Languages A2, B and Ab Initio
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Hello I need some help...urgently! At the beginning of the year I've been told by my teacher that there is no syllabus, kanji list or vocabulary list for Japanese B so we just used the みんなの日本語 books and some stuff from the Basic Kanji Books in class....I've now been told that there is in fact a kanji list for Japanese B higher by someone online. I found a link to a kanji list on the IB website, but when I tried to download it I got an error message saying that I wasn't signed in as a teacher so I couldn't download the stuff, hurrah! I couldn't find a vocabulary list, but I've started my own...which is nowhere near as useful as an official one though. I found the language …
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hi everyone, i need help with learning spanish (ab initio) as i find learning languages to be my weakest point in school - which is quite ironic since i'm bilingual anyway (arabic and english ) i don't know how to immerse myself in the language, and watching youtube videos in spanish just leaves me confused without understanding. so any tips? thanks
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Hi, I'm doing the Korean B HL course and I have to write a written assignment. I read the syllabus and talked to the IB coordinatorat my school(as my school does not have a korean teacher), and I was told that I had to write something creative. Can this be just an essay with a topic on a particular aspect on the literature? Do I lose marks if the written assignment isn't creative enough? Thanks
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Hello all. My school does not offer a textbook specifically made for Chinese IBSL. Does anyone here have recommendations on what textbook I can purchase online to guide me towards the exam? I'm from America, so IB is fairly new here. Also, any advice on the exam? Is it in complete Chinese? I have been learning traditional characters, will I also need to know simplified? Thank you. Help is appreciated!
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Hey, I finished writing my writing task (an opinion column) that's due tomorrow, but I don't know how to write the Rationale.. Can anyone please help me with what things need to be in there and how long it's supposed to be? PS: Is it gonna be graded? Thanks so much!! *Sera
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I have a concern. As I have understood it from the language B syllabus the exam consists of the written part and the oral part. The written part is made up by paper 1, paper 2, and a written assignment. My teacher made us do the written assignment last week and she put us in a room for 3 hours and let us as it with the written assignment. She said we were absolutely not allowed to take it home and work on it. I thought it was a bit strange since I thought the written assignment would have been like that of in English A where you were worked on it on your own time and kept to the word count. I didn't see anything on the syllabus that said there was a certain time limit …
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I have writing exam tomorrow what should I do to be totally prepared
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So my oral exam is in two days but I was wondering if you guys had any useful tips for the Oral Exam? (where you get a picture, 15 minutes to prep and 3-4 minutes present to your teacher-with a tape recorder) btw this year IB has changed up some stuff for the SL French curriculum...
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Guys how much are you meant to use from the 3 texts on the written task? Does he IB frown upon direct word for word phrasing from the 3 texts you use or are you meant to copy bits to gain higher marks. My french teacher is really unclear/only explains in french!!! Many Thanks!
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I've recently been accepted in the IB program for next year... At one condition, I get more than 75% in writing (it's gonna be an opinion text 600 words). I'm especially bad in grammar, do you have any tips to improve my writing in french? I currently have an average of 57% in french My exam is next week.
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So I've been seeing a lot of people on here with something called Ab initio for their language. I'm starting my second year of the IB in French SL and I was wondering: what's the difference between French SL and French Ab initio? I know 'Ab initio' means 'from the beginning' in Latin...
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Hello, I've got WA (German Ab initio) tomorrow and wonder whether I can write in "Reflection" heading (question about a person from the target culture) the difference which was not mentioned previously in "Comparison" or not. What do you think about it?
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Hey, so tomorrow is the 3/4th day of our travail ecrit. My format that I have chosen so far is a brochure, but I'm worried about how the brochure will actually look on the official IB exam papers that we have to write our good copies on. So will I just have 3 columns on one page and then 3 columns on the second page, and thats it? And I would have to fill in all the content in each of the columns exactly? It would be amazing if someone could show/tell me an example of how the brochure is supposed to look?
