Languages A2, B and Ab Initio
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So at my school, we finish French B SL, our only Group 2 option, in May 2009, which is in about... 3 months. We've spent the better part of the last 2 months doing tons of orals and the occasional essay. Thus, we've began writing mock exams. We had a mock Paper 2 yesterday that we finished today, and immediately after, we received a Paper 1... ...and I literally died. We had barely done any Paper 1 work since around October, and here it is, strung out to us so randomly and with barely and prepration. I had glanced at some sample Paper 1s from 2005 and on, and they didn't look trop facile. This exam was from MAY 1999 and was utterfly confusing. The questions were ex…
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Hey guys, Does anyone have a link to English A2 past papers of May 2011. I've got math HL may 2011 papers last summer already with the single help of their code from some member here. Therefore I am pretty sure they're out in internet somewhere. I can indeed provide with math hl papers whoever needs them. love and love
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Is it true that if you write your EE in another language, it only has to be 1,000 words? I read the guide lines for group 2 for the EE, but it said nothing about it being only 1,000 words, but everyone at my school in ib is saying it.
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HI, does anybody know why there are no practice Paper 1 Exams for French B/SL from 2009 to 2010? If any of you have them, please let me know. Thanks in advance.
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My french oral's tomorrow and I'm stressing out because I have no idea how hard its going to be. My topic is "The Tour de France."
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what are the differences in HL and SL spanish B? sorry if this has been asked before. i'm in spanish B SL1 and i have an A... so i was thinking i should do HL next year. i am not a native speaker. also, did they change the individual oral for B languages? i thought you picked a topic and presented it and then your teacher asked you questions about it, but my teacher said that they give you a picture and you have to describe it and then your teacher asks you about it... which is it? sorry if i seem kinda stupid in IB stuff haha... i start the whole program next year but they let you take your foreign language early if you have all the prerequisites at my school.
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5 words a day - French Ab initio
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Hi, So, my teacher has asked me to broaden my French vocabulary and I need to learn 5 words min a day. I was just wondering whether there were any websites or resources that randomly generated words or even better, one that lists key vocab? Thanks
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Ok so for language B papers, I always had a preference for the HL papers compared to the SL papers..probably because in SL if you lost 1 point you would lose an entire percent, whereas with HL if you lost 1 point in paper 1 it would be < 1% because the paper is out of 60! And also you would have much more choice in paper 2 and I just found the topics a lot more stimulating like to do with social issues and stuff much more than in SL exams!! For my mocks we were given a HL paper I scored a solid 7 (93%), for my finals I got a 6 in SL! And the HL results were generally better (2 7's and 2 6's)! Whereas with SL it was 1 6 (me) and then 5 5's. Is it just me or does anyone …
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Hello, I'm having a Chinese oral this Wednesday and I am very worried about my tone in Chinese. I started learning Chinese in 9th grade which is considerably late compared to my classmates who had been studying Chinese for at least more than 5 years. Some even learned chinese for 10 years! I am probably at disadvanatage, but I took it because I felt like it was better to be good at one language than to be so-so at many different languages. Okay, I'm rambling too much. Haha. So, my main concern is the tone in Chinese. I am horrible with tones. How do we get better at speaking Chinese? Listen to the Chinese book CD's? I know confidence helps, but I can't help but feel smal…
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I am currently in yr 12, doing both chinese and eng A language n literature my chinese is not very good compared to the others in my language a class Most people in my school do one language A and one B, so I am worried that choosing 2 language A s will give me a lower IB score, n the work load might be too high. so i am now considering if i should change to chinese b SL. (i cant do chinese B HL, as I 've already got 3 HL subjects, which i do not want to change i am still considering as I am worried that chinese B sl might be too easy for me, as i dont want to change to a class where I cant learn any thing new
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French IOC
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Is the french IOC marked in component score? also my topic is niqab banning in france and the conflicts in canada with it. anyone got any suggestions of what i could say to improve my mark which is an IB 4+ in french i just get so nervous my IOC is 2 weeks from now, what do you guys suggest i do to improve my skills of speaking on the spot?
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What would be a good oral topic for my Spanish B oral assessment?
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French is far from my best subject and I know that I need help with it. Hypothetically, if I were to relearn french from a grade 9 level (I'm not that bad at french but any review is good) to a grade 11 SL French level, how would I go about doing so?
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Hey guys, How do you learn/improve on your French vocabulary? I'm in French SL, and I want to widen my vocabulary and understanding of the French language to get a 7 Anyone know of any websites/apps that have really helped you? Thanks!
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Currenly I'm getting ready for my english individual oral, my topic is "gay marriage in south africa". Any suggestions? how do i do the first part of my individual oral?
