Languages A2, B and Ab Initio
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Anybody know any German idioms that would be useful in the exam? Danke schoen.
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A2 Written Task
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Hey guys I have to turn in my first written task in a couple of days about war reporting and propaganda. My topic is the use of propaganda during World War 2 in America, but I'm not sure what type of text would be more reasonable: an opinion column (from the present time about World War 2) or an article written in the newspaper during WW2 to convince americans of being involved in the war? Hope you guys can help me I'm kind of lost. Leo
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So I'm doing SL French (so far I just started my first semester) and it's the only subject I'm struggling with (I'm expecting a 5-6 in all my other courses). French never interested me and I think I don't adapt to new languages too well. My pronunciation is good enough so my only concern is my understanding of french. I find it difficult to keep up with my teacher when she's talking in french during class but I can usually understand what she's saying by picking out certain words I know. I also have trouble reading french and my vocabulary isn't the best. Does anyone have any advice for me so I can improve my french by December? Thanks in advance to anyone who answers bec…
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On my Spanish essay, my teacher marked me down for writing he venido, saying that I should use vine instead. She said that even though the first one is more frequent in Spain, I might get a grader from Latin America that would mark me down for that on my Paper 2. What determines the graders that I get on my exams (from Spain or Mexico)? How likely is the fact that I'll be marked down for saying he venido instead of vine? Will the graders be extremely picky, especially with the accents on solo, guion, este, ese, and aquel, as now Real Academia Española recommends to never use the accents on those words? Overall, how conservative are the graders?
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I am learning German Ab Initio and i reckon it would be extremely beneficial for me to become friends with some german speaking people, so that i may practice my german on them in a normal conversation. If you can help please message or post here with contact details
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French Idioms 1 2
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occupe-toi de tes oignons - lit. look after your onions, really -mind your own business
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Heyyyy, I was wondering if it was possible to take a self taught B language in IB? I have only heard about people taking A1 and ab initio as self taught :/ My IB school does not offer Japanese at all, and i really want to take exams in japanese I have looked at some old IB japanese ab initio exams and I can all ready understand most of it... and I think that A1 would be too hard I am really good with languages, so I think Japanese B self taught would be perfect for me
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Hi everyone! I have to decide on my individual oral topic. I want to do something about the environment but I don't know which topic in specific. Any ideas/recommendations? THanks!!!!!!!
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Ab Initio How on earth do I learn French?
by Guest Mo Rahman- 5 replies
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Hey, So, its now been 1 year of what could loosely be called learning French. In my end of year mock in June, I got a 2 in French (the only subject I didn't pass). I clearly need some help Since I'm taking my exams in May 2012, I have about 8 months to get from what I am now to French pro. So, my first question is this: could I realistically raise my 2 to a 5/6 in the time I have? I think it's just down to a lack of motivation. I'm doing the work in class but that's it. No extra stuff. My teacher's given me the task of learning 5 new words a day (something I have yet to start) but I really don't know how much that's going to help and its honestly boring. I think I co…
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French Homework help
by Guest Mo Rahman- 2 replies
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My teacher gave us homework today to convert some phrases into 'impersonnelle'. One example she gave us was: Si je ne laisse pas couler l'eau en me brossant les dents, je consomme moins d'eau which changes into Si on ne laisse pas couler l'eau en se brossant les dents, on consomme moins d'eau. However, the lesson ended before she could give us the actual rules to use so I have no idea how to convert the rest of the statements. I've tried searching for them on the internet and found nothing. I'd appreciate any help. Thank you
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Hello. I'm having a flick through ideas, and a language degree struck me as one of them. Looking into a few, some have struck me. At Exeter, Arabic and Spanish, in a FCH both can be from scratch. At Bangor, Triple Languages, probably French, German and Spanish. Because I do Ab Initio, but did one year of GCSE French, I was considering doing an Open University course. If I do, will it help my case getting into the Bangor course? For OU courses, I was thinking either Intermediate (http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/l120.htm) or upper intermediate (http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/l211.htm). Are these suitable? And finally, where on the Common…
