Languages A2, B and Ab Initio
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Would anyone be so kind as to correct my grammar? I know it is far from perfect, but it would mean a lot. Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalena Dietrich war eine Deutsche Schauspielerin und Sängerin. Sie wurde in Berlin am 27.12.1901 geboren. Als Kind hat sie der Musik sehr gemocht, und Marlene hoffte einen Pianisten zu sein. Als sie ein Bisschen älter war, hat sie Musikschulen in Berlin und Weimar besuchen, aber dann entschloss sie sich, ins Theater zu arbeiten. Marlene besuchte stattdessen die Schauspielschule. Zum ersten Mal debütierte sie im Jahr 1922 und spielte bis 1929 ins Theater. Sie hat auch im Stummfilmen schaugespielt. Es war 1930, als der erste Deutsche Tonf…
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Hi. As the title says it all, is N5 level in any foreign language equal to Ab Initio. As I'm learning Japanese N5 along with French AB, i'm curious whether they both fall under the same level
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Hello, I have started to think about subject tests, and I would like to take three. I am already certain that I will take Physics and Math II, but I would also like to do a third one. History (both US and world history) seems a bit out of the question for me, as I have never been interested or "good" in history or subjects related to history. My question is... How hard is the SAT Spanish test? Also, there is two of them, one with listening and one with only multiple choice questions, is there a big difference? Does AB Initio Spanish provide me with enough knowledge (within the first year) to nail a decent score on one of the Spanish subject tests? Does anyone here have …
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Hello everyone, We have had a very heated discussion at school as to what should be the student's level of English if he wishes to start English B SL. We are just going through the accreditation process and have no experience "in the field", thus help is much appreciated:) Could you please compare the IB level to the other well-known standards? PET KET FCE CAE CPE may be to the popular courses? Headway - pre-intermediate / intermediate / upper -intermediate?? Thank you!
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Hey, I was wondering if anyone had any french word banks or PDFs with really helpful vocab. Like a list of say 200 words or phrases I could use to help in in French SL. I'm in the 2nd year of IB and French is a train wreck, I'd appreciate any help ! C
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This may sound ridiculous as it's an ab language but I find it quite hard and was wondering if anyone knew any methods to make me remember the grammar points etc better/more easily? I find the cases so confusing! *NB if it helps, I took GCSE German and French
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Self-Taught question Individual Oral Commentary
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Hey guys, So my individual oral commentary for portuguese is coming up but I don't quite understand how it's supposed to work I have read the books and from what I understand I have to get the prescribed questions and pick a passage from the books for each questions... this would make me have 10 passages But I'm confused because I thought we could only bring 1 piece of paper A4 annotated into the room to record :/
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Hello I joined this forum because the vast majority of the french ab initio class is failing or near failing the class, this has happened this last semester only. Throughout the 3 semesters we have been in the class we have had 3 different teachers which surely did not help us at all. I would like to know if anybody has the information of what we should be studying because the whole class has felt this teacher has been teaching us subjects that we feel are to advanced and the school does not have a specific rubric for this course. If somebody knows what we should be studying please tell us. Thanks
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Currently, I am in Spanish SL and I have to choose for next year if I want to do HL or just finish this year. What are the different requirements?
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Hi everyone, I have yet another french class question! We're doing our individual interactive orals in less than a week, and I haven't even started...Why? Because I have no clue whatsoever how to do research in French on poverty and famine in Haiti. I'm looking for ways to do the research, should I search in French or in English then translate it? Keep in mind my French level is not the best and I'll be lucky with a 4 or 5 in SL French.. So do you have any tips on how to do a French research project? Thanks!!
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Hello. I am doing Mandarin B SL but find nearly all the reading material is in simplified characters. Does anyone know a good source of IB Mandarin material that uses traditional Chinese script? Or even material that is not pdf so that I can perhaps transform it? Cheers, Michael
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Hey everyone, I'm starting IB in two weeks and chose Russian B HL.. my class is the first one in our country to "go IB". does any of you guys know what to expect? whats the exam going to be like? I started learning russian 3 years ago and as far as i know, i'm the only one who chose it. I've reasreached this forum a bit and as a i saw, a few schools offer it. whats the overall level of IB russian B?
