Languages A2, B and Ab Initio
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Ya hi. This is really effing late. My laptop is having issues so I had to get it fixed. Please don't hate me forever. Anywho I'll just explain to yall the format of the paper then give you some of the normal question formats that will be on the test. Mkay.Ready? Let's go! The Format Yall Ok so the paper 1 is divided into 4 different texts: A, B, C, and D. Each of these texts have their own set of questions and prompts. This paper tests two things: Your ability to respond to text based question and a written response to a text. The texts will be all in the language that you have taken and will be chosen externally. You have no say whatsoever in what they pick. Sorry. Altho…
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Just out of interest, I wanted to ask people how many options their school offers their students in terms of Language B's. The most common Language B's being studied on this forum seem to be French, Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, German and and Italian. Is anyone out there studying a very random language, or one that is not commonly spoken worldwide? If you are, why did you choose it instead of a more commonly used language? My own school offers French, Hebrew and Arabic as Language B (and a few students have taken Spanish, Italian and Finnish as a 7th subject).
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Here are some tips that I think will help with formatting paper 2's for language B. Sorry it's not very well edited. Paper 2 Tips Overarching tips: -Register: Who are you talking to? Should you use “tu” or “vous”? Are you being subjective or objective? -Linguistic elements: Always remember to include a variety of tenses and colloquial language. However, when considering tenses always make sure to stay consistent and match the tense that the prompt requires. -Structure: For structuring, always make sure your paragraphs are cohesive and transitions are solid. As Lower would say “Give their eyes a break”. -Principal ideas: This is very important. So important it needs to…
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Greetings humans. The following are some tips I've compiled in order to make your oral a less painful and rather care free process in which you talk with the examiner (which may or may not be your teacher) about a topic that you have chosen (or not). So here we go with the tips... The Format Alright. The oral for language B consists of 9-12 minutes of you purely talking in your chosen foreign language. Whether it be French, Spanish, German, MAndarin, etc. the list goes on and on, the format will mostly be the same. (Unless I'm delusional in which case it isn't). It is also divided into three 3-4 minute chunks. These 'chunks' if you will each have a different component to …
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Here are the links to the notes and sample works for Languages A2, B, Ab Initio we have on our Files archive. To be able to download files, you have to be a VIP member or a VIP subscriber. Please see the FAQ for information on how to become a VIP or how to buy a VIP subscription. If you want to donate and contribute files to our archive, please see this announcement or this FAQ section. Languages A2, B & Ab Initio Language A2 Language B and Ab Initio French: Notes and essays for French B and Ab Initio
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I'm a May 2010 candidate taking Spanish Ab Initio. I'm the only one at my school who takes this subject, and I basically I have to follow the syllabus on my own, since my teacher is not familiar with the IB-program. Consequently, I don't know if I should work harder or less. What have you done for Spanish Ab Initio so far? I have, in broad strokes, taught myself the regular verbs in every tense: present, perfect, imperfect, conditional, etc. Now I can just pump my head full of regular verbs and I'll know them in each tense. ^^ Soon I will start with common irregular verbs in each tense. Meanwhile, I learn new words and try to read, etc
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i have a problem choosing subjects that will be right for me. in my igcse I took Spanish as a second language. but for ib, I want to take French ab initio. is this the right choice or should I continue with Spanish?
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Hi fellow procrastinators! I'm currently a junior and I am having second thoughts on taking HL French. Right now, I'm losing confidence in doing well because I've been seeing some discussions that say a number of people around the world that take HL French are somewhat fluent. As someone that is quite "average" at French, I'm curious on how difficult it is exactly to pass HL French. So far my skill level has been hard to evaluate because my teacher focuses on the immersion experience, so more talking, and less grammar and vocab. The farthest that i have gotten in grammar was "Passé composé" from 9th grade. To give you a better sense of my experience in cl…
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i am doing my ee in hindi and am unable to find any sample ee's for this subject on the internet. it would be great if u could help me by sharing a few links. thankyou.