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ok i got a C on my gcses and Ive doen french since year 8 and during that time I got B's but at year 11, i got lazy coz my teacher was crap so ye. and honestly i dont know much tenses like the imparfait and stuff. and so i wanna do spanish coz i think that it will be easier to do since your learning form scratch and i can like be serious and listen well in class. so you think i should do frnch or spanish? btw how is the oral exam for both subjects? is it hard? in spanish like what are you gonna talk about for the oral? coz they said theres 4 orals for spanish and one for frnch
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Hello everyone, I'm doing Spanish B HL and I often find it hard to insert conjuntions in some of these paper 1 questions because I simply don't know their meaning. Would anyone happen to have a good list of Spanish conjunctions that could appear? That would help a lot! Thanks
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皆さんこんにちは。 日本語のしゃべられる方と交流したくて、このBBSで適当のスレを探そうとしたがなかなか見つけられなくて新しいのを作成させてもらいました。私の探してたスレはもしすでに作ってあるのならどうもすみませんm(__)m 日本語の操る方々がここでお会話ができればいいなっと思っています。 ではよろしくお願いしますm(__)m 10/08/11追加：あれ？誰かいませんか？(´・ω・`) --- Edit: an English translation Hi everyone. I wanted to talk to other Japanese speakers on this board, but I couldn't find the appropriate thread so I started a new one. If a similar thread already exists, I'm sorry m(__)m It'd be nice if Japanese speakers could chat here. Thanks m(__)m
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hello...! i really need your opinion bout this topic.. my teacher asked me to look for somebody that know bilingual or more language and ask them a few question.. so, i do really hope that all of you can lend me your hand.. 1. how did you learn your second language? what were the best techniques for you? 2. what do you understand by the term bilingual? 3. in which country are people mainly bilingual? 4. who are the important people that will help a child develop bilingualism? 5. "don't speak a language in front of people who don't understand it." what is your opinion over this fundamental principle of language etiquette? 6. how is one identity affected by being …
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I'm a freshman and I am very good at foreign languages. I am planning on going for IB Diploma with French B HL and Spanish. I am very fluent in spanish and I would like to take Spanish A2 SL. However, my school doesn't offer it, so I would like to take is as self-taught. My question is Can I do that? Is it possible? I am pretty sure I could handle it because I am well self-organized. (I know you can do self-taught A1 but I'm not sure about A2) If not, can I take first year of Spanish B (HL) my sophomore year and the second year during my junior year and test it as a SL, and take college Spanish my senior year? (that's what a counselor at my school suggested me before I fo…
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I'm starting my IB this year and I'm worried about my English. Right now I have chosen English A2.I know that I will have to read literature, which I love, but I think I will be overcrowded and this course will be too tough for me as English is my second language. Is there any difference for Universities weather I have finished English A2 or English B course? Is it worth to study English A2 when I can get better marks in English B? Perhaps some of you could share your experience from your English B and English A2 lessons? Thank you for all your answers.
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I took the 2011 B SL Language Exam. I heard a new sylabbus was in effect, that changed the Orals (IA). Does the start for the exams of 2012 or 2013 and how is it different? Man...if they get it easier....
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hey well, i am in IBDP Year 2 and for the past 2 years, we have not been doing any good french because of no good teacher. and now i am terribly scared since i dont know what all is required and what i have to do to achieve a level 6-7 i know basic french and i dont know how to go about it. please tell me what all should i do and which books and all should i read etc. PLEASE HELPP ME
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Guten Tag! So exams are coming soon. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in practicing on Skype... We can share techniques and advice, or even just chatting in German about certain topics. If you're interested, message me please! Danke! Bis bald. xx
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I don't know if it's just me but french grammar is really difficult for me!! I'm not far off from my IB exams but I still don't really know how to use subjunctive/conditional/future....etc. The only tense that I can confidently use is present tense (I'm so dumb. mooooo) Can somebody help me learning the grammar? I just don't understand them
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Hi, I hear there aren't many Japanese learners here, but could anyone could give me a general idea/examples of what is expected from students taking Japanese B (SL)? Basically, I'm wondering what level I should be at regarding reading+understanding exam texts, producing my own etc I'd also like to know what actually makes up the final assessment - is it 30% oral (conversation with teacher) and 70% examination? Thanks in advance, and sorry for being long-winded...
