanzas and lines constructed as they are? -What is an example of a "line of argument" for my commentry? (I am not even totally sure what this is!) Please help me out in ANY way you can, thanks ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Hughes - Wind This house has …
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i am going to choose ib courses next month. i am a chinese and have studied chinese for 15 years. but still, chinese a1 standard level is hard so i am thinking to chose english a1 standard ,also because english a1 is easier to get the mark but i am bit worried since i only have learned english for 3 years. so how i am going to choose??? can please tell me in english a1 standard, how many books i need to read and what are they, so i can read during the holiday, and will i get 6 ??
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Our teacher has given us next to nothing as far as guidance on the format of WL2 goes, and they are due this upcoming Friday. I was wondering if it would be appropriate to take a play (Master Harold and the Boys) and turn part of it into a continuous piece of prose. For example instead of something like this: Sam: <dialogue> Hally: <dialogue> <stage directions> It would read like: "<dialogue>," Sam said with a smile, despite that he was beginning to grow irritated with Hally's superiority. "<dialogue>" responded Hally with his usual grin. Sam <stage directions> as he thought about what Hally had just said. (obviously it would be somewha…
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1. My teacher says no one can have the same topic for WL in an IB class. Given that our graduating class is a size of seventy people, this is rather impossible. Is this true? 2. My teacher also claims that you are not allowed to analyze the same book twice in WL 1 and 2. Is this true?
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Hey Guys, i sat for this exam in nov, and i screwed up big time. i started at the prose for a long time and could not figure out what to do any tips on how to get started for writing an unseen prose? Thanks alot retaking in May
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Hi guys my iop in English is next week and i want to know what can i do, as in a play or something else. i want to get ideas from you guys.
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Hello Im in the process of writting my first world lit paper and Im comparing We by yevgeny zamyatin and one day in the life of ivan denisovich by alexander solzhenitsyn and well my topic is HOW CONTROLLED SOCIETIES MOLDED/AFFECTED THE PROTAGONIST and Im stuck I dont know how to start so any ideas to a killer intro and comparison points will be greatly appreciated thanks
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hello, i am going to choose english a1 standard level next term, so i plan to read the literature books ahead, can you tell me which book i must need to read? does it change every year or we read the same books?
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I have been given back my first draft of the essay at the end of last week and the final copy is due in on Tuesday, I personally feel this isn't long enough and wanted opinions on this. Also I am having trouble with a few things, my title is 'How is the Role of Society Explored in 'The Outsider' and 'Antigone'?' my teacher seems to have only commented on spelling and grammer issues and a few times she has written 'explain', what I don't understand is what i can do when she writes 'simplistic', does anyone on here know how I can make it more sophisticated she ahsn't told me why it is simplistic just that it is, and I can't ask her because it is half term and we have a week…
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OMGG i just found this website today and holyyy crapp im soooo frikken happyyyy ahhh its like heaven in hell! ahem...anyways. im skipping school right now so i can come up with 2 more IOP proposals o_o;; the books we've read are: "Master Harold" ...and the boys; Dancing at Lughnasa; The Bell Jar; and Fiela's Child i have only one proposal so far, for Fiela's Child: "Matthee uses the elephant cow's hunger for revenge for the death of her calf as a metaphor for Fiela Komoetie's hunger for justice and her desperation to recover Benjamin." i'm not even sure about that...should it be "metaphor"? or something else p_p but i'm only gunna submit this proposal if i can't come up…
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hell everyone. please tell me the brief mark boundary for IB english B . i heard that boundary is very high and it only allows 2 or 3 mistakes if u want to get 7, i am so worried
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Hey there, fellow IB'ers. First of all, just let me say I feel your pain. I'm doing my WL2 on "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". I was wondering if my topic could be: "Sexuality as a catalyst of Conflict in TULoB." Or does it have to be a comparison/commentary on an extract/analysis of key passage/etc?
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I am ready to submit my final draft of the WL essay, but my teacher keeps telling me my conclusion is weak! i keep fixing it until i have reached now with a good one but it ends with a question! my question is that can i end an essay especially the WL essay of English AL with a question? is it acceptable? Thanks
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Hi! We are doing these two books for our last component: the written exam Can anyone think of any significant points of comparison? Thanks
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Hi i am searching topic for WLE. i have "A Doll's House" and "The Outsider" as novels can you suggest me somthing or some hints pls
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