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Hey I am from India and I am doing Extended Essay in Hindi and I am stuck up with what topic should I take and how to take a topic and how to go on with it. I have taken help from my teacher but he has just given the broader topic like language, literature and culture-society but I need a more focused topic to frame my research question. So can anyone please guide me through the topics Thank you
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Hi guys, I am doing my EE on english B and I was wondering if anyone had some tips or an EE in english B to share... Thank you
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Hiya everyone! New around here. My family is moving abroad (my parent's home country) and I'll be taking the IB from September. My parents speak the language; I don't apart from a few phrases, greetings, etc. However, I'm a little worried as I have chosen to do HL Language B for this language. During lockdown, I have been going through the Duolingo course for the language, have an online tutor for three times a week from next week and we'll be moving to the country about 2 months before I start - will this be enough to get me up to scratch so that I'm able to take HL Language B - what kind of fluency is expected when you start? It's worth pointing out …
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Hello, there! This is my first post here ever. So, I'm going to hand in the subjects option form two days later. But I have trouble making choices on English. I want to know the differences between English A SL and English B HL apart from the difficulties and quantity of assignments. Do both English A HL and SL focus on literature itself, whereas B focuses on the application of the language and cultures? Thanks!
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I need to soon come up with some ee topic and question and i have none. If you could give me any cool and iteresting ideas, i would really apreciate it.
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I've taken spanish since 7th grade (and I am in 11th grade now doing the IB Diploma program). I have always had amazing teachers, and I try to practice outside of class with my friends but I am no where near fluent. My grades are good, but I fear that I am not prepared for the test. I have looked into travelling to Spain for a couple weeks to immerse myself in the language... but I have not found a good program.
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This is the first time to use a forum, so if I am posting at a wrong category, tell me. I got A for my IGCSE english language last year. (still cannot believe- I was expecting B for it) I chose English A SL for my IB, but I thought English B HL would be a better choice for me... so I visited the IB coordinator, but every time she rejected because of my IGCSE score. She told me that there is a policy in IB that a student that got a high score (over B? over A?) cannot change to English B even though it is HL; but all the other teachers said that there is no such policy like that. Also, I heard that other student in the school that scored well for their IGCSE eng c…
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Hello, I am starting my IB program this year and I was wondering, in order to take Language B (either SL or HL) do I have to know this language beforehand? I will be attending school in Sweden, however, I am not from there nor have I spent more than a month there. I am planning on taking Spanish HL (I have been studying Spanish for four years) and I really want to learn Swedish. So is it possible to learn a language without having an experience in target language? Thanks in advance!💘
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Instead of an art subject, is it possible to take a 3rd language for your group 6? I've already decided on English A LangLit and my first language A Lit, but I also really want to do French B. Is that possible?
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I just came out of the examination room for my Individual Oral Assessment in Mandarin B SL and I don't feel confident that I'll even get a level 4 for it. I was very under prepared and included a lot of filler words like "um" and couldn't answer the discussion questions well. Even though it's only 20% of the overall grade itself, I'm quite concerned that it may pull me down if if I actually were to score a really bad grade. Mandarin is one of my weakest subjects, and I'm paranoid that it would pull my total IB grade down as well. I don't know what to do
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I have two friends that are taking Ab Initio. One has been taking Spanish for five years, and is taking Ab Initio, and one has been taking French for four years, and is taking Ab Initio. Is this right? I'm in french with one of them and its just difficult for me.
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Is it difficult? I’m a native speaker, but I’m horrible at Arabic.
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Anyone taking Hindi B sl for May 2021 exam, how are you preparing for it? Also for IA what topics will be high scoring
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Hi all, I'm taking German B SL because my school requires German as language B. My grammar is fine, but I find myself struggling due to lack of vocabulary. My teacher expects my understanding to be much better than it is, which is not helping much, and my textbook (Cambridge, second edition) does not have any vocabulary pages. Anyone here knows where I could find a good vocabulary list that is appropriate for SL? Thanks!!
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Hi there, Just wondering if anyone was taking Classical Greek, apparently there are only about 12 people in the world each year! Would be great to find another one of the select few :) P.S. I'm doing Latin too if anyone does that!