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Hello everyone.... I am confused about what to write for my Cultural unit-media- I came up with this idea only, which is hows the western media talks about islamphobia? I want any advice about this. and if it is acceptable what would be type of text from mass communication Thank you in advance!!!
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For orals: http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/ French: http://www.verb2verbe.com *nothing big* just some random ones i used when I did french Feel free to share some more!
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Hey. I'm just intrigued by the differences between these languages. Can a person know one of these languages and still understand the other two? Plus, to tie up IB to the topic, the IBO offers CHINESE A1 and A2 but does not offer CHINESE B, instead it offers MANDARIN B and ab initio. Do you know why?
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Hey Guys, Does anyone have a link to the complete English B syllabus (or any other Language B syllabus, for that matter)? I just can't seem to find one. Thanks so much, Jacob
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Hi! I am currently considering French ab initio and I just have a few questions for those who currently take it/have taken it. Do you find that it is hard to master the grammatical concepts/vocab/and such? Is it fairly difficult to get a 7 in this subject? How do you find the IA's and examination papers? Thanks so much in advance!
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For those who study the subject, what textbooks did you guys use when you were studying Mandarin B SL? Thanks in advance.
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in language B, for the interactive oral activity, are we allowed to bring our script if we're doing a role play? it's very long (5.5 pages) so I doubt my friend and I can memorise the whole thing, so can we just bring the script with us during the presentation? it's not like we'll be reading it the whole time, but we just want to bring it in case if we forget what's next or something like that. oh and is there a time limit for the oral activity? thanks in advance!
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If English is your mother tongue and you're studying HL French B, would it be hard to achieve a 6 ot 7 if you are not fluent in it, or you can put in enough effort to be able to get this? Feedback and thought please xo
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Hi i am going to start IB1 in a couple of days but i have a major problem, i do not have a first language as i have spent half my life in the uk system (primary years only) and then the other half in the french system. Last year i passed both language igcse s but not in first language, at the moment i have chosen French A1 SL and english A2 HL, i will do fine in english but how do you exept me to do lit in french when i have never done any? I am fluent in both but do not have the level of writing for lit. Is There any option for people in my situation?
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So my school has a massive schedule conflict and there are only 2 ways for a lot of us to stay in full ib. First is to take french 20(grade 11) regular class and self study the extra ib curriculum. Another is to take math 30(grade 12 math) SL and then go to math 31(calculus) HL. And I'm just wondering is there a big difference between the french 20(grade 11) IB curriculum and french 20-grade 11 regular class?
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I want to self learn Japanese. Not as a class because I would not be allowed to do that, but just because I have always wanted to learn it. So I was wondering if some people could give me a list of books I can buy to help me learn, websites, videos etc. I looked up Japanese in the search bar, but all the posts there are like over a year old so I couldn't get much out of it. So any help on how I can self study Japanese would be great!!! I watch Anime, read manga, watch Live Action Anime in Japanese I listen to Japanese music and I also watch some TV shows in that language. I do all my projects on Japanese culture as well. So I'm exposed to it a lot, which means that I can…
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I've lived in China for most of my life, but I am not Chinese. I'm taking IB Mandarin B HL next year, and I just wanted to know if that's impressive, just normal, or I should be doing better.
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I haven't learnt a second language for GCSE, so I will be doing an Ab Initio course in German; French or Spanish. If anybody has some general tips that I can use when I find out which language I will be learning to help me make more progress. Thank you.
