Languages A2, B and Ab Initio
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Hello everybody, I made the silly choice of taking Japanese B SL after achieving an A* in Year 10. I am now in Year 13, however the bane of my IB diploma is Japanese, in which I am struggling to achieve a 6! Now, I don't really expect it but I would like a 7. But my biggest question is if it is possible, and how on earth to achieve it? I'm at my wit's end with Japanese. Not sure if this is any different to other languages, but it is Paper 1 /40; Paper 2 /25; Written Assignment /25; Group Oral /10; Individual Oral /20. This language is really pulling me down. I struggle to achieve 50% on the paper one as we are not taught as much as 25% of the kanji that come up on the pap…
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I've always been decent at Spanish, but this year it's been kick my a**. Much of what we have been doing is taking practice Paper 1s, which are almost completely reading comprehension based. Does anyone have any tips or ideas that will help me to do better on these and just Spanish SL in general?
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Hi guys, Is there anyone out there who can volunteer to help me with my French Ab initio?? I am really struggling with it. Thanks,
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What would Spanish B HL be in the European way of "measuring" languages? B1, B2, C1? I couldn't find it anywhere, hope you guys know! ;P
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Hi Does anybody has the syllabus for languages B for exams on 2014?
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Hi, this is my first post here! I just wanted to ask if complete beginners will be highly disadvantaged taking ab initio subjects. This might appear to be a little bit odd (considering the fact that the subject was designed for beginners) but it is to my knowledge that many ab initio students have prior knowledge of the language (eg. taking them at IGCSE level). With the bell curve system in place, can newbies like me still manage at least a 6 for the subject (assuming a fair bit of hard work, of course)? Thanks for the help!
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Hi, I was wondering if the IB SL Mandarin Language B exam allows you to write in both traditional and simplified characters? As in writing some words in traditional and some words in simplified on the same question/paragraph/essay or whatever. Thanks!
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I have my further oral in a few days and i have to do a discussion between an oxford dictionary expert and an urban dictionary expert... can someone give me ideas of what can i discuss about? good and bad things of both urban and "normal" dictionaries? thanks
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I'm currently a sophomore and in the middle of selecting my IB choices for next year. My dilemma lies in group 2. I don't know whether to choose French B or Vietnamese A1 (standard level either way). I'm a Viet, but to be honest my Vietnamese really isn't that great. I can easily write literary commentaries in English, but I struggle to do the same in my mother tongue. This is really a big problem cuz Viet is only available at A1, which focuses heavily on literature analyses and all that. I know Vietnamese A1 has a really high percentage of students getting 7s, but I highly doubt I belong to that category. I've been studying French as a second language for 4-5 years now, …
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Hey guys as there is not really a place to ask questions about stuff you don't understand in both languages, I thought it could be discussed here and I could help as a native speaker. I can help with Grammar and sentence structure, however as I am doing German A Lit and French A Lang and Lit, I don't really know how the B curriculum or ab initio curriculum works...
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When do you use either one of them? I thought passe compose was for a completed action, but according to google search this is not the case? I recently found out about the passe simple and according to google, this tense is used for completed actions. Im confuzzled
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hi, I've got a question. I recently needed motivation for learning french. I don't understand movies (and I don't have to) which was the best way to learn english in my case, I also don't like french music so I started to listen to french versions of disney songs (great method!) And trying to understand some lyrics I came across this: more precisely, the first word. Can anyone tell me what 'dites' means here? I assume it's a form of 'dire' of course but it doesn't suit anything I've learned till now. I'd say it's imperatif but it shouldn't be written that way in this case...
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Okay so I'm currently doing IB French B HL and I'm getting straight As (or 7 if you want what it is equivalent to in IB talk) for both my oral and writing, but I seem to have a huge problem in my paper 1 (comprehension) . It's not like I'm failing it but I could do way better (i.e. get a 7). My problem with it is that I always seem to overestimate what they want in the questions and so I give a huge and complex answer that no one would have thought of, and I think that I don't always understand the question and their answers (especially the ones where they tell you to provide a question or title to a particular part of the test). Does anyone have any tips or suggestion…
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Hey, I have my mock for Japanese B Papers 1 and 2 tomorrow. As far as I'm aware, the Criteria Breakdown is as follows: A/10 = Language/grammar. B/10 = Message. C/5 = Format/Text Type. I can create a grammar mnemonic that will allow me to jot down a lot of grammar structures before my exam, and thus in theory obtain a lot of marks for my criteria A. However, my fatal flaw with Japanese is the darned kanji. Thing is, I remember them vaguely but they shroud themselves in just enough ambiguity that I am unconfident to write them in the paper!! Therefore only kinda simple kanji or regular kanji get written by me. Don't get me wrong, I do use a decent range, but not much, and e…
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Written Task Spanish Written Assignment
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Okay, so apparently in Spanish Ab Initio we have to write a written assignment with regard to four texts. I would like if you guys could help me out with this. It would also be great if I could get a sample written assignment as well. Regards.