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hey guys, I was just wandering if anyone of you had any past papers for mandarin ab initio. I am kind of stuck trying to get hold of some. Thanks
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What tips would you give a French newbie for getting a score of 7? ^.^
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Hi, I came to Australia(Sydney) from Korea in June this year and started the IB about 4months ago. I chose Korean B HL because its the easiest subject to get a 7(in my case). The language itself is easy for me and while I went to middle school and high school in Korea, I studied a lot of literature so I don't have problem with the that. However, I've read the language B syllabus but I'm still not sure what the syllabus wants me to study and how I have to do the internal assessments. Could somebody explain to me what and how I have to study for the exams and what am I supposed to do for the IA. Also, can the literature I choose be a poem? Or, do I have to choose a play or…
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Hi, next year I am about to enter DP, scary huh? I came to my school last year with no previous experience in spanish and I am still struggling in it. Because I will have had technically had "2" years of it when I enter dp, would they not let me take Spanish inito? Is this policy or do the schools decide case by case? Also other then the fact I am bad at it, I have no desire to learn it, however I do want my Ib diploma, I was reading and I came across somewhere, where it said I could take classic languages in my dp years. (If somehow I could learn Latin and still get my diploma ) Im not sure if they meant instead or with the normal languages? Can anyone shed some light? …
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I love French and it is one of my favourite subjects I've taken up for my course, but how hard is it really to get a 7? Does it get really tough later on?
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I was wondering, (I thought I should ask here because my Spanish teacher is going crazy because of Gov school and everything!), is it possible to drop down to ab initio after taking one year of SL? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't ab initio easier? The thing is, I got an A- first quarter, and a B this past quarter, and that too with extreme studying just to understand what goes on in class! Advice? Should I drop?
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Can someone please explain to me how the french ab initio IA goes about. Like can someone explain the format of it. and word count n all that. after the topic selection. Thanks, Billz270
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Hi, I was wondering if it is recommended if i change my ab initio subject from mandarin to french, but we have learnt a fair bit and teachers say it might be hard for me to catch up? Do you think it would be good say both subject have cover 1/3 of the syllabuss
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[Language B Internals] Explanation
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Hi guys, I have my Language B internals in a few months, and was wondering what was exactly in it. I have yet to speak with my Language B organiser as I am doing a self taught language. I understand that there there is an oral (photo) component, written assignment and interactive. Could anyone briefly explain the three parts please? Many thanks.
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ok guys, this is somehow urgent.... My wriiten assignment English, Language B HL is tomorrow. It is all rather....spontaneous. I shall be creative, and related my text to something I read in class, ok. I chose Brave New World and decided to write a diary enrty from Johnäs perspective. QUESTION: Does john have to live in the time of Huxleys book? Could I write it form a John still living today, comparing the World State to our actual world? Is that permitted or do I have to stay in the time of the book? Thanks a lot for your help Best wishes, Tina
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ok so i'm about to do my written task in chinese. I have my sources for the task. However, I used easybib for the citations and the author's names are in pinyin. Keep in mind though that the source is written in chinese. So for instance, Chi-Kuo Shen. Discovering Chinese: Volume 3. Palo Alto, CA: Better Chinese, 2006. Print. My chinese teacher says that I should put the names in characters but it's really hard to find the characters and type them on the computer because I have the sources scanned online. It doesn't say anything bout this in the ib language guide so... I'm asking y'all for opinions here. thanks :*
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For the written assignment, when using English sources, do you quote them in English?
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I'm taking French SL and I have my final IOC today! i really don't know how exactly is it going to be carried out, and what i'm expected to do. do I get an image that i have to describe? HOW SHOULD I ACE IT? HELP!