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Hi! Some days ago I was ordering my first ideas for my Written Assignment. I first planned to make a new chapter or a new ending for the book, but I'm not sure what kind of text is this because we have just worked on reviews, letters, blog, etc... So my questions are: 1-Can I write for my written assignment another chapter of the book? 2-If yes, what kind of text am I working on? (How should I specify in my rationale or wherever I write it down?) Thanks! [English B HL]
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If it says "a grade of 4 or more" is required in english a1 or a2. Is it the same as a 4 or better in English B?
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Does anyone have a pdf or a copy of the old syllabus for the Language B subjects(from 2009 or 2008 until 2012)? please PM me or reply back
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Hi everyone! In two weeks we have to do our first presentation, a 5-7 minute powerpoint based on a global issue. I'm not sure if anyone would have done this before but it is for SL French! Here's what I have to choose from... -Food & water -Drugs/alcohol -International economy -Immigrants -Globalization -Poverty & famine -Racism & discrimination -Global warming, natural catastrophes -Reserving energy -Our impact on nature I obviously do not have the best French skills and really need to choose one of these that would be easier for me to do in French. I'd most likely do the presentation in English and then translate it into French. I'd really appreciate if some…
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Hey, I've just joined the forums here.... And I wanted to ask for some suggestions on preparing for the IB French exam. I'm doing it as a one year SL course because I wanted to get an extra elective for my senior year in school. My teacher just gives us work, and doesn't really teach us French, and I wanted to know if there was any way to improve myself in pronouncing and writing french? I'm currently at like level 3 when it comes to French, and I want to know what I could do to improve myself by the time I have to take the oral and then the actual exam. Thanks in advance
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I created a Twitter account where I will be frequently posting Spanish Language Tips. I hope this will help all of you prepare for the upcoming examination in Spanish. Tell your friends, too. https://twitter.com/ConsejosEspanol
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Hi everyone! As I'm starting my IB program in, like, two weeks, I'd like to know more about the French B HL course from those of you who are currently attending it, or who've already graduated. I've been studying French for three years, have been to Paris multiple times and if I wanted, I could easily involve myself a little more in french culture, as I have various relatives who live in France and are fluent french speakers. During the past three years, however, I have not studied french at all (in fact, I have started studying french about six years ago, studied it for three years and then stopped for three years when I got into what in Italy is called "Liceo"). Do y…
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Hello all! So I am having to decide on which IB subjects I would like to take at the higher level. I have decided on Eng. HL, Bio HL and am currently debating whether I should take History HL or French HL.... See, I received good marks in both history and french last year (7 and 6 respectively), but I don't know which one I will score better on during final IB exams.... I love writing essays in history but the sheer AMOUNT of stuff to go through for history HL is intimidating to me....I've heard a lot of horror stories about how hard the history HL exam can be.... And as for French, I love learning languages (yah, I'm a dork), but I am not as fluent as I would like to be.…
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Hey guys, I am currently in Grade 11, and chose to do French Ab Nitio. However, the French class in my school is that of French A level. And so, for a beginner like me (I know nothing of French), I barely get any knowledge. I then have to go home and look at videos, learn the basics. However, I have the option of taking Spanish AB Nitio online from Pamoja Education. I have no knowledge of Spanish either. And I NEED to get atleast a 5 on this group, as I am aiming for some prestigious universities. Do you think I should take the Spanish option, because I'm inclining towards it. It would be more organised and help me prepare better for my exams in 2 years. Or atleast I thin…
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I have to write an essay in Spanish about two cultures and I have chosen to look at family relationships. I just wanted to know some differences between the two cultures. It is for my Ab Initio written assignment.