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Hey guys, I couldn't really fing that anywhere... What is the difference between English A2 and English B? In my school, we have to do English A2, but all of my classmates say it's way too hard and we want to switch it to English B, but... No one really knows how A2 is different from B. Can you help us a little bit?
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I take english B and we have a writing assignment and the teacher required us to write a rationale with it. how should i write a rationale? do i have to include the conclusion of the novel in the rationale?
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Is anyone taking Dutch?
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Hey What sup guys Didn't find any topic related to Arabic language .. that why I opened this thread for any Arabian person from the middle east and the rest of the world ---------------------------Line Of Arabic --------------------الخـــــــــط العربي------------------------------ يا هلا السلام عليكم وكيف الحال يا اهل العرب.. مرحبا بكم بصفحة اللغة العربية في منتدى الاي بي
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I really need help, i just started with my IB, and Im doing German ab. i am finding it really hard to catch on. whats the difference between SL and ab? if im finding it to be such a hassle in the first few months, should i continue or change my subject?
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Do you draft your paper 2 responses for your language? I have finished my exams for my language already and scored decently well (6). In discussion with someone, I found it surprising that they drafted their paper 2 responses before rewriting them. Don't get me wrong, I didn't just start writing stuff all over the page. I thought it through, made a rough plan, then made a detailed plan (with a few words and sentences), I brainstormed for a while and took my time writing it. But I didn't write it out twice....
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i'm starting IB2 tomorrow and i might have to take Spanish B HL i'll be essentially starting from scratch. All I took was beginner's Spanish for less than one semester. is it possible to get to the level needed in spanish to get a 6 on the test? what do I need to know? is it possible? and can anyone link me to where I can learn spanish grammar quickly and easily? any information is helpful, thanks
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Hey Guys! Just wondering if people know any good resources/material that is good for revision for the IB German Ab Initio course, i.e. revision notes, online material, etc. I have my German examinations May 2013; so I want to start preparing and revising now cause I really want a 7 for German Any help would be great!
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Thanks in advance
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I've heard there is a Spanish Vocabulary list that is available, with the most important vocab you need to know, a bit like what the GCSE students get given... Does anyone have this at all? Tried asking my school but have had no luck and would really like to start learning them!!
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2013 Syllabus
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Obviously as many of you well know; there has been syllabus changes in the Language B course, in effect from 2013. Could someone elaborate how it is different from the previous years?
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Hey guys. right now I'm in the middle of doing research for my Group 2 English EE paper. i was wondering if anyone here knows a link where i can get my hands on some old english ee exemplars. i am quite familiar with what the standard is for first language EE but I'm not sure about how its supposed to be written for second language since i heard that expectations are slightly lower. do i need to focus more on the literary aspects and if so how much depth is expected of it. I just want to get a feel of how it ought to be. if anyone is willing to share his/her past English EE I'd really appreciate it too. Thanks in advance
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How hard is Chinese SL? i heard that the syllabus got changed slightly last year and its supposed to be harder now than it was before ;/ i plan on doing it anticipated (in year 11 rather than year 12), but im worried that the essay topic and content may be too dense. I'm studying in melbourne, aus and here we've got VCE as our diploma.. ive done the VCE 3&4 exams and they are alright, is chinese SL much harder than this?
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Does A2= higher level?
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Ab Initio Material for French Ab Initio (Updated)
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Do you guys know of any material I could use to study some French on my own? I know that French needs interaction but I just want to learn/teach myself some grammar and vocabulary. Thanks. Edit: Okay guys. So maybe I didn't make myself sound too clear... I missed a lot of school and I want to teach myself French. As much as I have tried to consult my French teacher for advice she never returns emails/messages and the only way I would be able to contact her would be in person (which is not possible in my current situation). My teacher used to teach the class using material from all over. She supposedly used random excerpts from Pearson Expo books levels 1 through GCSE and …
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Hi I am currently taking English B HL but I have a problem with reading......(Silly huh??) Can anyone give me any suggestion of how to do well in reading a passage, especially a long one??. Thank you.
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Internals for Language B Self Taught
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Hi I am doing Self Taught Korean B (Language B) and I looked at the syllabus and was unsure of the exact internals I will have to go through. Could someone who has experience or knowledge with the aspect please give me a brief outline of the internals I will have to produce for Korean B (or just language B, as I understand all language B's have one syllabus) self taught? My knowledge is limited to knowing that there is an oral component. Thank you.