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Does anyone know where I can learn how to write the different formats for French B SL paper two? Our teacher did not teach us them and I hear that you get marks off if they aren't done properly...is this true? Whoever changed my post is just rude
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SO Can someone please explain the exam pattern and what i need to submit in my IA? I went to the IB website but I got a little confused. What does the written assignment consist of? and what are interactive oral activities? Also, there are rumors that the whole pattern changed or something? Is that true? whats the new pattern?
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Hi guys! I'm a Grade 10, and I'll be going to the DP next year. I'm currently taking Language A Mandarin and Language B Spanish, but even though I am Taiwanese, I have never studied in Taiwan, therefore, my mandarin level is lower than the other 2 Chinese students in my class. My parents want me to keep taking Mandarin A but I'm afraid that if I keep taking it in DP, my score will be really low and I can't convince them to let me drop it.. So do you guys have any advice? :(
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Hey! I've just started IBY1 and until the end of September, I can make changes to my subjects. So I'm wondering if I should take English B HL instead of English A HL (which I'm taking now). I've always been quite good at English however it's not my native language and that's why I'm afraid if I can handle English A HL. I'm most stressed about the interpretations and analyses of the texts during the final exams. I'm quite good at writing but I'm not sure about analyzing. I'm also already taking 3 other HL subjects (Biology, Chemistry and Geography) and I want to make it easier for me and have the best results possible and since I'm not planning on studying a…
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Hi guys, I will be starting the IB in a month and give my exams in 2021. I was confused whether to take French SL or Spanish abinitio. I have previously taken french for my igcse. The HL subjects i had planned were Math AA, Physics and Chem and my SL's as Spanish abinitio, eco and lit lang. Could someone help out with differences of taking each subject and the difficulty levels. My school unfortunately doesn’t allow me to take french abinitio. I would prefer the subject in which it is easier to score. Thank You.
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Hi, Next year, I will be going into my IB years. I am not good at french and I was wondering what I can do to prepare for IB French B SL. This year, I was quite confused with a lot of the lessons and assessments so I wanted to know the steps I can take to be on the right track for next year. I am in Ontario, Canada (might be easier to answer my question with a bit of context). Appreciate all the help, Neil
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My Chinese teacher has permitted me to study a year of Chinese over the summer, and this will put me into IB Chinese B SL. The course progression of foreign languages goes like this: freshman year -- Chinese 100, sophomore year -- Chinese 200, junior year -- IB Chinese B SL (300), and senior year -- IB Chinese B SL (400), and then we take the IB Chinese B SL test in our senior year. Since I will be studying over the summer, I will be taking IB Chinese B SL a year earlier and have the chance to study IB Chinese B HL (500) if I find myself truly loving the subject and language. I learn languages fast, but I have never done it in two months before. However, I am not a n…
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Hi I wrote my Language B Paper w today and the question said that we had to write a diary. My format for the diary was mostly incorrect and my sounded more like a letter. I know I will lose marks in the format criterion but since my format was so incorrect can they even cut marks under Language and Content which are the other two criteria even though they were completely upto the mark?
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can we take language B SL as a self taught language? I want to take Urdu in Language B SL
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Hi I wrote my Hindi B Paper 1 today and I cancelled a few MCQ answers in the box and wrote the new answers right outside the box. Are only the boxes scanned and sent or is the whole sheet sent so the examiner would understand what I have done?
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I was told to go through past papers and find vocabulary that I do not know. However, just going through one paper nearly took a whole day. I feel this is inefficient. So, how do you get a 7 in your Language B papers? Is it simply a matter of memorising vocabulary to do with the Core Topics and an option and then knowing some advanced grammatical constructions? Should we know some more general verbs and adjectives ? Any tips on getting a 7 for Language B will be greatly appreciated. I am asking for SL German B.
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I live in Canada and I’ve been in late french immersion for four years now, and the majority of my classes like science, history, etc. were taught in French. I’m going into the IB next year I wanted to know how difficult it would be for me to get like a 5, 6, 7. In my regular French classes I’ve always gotten around 95% but my province doesn’t have a very difficult grading system.