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Hey I'm completing the rationale form for my written task and I'm confused in the audience part. My written task is a diary of a fictional character, should I therfore state "himself" as the audience? Thanks for all answers in advance
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I need to write my English A2 written task from "The Great Gatsby". If anyone knows some appropriate topic or can give some advice about what to avoid, etc, I'd be really thankful! Thank you for your help
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Hello everyone. My question is: approximately what are the equivalencies between DELF/DALF levels and IB French levels? I would suspect that French A1 HL would be equivalent to DALF C2 of course, but what about the other French IB levels (i.e. French AB Initio SL, B SL, B HL, A2 SL, A2 HL, A1 SL, A1 HL)? What DELF/DALF levels would these correspond to (i.e. A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2)? Thanks for taking the time out to read my query (and hopefully answer it).
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I'm prepping for French Oral Exam right now and I'm trying to come up with general discussion questions to practice talking in french. Post your past questions please? Tips are also welcome.
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I have my IOP for Spanish B HL the week after my holidays, so I need to start preparing. My teacher told us that we need to talk/present for 10 minutes and after this we'll have a class discussion about the topic. However, I just checked my OSC guide and there it says 10 - 12 minutes for the entire presentation including the discussion. I also read something similar in this forum, where the presentation is broken up into 3 chunks of 3 - 4 minutes. Is my teacher wrong about the presentation being 10 minutes followed by a discussion? So what do I do? Do I prepare a 10 minute presentation on the topic (without discussion) or a 3 - 4 minute presentation? I can e-mail my tea…
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My presentation
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I am having my French B presentation in January or February. I am going to talk about something related to a French speaking country so I'm wondering what topics that are appropriate and which are not?
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Salut! Pour les devoirs pour mes vacances, mon prof de francais dit que tout le classe doivent trouvent un video en francais et parle sur le sujet pour 5 minutes. J'ai choisi la bande-annonce pour 'Ratatouille' (en francais bien sur!) mais je ne sais pas quoi encore ecrire. Est-ce qu'il y a quel qu'un qui peut m'aider - je peux envoyer ce que j'ai fait en ce moment? Merci : - ) - mk P.S : Sorry for the bad French, I'm sure there must be loads of grammatical errors in there
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Does anyone know where I can find a list of the different text types within the areas of communication of the English A2 Higher Written Task????
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Hello everyone I just need to know how is the format of my oral should be? I mean what should say in the introduction? and what should come next? My teacher gave me about 6 or 7 ways that are completely different to each other and couldn't figure which one is the most suitable to use. Can anyone please give me the format? like: Introduction : the extract, author, audience for 2-3 min 4-6 min the themes and so on Thanks in advance
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Hey, so I have this question about my written task, I am doing a journalistic review of something. I put it in a kind of news paper form but then the character size is changed to about 10. Is this character size acceptable?
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Hi, so I'm the only student doing Latin this year and I'm pretty sure I'm the first ever student to do Latin at IB level at my school, so my IB Coordinator and I are pretty lost. I have private Latin lessons from a teacher who works at a public school, so she knows nothing about the IB at all. So, I have a couple of questions about the dossier. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It has to be about an Ancient Roman topic, right? Can it be a comparison of some aspect of society (e.g. women's rights) in Ancient Rome AND Ancient Greece or must it be solely about Rome? Also, it has to be in the language of examination (English for me), not in Latin, right? At SL maximum word cou…
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Hey Everyone, Does anyone know the seen texts for the Latin SL syllabus, first examinations 2012? Thanks in advance
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Hi guys I'm in English B HL class, and I'm having my semester exam in 2 days, and my english teacher said that we will have one of the past papers as our exam. And all she said was "One of the text is about travelling". I really need a good grade for english so i can pull up my GPA. So im just desperately trying to find a english B past paper that has a text about travelling. Does any one know which one it is? You don't even have to upload it you can just tell me which one it is, like from 2009 or whatever? PLEASE. THANK YOU:D
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we're having our English B individual oral practice soon, but I only have a few understanding in the english b orals. what will it be like? what should i talk about? we do have an research question and our teacher said we'll just need to talk about it. how would english B individual orals be like???
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Which have you studied? Which is easier? Which is better? Which is more useful? Which is more fun?
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Hey, I am having my Individual Oral Presentation next week and I am starting to panic that 3minutes won't be enough for anything... Could you please help me find some good topic that includes one cultural option, such as violence, femine, poverty, etc.??? Thanks!!!
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which one would be easier? I have done mandarin for the past 3 years but i wasnt reallly paying attention in classes so really do not know anything. However, I can speak cantonese which is the other dialect of mandarin but i cannot write anything. I am considering switching to indonesian if it will be a lot easier
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Hey everyone! My current program is: HL - Modern Greek, History, German B SL - Math, Economics and Biology I'm thinking of changing Economics to English B, standard level. I can speak pretty well English, my best friend is American, so we speak in English with each other, I don't think I will have a problem. The level is anyways pretty low in B languages. My only concern is that I lost three months of the course (IB1 student) but I've read the book they studied (Lord of the Flies). Please tell me what you think! By the way, I want to study Politics in the US
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Hey guys Is there anyone who bought the OUP French B Study Guide/Course Companion? I'm planning to buy one but I don't know whether I should buy one or both. Also, what's your opinion on the OSC French Study guide?