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So I have been a French student since eighth grade and I am bilingual before taking French. I know Mandarin, I am literate in it as in I can read and write in it. But I have not taken the Mandarin course before. So a couple days ago I asked to be assessed by the IB Mandarin teacher and I got accepted into SL Mandarin. My friends and my current French teacher isn't too thrilled about this. Most of my friends are doing French and only two of them are doing Mandarin SL. I have heard from the upper grade people that if I take French SL (as that is my only option), the highest mark I can get is a 5. I really love French but I don't want my diploma grades to suffer. Currently, …
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Ok, so I'm taking SL french and I need some serious help. French is fun for me, but I'm not really enjoying the class to be honest. I feel dumb and like I can't improve. My speaking is horrible, but with reading if I take my time, I can comprehend most of it, depending on what I'm reading. I need help mainly with listening, and speaking. And with the writing i'm getting better, or at least I think i'm getting better. A lot of the times in the class I give up because I feel like everyone is so ahead of me, and I have no time to prove myself, and improve. We move through things so fast, and it's frustrating because I know I can do it... I just need a slower pace. What are…
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hello fellow survival-ers, below is a German exercise that my teacher asked us to write. it is about the film "merry christmas" by Christian Carion. Anyway, in the review i focused on the camera perspectives, music and the setting. Any constructive crticism is welcome. Merry Christmas – Ein Film über Krieg? Die Fetzen fliegen. Bomben explodieren. Das ist Krieg. Wir schreiben 1914, der erste Weltkrieg ist in voller Kraft aun kein Ende in Sicht. Mittendrin sitzt die ganze Welt, die sich langsam aber sicher selbst zerstört. Merry Christmas (original: Joyeux noël )ein Speilfilm von Christian Carion, erzählt die erwarmende Geschichte des Waffenstillstands am 24.12.1914, wo die…
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Hi. I have a question about written assignment in english b hl. quote from guide: 'Written assignment HL: Students are required to adhere to a word limit of 500–600 words, plus a 150-word rationale' i don't understand if it's minimum 150 words of rationale or maximum? Or maybe exactly 150 words?
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Hi everyone I have already done a written task about Media/language; and I made a political speech However now I have to write the other written task, which is the literature one. I am slightly confused though, because what are actually some of the options for this task? I mean you are not supposed to make a brochure and stuff like that? I had the idea to do an interview with a character, (David Lurie) from the book Disgrace. In which I ask questions about his view (after the disgrace in the end of the book). Do you think this would be a good idea for the task, and if so.. can I truly just write the questions and answers on my own or should I refer to that specifc vie…
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I have my French Ab Initio SL Paper I tomorrow. Only 4 comprehensions are coming in tomorrow's test. Is there some website where I can view the past Ab Initio papers or practice french comprehensions? Also some tips for tomorrow's paper would really help. Thanks in advance.
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Hey, I'm doing German as my second language this year in IB. I've decided that in order to cover the vocab, I will read some German material every day. By this I mean just 15 minutes a day of reading basic German things like news articles or storybooks, because I know vocab is best learnt in context and other tools like flashcards can be limited in discovering new vocab. Could anyone suggest a good source of simple German reading material? Or more generally (in any language), what forms of written material did you find effective for getting a better grasp of your second language while learning. Often I find news articles a bit too complex, and children's books I have fo…
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HELP! I am about to take the May 2012 examinations and am very concerned about my Latin SL class. My school is offering the IB for the first time ever and there has been quite some confusion. As I was checking the prescribed list of authors again, I found a document stating that I had been studying all the wrong option, the ones only eligible from 2013 on. Conducting further research, I found some documents confirming and others faulting my suspicion. This one states that the below list is correct for 2012. http://www.theclassicslibrary.com/prescribed%20authors.pdf These ones, one the other hand, tell me that the mentioned list is wrong for 2012. http://www.google.de/ur…
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Hello for tomorrow I have the writting assignment for English B HL and I've been thinking to make an essay but Im not sure if its able to make an essay for this assignment. I was thinking to change the essay for a script of a TV show. What do you guys think is better? I think I more prepared for writting an essay than a script but I need to know your opinion about it. Also I've another question, Is the title of the essay include in the word counting of the task? I'll appreciate your help! thanks!!
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Hello everyone, Ok, so I'm the only Latin IV in my school (the joke is the class is compiled of the Latin III's and Elizabeth) and my Latin teacher is still getting the hang of being an IB teacher. I'm the first IB Latin IV she's ever had so we're both kinda stumbling along, (she became an IB teacher officially my freshman year I think... and I've had her all 4 years) My main problem is with the IA. (she knows her stuff translation wise so I'm not too worried about that) Does anyone have any idea what the research dossier should look like format wise when completed? The 800 word max limit is also giving me some trouble... Are SL IA's generally limited to 800 words? If I h…
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I'm doing my travaille-écrit on La Fête Des Lumières, dans Lyon. And I'm supposed to write about things that a person from the Francophone world would find surprising in India, when we celebrate Diwali. I need suggestions as I cannot think of things to write down for that..