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Hello, I'm a graduate school student. I'm writing thesis and it's about Korean B. I need some help from IB students. I have some questions. If you are in the international school which have Korean A or Korean B class or self-taught Korean B students, Could you reply it? Also my email address : [email protected]
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Hi! Will SL Korean B disappear in 2019? I heard that IB is taking out Korean B. And if I take SL Korean A, will it be too hard to be self-taught? I am going to take 4 HLs which are: Analysis Math, Econ, Chem, and Physics.
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my teacher didn't give me detailed tips because I want a very good grade in English B and I want to get over 5 in the 3rd term. does anyone have tips to get a 7 in English B
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Hey Guys! I have a really quick question. So, let's say for my French B SL Course, I badly bombed my individual oral and written assignment getting level 2's in both. Now, I only have the paper 1 and paper 2 left. Is it still technically possible for me to get a level 5 overall. P.S. Its a life and death situation.
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Hey all, I'm in my junior year right now of Mandarin AB Initio and I was just wondering how difficult the IB exam is to get a 2 or higher. I'm sort of stressing myself out like a year before the IB exams because I'm having a really hard time with all of the characters and grammatical structures, and I'm not sure whether I'll be able to do well in the future. Thanks for the replies though.
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As of right now I am still midway of MYP year 5 (which is the last year of MYP) and so for me, DP will still start next school year (summer of this year) but we did already choose our DP subjects. So as for my second language, I decided to choose French ab initio (which I have no prior knowledge on) and I kinda just wanted to start learning the language so I kinda get a head start and so it will make it a bit easier for me next year. Therefore, I just wanted to ask you guys how I should start studying French (e.g. do you recommend me to learn through language-learning platforms, through textbooks, videos, etc and if so, if you can, name specific resources). I actually had…
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The IB Language B guide book states that for the SL External Written assessment there includes a "100-word rationale" and 300-400 word text. It also states that if you go over or under the word limit 1 mark will be deducted from criterion A and the assignment will be graded using the first "400 words and rationale". There is no word range written for the rationale besides just 100 words. Does this mean that the rationale has to be under, over, or exactly 100 words? Thanks!
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I understand that with words of quantity like 'beaucoup de', the 'de' stays the same. But I'm confused as to when I should write just 'de' or 'du/de la/de l'/des', if I have a phrase like "[noun] de/du/de la/de l'/des [noun]". For example: Le chat des enfants. Le chat de l' enfant. versus Mon mode de vie. Une épidémie d' obésité.
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Hey, So, I’m considering to do my extended essay in English B. However, no matter how much I search on the internet, I cannot find the answer to my question. My question: Can I choose to do a literary analysis of a non English writer’s book? Or does the author have to come from an English speaking country? Please help me:).
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Anyone has an experience on this? How do you get a teacher of tutor for your self taught Language & Lit course? Any tips or recommendations?
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Okay so I am currently a student in China but I want to earn the Bilingual IBDP so I'm taking English A1 HL for group 1 and for my group 2 I'm taking Self Taught Bahasa Indonesia SL. . . I want to know whether the exams are hard? and how they are graded? is taking self taught Indonesian the same as taking Indonesian B? is the exam the same as taking Indonesia A1 Sl? does anyone know the pass rate? and if anyone has taken or is taking IB Indonesian do you know if the exam is hard? I am extremely lost as towards how I will be tested upon? Much appreciated Thanks
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My school offers 3 different Language B subjects: Indonesian Acquisition, Chinese Acquisition, and French ab Initio. Out of these 3 languages, I am only fluent in Indonesian since it's my native language, however, due to this, there's some policy restricting me from choosing it, leaving me with Chinese Acq & French ab Initio. With no prior knowledge at all regarding these two languages, I decided to choose French since it's in an Initio. With that in mind, will French ab Initio be difficult and is it a time consuming subject when it comes to revisions?
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I have recently started the IB and I would like some tips on how to master all text types in French B because from what I've seen, they all have different specific structures. Recently, I have looked at diary entries, and reports.
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For the 2020 exams, group 2 changed. My teachers haven't really explained what the changes were, nor how and what we have to learn for the exams. Since there are no past papers (or at least that I know of), I am kind of lost. For our lang B class, we are talking about sharing the planet. It feels a bit odd, because I haven't found the connection with learning a language yet. Does anyone know anything more specific about the changes in the curriculum or how we are going to be assessed? Thanks
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