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hey, is it easy to get a 5 in English A SL?? AND Which is better? English A SL = 5 OR English B HL = 6 Considering universities in th us ! Please
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Hi there I have to do a 10-13 minutes speech/presentation for English B soon. It will be graded and the points will be sent to the IB, therefore they definitely count for my final IB points. The speech should either be focused on the Anglophone culture or deep personal interest and it should be followed by a discussion lead by me. I do have a few ideas for possible topics, but I just wanted to ask if anyone has got experience concerning such presentation topics. Would be nice of you to just tell me several topics you or your classmates dealt with so I know approximately how to chose a topic. Thanks
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Hey Guys, I'm doing Hindi B at SL and have my internal assessment about to happen in the next few weeks... I wanted to know what the grade boundaries are, if anyone knows (so preferably from 4-7) because I have absolutely no clue about it at all!! Plus, our teacher won't tell us. Thanks heaps!
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Anyone out there want to help me practice my Spanish conversational skills online? I currently am taking Spanish SL, and I just want to get in a little more practice here and there. Help?
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Hi everyone, I'm going to retake my English Bs external assessment but I don't know what topic can I chose for my written assignment. Can you please tell me whether i can chose the same writting style and the same book as I have for the November 2013 session? Thank you in advance
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Hi there I have to do a speech/presentation for English B soon. It will be graded and the points will be sent to the IB, therefore they definitely count for my final IB points. I have to talk for about 10-13 minutes about a topic and make it as interesting as possible to the audience. Afterwards, I'll have to lead a discussion. Does anyone have a suitable topic which I could talk about? My teacher said the speech should either be focused on the Anglophone culture or deep personal interesting. I really hope someone can help me, thanks in advance!
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I am about to start my IB2 year, and before this I went on an exchange to Finland. Previously, I was doing my EE on philosophy, but Now I'm back I can't even understand what I wrote, let alone getting it finnished. However, I'm very enthusiastic about scandinavian culture and languages, because I did a lot of travelling around. So I believe I have enough cultural and linguistic background to start an EE from scratch, and finishing it by November, which is my deadline. The problem is that I have no idea of where to start, and then, not only do I have to write on the language, but IN the labguage that I'm studying. I want to do omething creative, and I know that scandinavia…
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Hi, I took German as my language B SL. I am taking my exams this time next year. Would anybody like to help me with practicing my German ( Skype or e-mail or even both - the best option )? Cheers! I can help you with other things like English or Business & Management.
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How do you go about picking a topic for Travaille Ecrit? Are there any important points we should keep in mind? The two topics I've thought up of are comparing either geography or media of two countries I have in mind. Which one do you think I should pick? Any suggestions or tips would be really helpful!
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I'm sitting the Nov 2011 IB French Ab Initio SL and I thought I should really get started on studying for french! I lack the motivation to do it alone so I thought if I could get some people who wants a 7 in French Ab Init. like me we will be able to form like an online study group or something. We can perhaps write Paper 2 responses and mark each other, correct each others work and also learn vocabs together? I use to do a study group for english vocab building and it went really well - it was fun and very helpful!! Anybody interested? PM or reply to this post?
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Is it possible to do both A and B languages self-taught? I've seen a lot of discussions about people planning to/taking their group 2 language self-taught, how?!
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Hi! Are there any textbooks that you recommend getting for Mandarin and Cantonese B? Also is there a curriculum online?
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How much background knowledge is needed to ace an IB language B course, more specifically German B HL? For now, my knowledge of German is consistent with A2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). If anyone has any advice on how to prepare for it, I'd be more than grateful.