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Hello So I think I need major advice and help, and I'd greatly appreciate it !! Ok, so the situation is the following: I am doing the full IB Diploma, however a Non-regular diploma. I am doing English A2, Biology, and Chemistry as HL and Math, Physics and Arabic A2 as SL. I am not a native English speaker, but I have been studying English for 10 years so I consider it as a first language as well. My mother-tongue language is Arabic. Although I love my language, I am doing English as HL instead because I am planning to study abroad (hopefully) and I think it will help me greatly and improve my English. The problem is that my teacher is very bad. She does nothing with us …
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Hello So I think I need major advice and help, and I'd greatly appreciate it !! Ok, so the situation is the following: I am doing the full IB Diploma, however a Non-regular diploma. I am doing English A2, Biology, and Chemistry as HL and Math, Physics and Arabic A2 as SL. I am not a native English speaker, but I have been studying English for 10 years so I consider it as a first language as well. My mother-tongue language is Arabic. Although I love my language, I am doing English as HL instead because I am planning to study abroad (hopefully) and I think it will help me greatly and improve my English. The problem is that my teacher is very bad. She does nothing with u…
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Hey IBS, Long story short, I need help in Spanish. If anyone doing Spanish ab initio wants to be penpals and learn from each other, that's fantastic, please PM Hell, if a Spanish SL, HL or native speaker is generous enough to write me, I would be eternally grateful. Thanks and much love
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I'm not sure if Higher Level is the same as A2. It's the second level of the language. I'm sincerely worried that I won't pass my Spanish oral this year. Last year, I almost failed the oral- and that was the lower level! Plus, the teacher this year speaks so quietly and fast that my class never knows exactly what is going on (not good, right?). SO if I do fail, can I still get the diploma?
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I seriously cannot find any other Latin students on here and I am looking for discussion about the translations as well as a penpal who is interested in putting our Latin to use and writing in Latin to eachother. Thanks!!
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I have a reading eval tomorrow, and unless I learn how to read the sentences, I'm completely screwed. I'm fine with the basics, but how do you read, for instance, "estas trenzas me las hizo una amiga en Francia, mi pais de origen" or "Ya ves que aunque no tengas much o dinero puedes estar a la moda igual"? Help would be appreciated.
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Now I have subject choices in my school and I'm hesitating between english b hl and a2 sl. Could someone explain what's the diference between them? If I'm not a native speaker (learning traditionally, not in an english-speaking school, since the first grade), is it possible for me to cope with the a2 and get a good grade? I have already 3 hls instead of english.
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I am currently a sophomore and will be taking IB Mandarin SL next year. I actually only started Mandarin (the course was called Mandarin I) last year in my freshman year but since I displayed a higher-level of speaking and writing proficiency at the end of the year in comparison to the other students in my grade, they bumped me up to Mandarin III this year. I currently know how to write about 800 characters give or take, and can recognize about 1000. The book that we studied in Mandarin I and III follows the Yuan Dong publishing corp. from Taiwan. We also take supplementary grammar and vocabularies from the widely used Chinese Made Easy series as well for IB prep. So for …
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Hi, I've heard that if I take english B, I will be a bit disadvantaged if I am studying overseas (places like UK or USA) School have started for about three months, is it too late to switch from english B to A2? (My teacher last year told me that B may be too easy for me and suggest me to take A2 instead, but I want an easy 7 so I took English B)
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What the title says.. And I've taken japanese language profeciency test N3. I kind of want a comparison. If I was confortable with the language test, will this course be super easy for me? Similar level? I don't know because the school I go to at the moment doesn't offer Japanese B.
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Spanish ab initio
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We're only three in our class and my teacher is not an IB certified teacher and has no clue what she's doing! How do I study for the May 2012 exam in Spanish?
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Does anyone have the syllabus for French B (SL) for the exams in 2014? I've been looking on the net, but can't find anything with the exception of the general one (for language B). Thanks in advance
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I am planning on doing a debate between an oxford dictionary expert and an urban dictionary expert. My ideas are: - Having a preliminary-speach so that the expert on both sides have the opportunity to say their pros and cons of their area of expertease. - After that have a space for debate on the speeches highlight what each of them are not in agreement. - Have a celebrity who uses language as their way to make a living (like eminem for example) and have some questions on what he thinks about language and whether we apply slang and other "urban" terms in our daily use. But the debate has to be oriented on "How is language used to create meaning?" so I was thinking on de…
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