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Heya people! I thought I should share some tips for Individual Oral ! Strategies you can use to describe pictures in French The single picture is mainly a test of vocabulary and of how well you can string a series of sentences together. Have a good look at the picture and think of all the things you can say; don't worry about the thing you don't know. The whole scene Introduce the whole scene before you start talking about the detail!Where is it? What is happening there? Typical scene: Families and friends out enjoying a day in the park A classroom, laboratory, library or school playground scene A shopping centre or market scene A hospital, doctor's surgery …
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I will be starting IB in the fall and I'm signed up for ab inito German. I know IB exams are mostley essay based, and I'm wondering if this also applies to languages. Will I have to write an essay in German?
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I am taking English B HL, about to do an Interactive Oral Activity on a play. my teacher is new to IB Language B so he isn't really experienced. he said I can do a powerpoint presentation on my own (individually??!) and after the presentation my classmates and my teacher can ask me questions --> where it becomes "interactive". I would be really happy if I could do it individually, because last year when we did a group presentation, ours wasn't really good due to lack of preparation and I don't like doing group work in the first place; but I'm afraid if I'll be penalised, or even disqualified if I do the presentation individually. can anyone tell me if it's actually fin…
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hey guys just wondering for all you who do spanish ab initio, what text book do you use? We have one but it isn't too good and nor is our teacher. So i was thinking of possible getting another textbook/workbook but i would have no idea where to start. Thanks.
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what french grammar do you learn in grade 11 IB?
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i want to get a head start before school starts so i was wondering what french grammar and vocab will i be learning in SL french?
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Hey Guys!!! I'd like to get to know more people around the world who are learning German! I'd like to improve my german by speaking/writing to other IBers around the world, so if you're interested, drop a line!
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Hello, I've just finished my first year or IB and I'm going into my second year this september (2011). My french homework is to decide a topic for our final oral. As a mock presentation, I did it on the ban of the hijab in France, as I'm currently studying in Dubai and so it was relevant. However I need to do something that I can research into and know really well. Has anyone got any ideas about what I could do my presentation on? It needs to relate to France and I think be as simple as possible, one example I came up with was 'Is it good that the youth in France has a lot of freedom compared to Dubai' but my teacher said this was too vague as I can not research it. Tha…
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any tips??? thanks
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solved. thanks
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Hi! I've just taken my first Mandarin B SL exam and it was sooo difficult!! I'd really like to get some practise and have a look at a markscheme so I can figure out where I'm dropping marks. If anyone has any idea where I could get a hold of these, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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Hi:) I'm just wondering whether it will give a disadvantage for me if I move from english a2 sl to english b hl to get into a university in singapore that has a very competitive applicants ( I am applying for business and management btw). I always get a 5 in a2 and I've experienced a lot of pressure since I'm not really good in analyzing literary works and my grammar is not that good , but I am pretty sure that I can get a 6 in english b hl. My toefl score is 101/120 and I will take SAT II test in October. Do you think it will make a great difference if I move to english b hl? Thank you very much
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It read in the IB website (http://www.ibo.org/diploma/curriculum/group2/ , last line in the description) that Language A2 courses would be phased out by 2012. How would that be exactly?
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I was just wondering how difficult it is to get a Level 7 in French B at SL. I've been learning French for a few years now, about 6 years. I haven't done French for a year now (since I did it throughout MYP but not IB Year 1, and I have French in Year 2, so I would have to revise before Year 2 starts). Is it relatively easy to get a 7 if you work hard and follow the teacher's guidance, or do you need to do stuff outside class (i.e. like reading French books in your spare time) to get a 7. How difficult is it? Is there anyway to "ensure" that you will get a 7? Any comments are appreciated. Feel free to compare the difficult of French B SL with other subjects (i.e. like the…
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WT rationales
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I just read a thread where it was said that only blue pens are allowed to fill in the rationale. However, my teacher told us to fill in the rationale on a computer and print it... it's her first year in IB, so, just to be on the safe side - can I use the computer to fill in the rationale or not?
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I want to acquire some textbooks to improve my German. I take German B SL and I wanted some textbooks from outside the IB. To what level in the international scale does the IB German B SL correspond to? http://www.learn-german.com/welcome/german_level_en.htm (here is the scale). Please help, I want to buy some new textbooks but I do not know which level is the correct one.
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