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I need advise: i am a pre-ib student about to become an ib student and i was wondering whether any one has ever self taught themselves Arabic ab and gotten a 6/7 without being a native speaker? because i have not previously studied a language (in my igcse's) and the only ones my school offer is French and Spanish which i strongly have no passion for. if your wondering yes i am a an Arab but i am far from fluent in the language and can barely read or write (despite the fact that i speak it to my family everyday). so do you think i should go for it? please give me some past experiences regrading something along the lines of my situation. and if you can give me a link to the…
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Bonjour, tout le monde! Je m'appelle Caitlin, et je crois que pour ameliorer le francais, il faut le parler! Donc, si vous parlez le francais, repondez-vous a ce thread! B) Nous pouvons discuter en francais pour gagner les 7s!! Parlez de n'importe quoi: votre ecole, votre famille, votre leisures, qu'est que vous apprenez dans votre classe de francais? A bientot, mes petits poulets! Caitlin
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Hello, I will be beginning the IBDP in September this year and I just have a quick question! I have currently chosen to do French B SL however I have heard this can be hard. I have done french for GCSEs and I expect an A grade. Is Spanish ab initio recommend for an ABSOLOUTE beginner with decent french knowledge? I aim to achieve around a 6 in the language B. Thanks in advance.
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Is it a good idea for me to take AB-initio french for ib? i didnot opt for igcse french but i got a 90 in boards for french so is it a good idea?
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could you please tell me some tips or ways of increasing my french vocab and grammar ?
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I'm taking Standard Level French B and really struggling, mainly with my writing, and getting across the more "complex ideas" necessary to do better than about a 5 >< is anyone fluent in French who would like to be pen pals? I can read and understand French pretty well, so I don't mind if you want to write in French, or if you want to practise English you can write in English and I can help you I just really need someone to practise writing to in French!!
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Hi Mandarin B fellowers~~~ I'm a current IB student doing Mandarin B HL, with my exam session in November 2013. I have to complete my language B written task on the coming Monday. However, after reading the 2013 language B guide carefully, I haven't found the conversion scale between words and characters which used to be 1:1.2, this confused me. Do we still do word count conversions if it is not stated in the guide? This seems quite important as marks will be deducted if the word count is not met/exceeded. Also the rationale is 150 words for HL, do we have a 5% above and below range for the word count or does it have to be exactly 150? This makes the conversion even mor…
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hey, I have a week until my written task for assesment. For this i must bring in 2-4 articles in Spanish and write about them. I am having trouble finding resources. My task will be on easter in spain, comparing it with australia.however, i am really struggling with where to find suitable articles as i only have the internet; I do spanish ab initio offline (it is not a subject at my school). Any ideas where or how to look to find good articles? Just googling is not helpful....
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Not sure how to study for it.Help?
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Hi, im about to start the IB in sept and was wandering which course would be more suitable to me but also less stress and demand and work! I have studied french for 5 years and achieved a grade A at GCSE so was thinking at taking it at HL but i was wandering if spanish ab initio would be easier as the languages are very similar.. HELLPP
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Hi, I need some advice on doing a remark on one subject I had done in May 2013. I had done Arabic B SL. And I got 88% altogether, which was a six. The grade boundary was 89% for a seven. So I was 1% off. I was very shocked when I knew I got a six. Its turns out I got a 5 in my written assignment and very high in the internal assessments and exams. So should I give a remark? Could anybody help. I was wondering if those who had experience with remarks could give some advice. Need it urgent to decide
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So I think that i am just about the least prepared for the oral part of my spanish ab initio class and i would really appreciate some advice on how to study for it. I did a practice one with my teacher and she said i really need to work on grammar tenses. Its not that i dont know them its just that it doesnt come out when im under pressure speaking. How can i train myself to speak with the correct tenses?
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Hi there I just finished my first year of IB and I took my French B SL exam last May. My school does IB exams kind of weird from what I understand, at the end of our first year we take our second language exam to get it out of the way and everything else at the end of second. I got a six in the exam, and though I don't think this a bad grade, I didn't really work very hard or study at all and was considering retaking my exam. This isn't really because of my grade (though I do think I could do a lot better, my French is pretty strong), it's because of my horrible pride complex and I just wanna see how high I could get. What do you recommend? What do you think in general of…
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I am taking the IB next year, making me part of the class of 2015, and I have a question -- should i take two languages? I have studied German for four years and i love languages, and I really want to also take Spanish ab initio. Basically I am wondering whether or not two languages would be too difficult, or too much content to remember. I'm not sure and I need a second opinion. Thanks!
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