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Hi is there any lists of vocabulary that has most of the vocab we will need to take the exam successfully? I really need to improve my own vocabulary and don't really want to learn anything that is not going to be needed If there is no list then does anyone have any ideas on topics you need to know? Thanks in advanced!
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Um hi! Im new here and I have a few questions but in this topic one.I will be joining IB next year and I have taken French B SL, I have taken french since the 6 grade, I know from the present, passe recent, future, passe compose, imparfait and 2 more I think, is it enough? is it very hard? Thanks, Regards Javi (HardHead)
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I found this about an hour ago and it's what I have been wanting since I began IB. http://www.tagaini.net/
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Hey, just looking for some people who can give out advice on how to study for Japanese! I'm struggling with the massive vocab requirements. My grammar's fine, but i can't handle all of the new words. Can anyone help with this, or does anyone need help? We're open for discussion!
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So the last exam is approaching quickly, which for me is French ab initio. But I sort of avoided studying french all this time because I usually just do okay. But I'm sort of freaking out because I know sometimes I just get really lost on Paper 1. Any suggestions for how to revise for Paper 1 and Paper 2? Since paper 1 tends to have a lot of stuff you haven't seen I know it's harder to prep for, my teacher just suggests going over all the vocab we've ever done on any topic. But I feel like that's such a crazy amount because there's a lot of stuff I sort of got by without really doing in depth and since we don't have a real textbook (just this useless thing which is more …
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Hi everybody. I've got a mock of an individual oral coming up - the new kind where you get a photo related to one of your options and, after 15 minutes of prep, you have to talk about it for 3 - 4 minutes and then discuss it with the examiner/teacher for 5 - 6 minutes. I've got the Skills and Practice book which I've yet to read that my teacher recommended, but what I'd really like is some good ol' IB Survival advice! Maybe I'm just totally incompetent, but I couldn't find anything related to the new orals... So, in summary... HELP! -- Ahmed.
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French grade boundaries
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I can't seem to find them anywhere. Maybe because French Ab is not "common"? Does anyone know or have the grade boundaries? Even if it's just a rough idea. Thanks
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FreeExamPapers can only give me papers from 2000 to 2007, what about the 3-4 years since then... since those are the newest papers, does anyone know where I could possibly find French B SL Papers from 2008-2011?
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hi guys, so ive been taking Chinese Lit SL for nearly one whole year already, im getting 4/5s for my reports and im feeling really stressed about it since im trying to aim for higher total grades for my report. im considering about changing classes to Mandarin B SL which im pretty sure i'll be getting 7s for my reports, but what im most concerned about is would it actually affect my college application?? the school further education counselor told us how there was this one student who was capable of taking Chinese A but ended up taking Mandarin B just to earn higher grades to get into better schools but backfired and was rejected by a few colleges. im not sure if they wer…
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Hi, My French B exam is this Tuesday. I was just wondering can someone explain the jist of connecteur logique to me? For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about it, connecteur logique is that part you see on Paper 1 where the word is replaced with a [X] or a number like [1] or [2]. Often, the word bank given to you has words like contre, mais, avant de, jamais, apres que, etc. Is there a way to easily answer this section? Tips, suggestions? Anything is appreciated!
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As you all know, French B exams are creeping up (22nd), so I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to get a level 7. I know that in order to do well in paper 1, past exams are a must. Another useful tip for paper 1 is to know the linking words and some common vocabulary that comes up over and over on exams (again see past exams) For paper 2, I guess the main thing is knowing the formats. Does anyone have a list of the formats and what they involve? Here are a few: Formal Letter Informal Letter Brochure Tract (flyer) Newspaper article Discours Any help would be greatly appreciated as I really want that level 7 but have not been given very much guidance as to how to a…
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Hi, Can anyone please explain to me how to write several different formats for Paper 2 of my French B exam? Obviously a link would help, but if there's no link, I need help with: un journal intime, un article, une lettre officielle/a un ami, un discours and une critique.
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7 in ab initio?
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How hard is it to score a 7 in ab initio considering that you have no prior knowledge of the language? Is it even possible to write an essay in just two years of learning the language?
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Hello, I was wondering what are all the types or genres that one may be required to write during Paper 2 exam?
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I know that 30% of the overall subject mark comes from Internal Assessments, but what percentage of P1 and P2 contributes to final mark? Are they equally weighted?
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do we actually need to revise anything.. i mean they're basically comprehensions
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I will be starting Year 1 of the Diploma program this September and I am worried, especially about my second language. I will be taking SL French, and I was just wondering if anyone has ever taken it. If you did, what did you think of it? Any tips? My teacher this year was horrible so I didn't learn a lot. I like French, but for some reason, I'm just not good at it.
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