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Personally, I'm a very outgoing person and I love to perform. I'm in forensic speech, choir, and orchestra, so I'm very used to and love to be in front of people. However, when it comes to Spanish, I find that I'm suddenly taken with a sort of stage fright and can hardly get out a sentence. It's my favorite subject and I'm quite proficient in the language though, which makes my nervousness even stranger. Any ideas how I can help this?
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Hello, I am in crisis since Spanish was the lowest of my marks. I need to pump it up to a 6, or I'll be toast! Do you have any example of a website or an online tool to help me through? Thank you
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Being from Tanzania Kiswahili is a popular option to take. So I was just curious how popular it is out of Tanzania. If you are taking Kiswhaili or your school is offering it I just wanna know where you are from. And if any help is needed I will be willing to try and help .
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Hi! Is it possible to study French A2 self taught (it's not done in my school) at higher level?? My other highers are Psychology & English. Standard: Bio, Spanish & Math studies. I'm French, and I don't know yet of i'll study (psychology) in France or in the UK. Thanks!
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Hey guys, i'm in one of those unfortunate situations; i first started this course with the idea that it would be very easy and I wouldn't have to spend much time on it, because to me it wasn't that important. I thought that I could instead spend my time putting more effort in to other parts of my timetable. To my surprise i got put in a ab initio class that does more work than the highers (I think the teacher has problems - i'll leave it there). Long story short, I'm putting a lot of effort in to this class and my grades aren't improving. One of the reasons why this class makes my skin chill is because the way we are graded in class is so random. Sometimes we are told we…
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Hi everyone. My oral report is next week and it's about controversial topics (in favor and against). Any option? (different from the most common ones like homosexuality, abortion, clonation, death penalty, euthanasia etc) Please help! thanks!!!!!
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i have to give in my subject and type of writing. what is something easy to do?? we are studying media
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Help with sentence formation using Korean
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I am taking a Korean class but I have to make sentences with these words but I do not know how.Please help! 낫다 to be better 마치다 to end 업다 to hug, to hold 안다 to carry on one's back
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大家好， 汉语太难了。。。：（ 我是 安地， 我住在新西兰。 虽然我的汉语不好，我喜欢说汉语。 在这论坛里只能说汉语。 你好吗？
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On the Spanish B SL Paper 2, what words are omitted from the word count, I know uno(a), unos(as), de, but what others?
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Hi guys, as I understand most of the students write an extra chapter/scene/pastiche or a diary entry as their poetic communication written task, however I saw a poem which was based on gatsby and got a 7, soi looked it up and 'discovered' that there are acutally many different kinds of texts one can write. Has anyone done a cartoon, parody or song lyric(not srue what that means actually) on a book? or travel writing? I wrote my first written task on death of a salesman, did a poem but my teacher wasn't sure if it was a good idea.. but at the same time we're the first ones to do IB so she has no experience.. hm so any ideas?
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I'm taking Spanish ab next year, which is in 3 months and I was just wondering if learning the language a bit beforehand would help. At first I thought learning extra would be nice but then I reconsidered that once the lesson reached where u dropped from ur self-studying, you'll be the same as everyone else, so it would be time-wasting anyways So should I take informal classes/ self teach Spanish ab before starting IB course?
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Hello all! I was just wondering if I'm doing Japanese B SL, what level of JPLT should I be able to attain at the end of my two years? Thanks in advance!
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Hi guyss, My german exam is this friday >< I know that it is a little late to be asking questions but for paper 1 "Teil B" [part B] what do they mean by "without undue copying". How much copying can we do?? :/ I like to copy out large chunks because I find it hard to rephrase. A second thought, I am soooo doomed for german. Es ist zu schwer. Ich sollte eine andere Sprache gelernt.. [if that sentence is even correct :/]
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I've been taking Spanish for four years and I was expected to take the tests in SL but i have a hard time in that class and it is really hard for me. I'm already fluent in three languages and Spanish would be my fourth so i was wondering if they would allow me to test in ab initio. Should i even try to make a case/defend my situation?
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Hey guys, so I have my IB french oral coming up with my teacher and I'm doing it on the painting "La Trahison des Images" by Rene Magritte and the painting's theme is basically that a word and an object have no necessary connection other than that we collectively assigned that word and that object to go together. I was wondering if anyone, whether you speak french or not, could just come up with questions that you would ask me about the panting (which is the the second part of the oral). I want to be as prepared as possible and I am not entireley sure what type of questions to expect. So if any of you have any experience with doing orals on paintings, or if you just hav…
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