Languages A Language & Literature
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Hey guys, So I'm doing English A: Lit/Lang SL. So far I've done a written task in Part 2 (Language and Mass Communication), Part 3 (Literature - Texts and Contexts) and Part 4 (Literature - Critical Study). I've gone over the specification, and it seems I don't have to do more tasks according to this quote from the specification: "Students complete at least three written tasks... The content of each task must relate to a different part of the course. Therefore, at least one task must relate to part 1 or part 2, and at least one task must be based on a literary text from part 3 or part 4." But, this site: http://www.englishal...itten-tasks.htm seems to say that I have to d…
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Im currently working on my English SL coursework on the sand child by Ben jelloun. I was wondering if any of you users read it and if you did could you send me what you have found out?
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Hey, I was wondering if anyone had the list of books we can choose from for part 3 And part 4 of the sylabus? I just want to make sure my teachers are giving us the correct texts? Couldn't find it on the Internet. Or would be helpful if I know what literature you guys are doing Thanks
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Hi, everyone! This September I'm starting IB Diploma programme and now I have to choose IB courses. I'm thinking about English A: Language and literature HL, because I like reading and writing but I'm not sure whether my English is good enough for English A course... I guess, it's for native speakers only, isn't it? Also, I would like to know what is the differences between English B HL and English A: Language and Literature HL? Because either way, I'm going to take one of these...
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Need help with PERFUME - Patrick suskind
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Hey guys I need help with the character analysis of Grenouille. I want to connect him to a devil and would like if any of you could help me with some biblical references or any other major poem references (like paradise lost). iF you haven't read the book, he's mostly referred to as 1) tick - ugly tick. lonely tick 2) monster 3)the most gifted and abominable 4) Mostly referred as "IT" 5) DEVIL 6) SINISTER 7) UGLY 8) Fat spider 9) feeble minded 10) mean
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hi guys, anyone know where i can put my hands on the English A1 HL paper 2 may 2012 exam papers? I need those for practice before my mock exams, and my guts tell me ill be writing that particular paper. thank you
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Lol i have two IAs to work on so i can't give a dang about everyday english exercises. I need to find an advert which has written part and a picture advertising something. I need to present it tomorrow so i'm in a hurry. I've searched everywhere but can't find anything...can you guys please help me out and sort of give me tips about how i can analyse that specific advert... Thanks in advance !
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Here is the case, my school has a wired time table in which you would not be able to do any 3rd language if you don't choose English as your A1 language, during the DP time. I wanted to do the English A1(probably Language&Literature) because I really wanted to do Spanish Arbi.. Then again, I am not sure if I am capable of achieving a decent score on any English A1 course. I took TOEFL ibt with out any preparation 1 year ago, and it turned out to be a 91 out of 100. I had the dean of English department interviewed me.She asked me to read a monologue of Macbeth, interpret it and tell her the meaning behind,during the interview. She did not agree on the point that…
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help. lol.
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So, guys and gals. advice on how to do better in Language and Literature. As in, the written tasks? Know any good sites? as the bulk of much of the reference points deal with the Literature only class. Cheers.
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I did my oral commentary and discussion two days ago, and I still feel horrible about it. My analysis was pretty solid, but I stuttered the whole time, and it honestly sounded as though I had no idea what I was talking about. Worst of all, in my introduction, I forgot to say whether I would be using a linear or conceptual approach, and towards the end, I ran out of time and started rushing a lot, which made me miss a few important things. But the discussion was TRAGIC. On the first question, I kind of zoned out and forgot what my teacher said, so the first minute was almost completely silent except for the occasional desperate attempt to say something. There were a millio…
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As part of the new course, there is a written task for the HL students: It is a critical response, answering one of 6 questions: Eg. Which social groups are marginalized, excluded or silenced within the text? A text we studied that i would like to analyse is Heart of Darkness, since the natives are excluded. I just don't know how to structure the essay, never done one before. Isn't there any model answer ? or similar structure essay available?
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Hey guys I have recently switched my Language B (which I sucked in very much) to my second mother tongue German A L&L, however, to my surprise, I noticed that the language part of the syllabus was 100% overlapping with my English L&L course content, thus there was literally no need to revise anything from the so dreaded amount of workload I expected to catch up and work through so hardly. The stuff we cover in my German A course are just pretty much a revision of what we were doing in my English A course, thus I was even thinking of translating my Written Tasks into German and submitting them(which I ofc did NOT do). So can I ask you fellow 2013 pals who are study…
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IOP- Independant Oral Presentation
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This is my first IOP and im doing The House of the Spirits ive narrowed my 10 min presentation topic for my proposal, th only problem im having right now though is writing how im going to present it to the class. Does anyone have any suggestions? I want to avoid using powerpoints or prezi.
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In the new syllabus you may already know that there is no "World Lit" and instead theres an LT essay... I was wondering if any of you have any tips on how to write it.. Its new so i could barely find much info online
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"It's a task of creative writing of 500–600 words plus a 150-word rationale, based on one of the literary texts read." It doesn't say anywhere specific but... What text types are allowed Are there any other except those? ---> article, blog, diary entry, brochure, leaflet, flyer, pamphlet, advertisement, interview (direct, reported), introduction to debate, speech, talk, presentation, news report, official report, proposal, review, set of instructions, guidelines, written correspondence.
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Currently completing a critical response essay on The Great Gatsby; discussing Fitzgerald's portrayal of women in the novel. Would really appreciate tips and pointers on how to structure and pretty much an outline on how to write literary essays in Language and Literature, in IB. as our teacher provides virtually useless guidance... thank you!
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Hi, I'm doing my Works in Translation essay on One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, and there are a lot of quotes I'm using that contain swear words. Am I allowed to include them or should I omit them?
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Descriptive Setting Ideas
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i have to write a descriptive 400-500 word paragraph that describes a character or a setting, i'm having a hard time with thinking of ideas, i know i should find something inspiring but nothings clicking right now.. i was going to do the persepective of someone sitting in a train describing someoneelse, but my teacher used that as an example. we have to us stylistic elements, such as rhetorical devices,figurative language and sentence structure some other ideas i have are -a person with their friends sitting and watching from the outside the actions and behaviorisms of them(seeing it as a whole rather than being assimilated and absorbed in the action. - a students eloquen…
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Hey guys, if you're interested in discussing how you'd analyse passages, send me a PM with your gmail address so we can start a hangout, oh and I'll make a 2nd post when I've gotten atleast 3 responses, it doesn't make sense to discuss otherwise. A1 HL Students UNITE!!!!
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Hi! It seems some of the extremely helpful posts by Sandwich and another girl for the same were removed or relocated, could someone please direct me to those or alteast help me!? My basic problem is comprehending what a critical commentary for the unseen passage/poetry means? As in what do you write about, what do you analyse? I've seen some people give advice saying that you need to talk about what the writer is trying to put across based on the tone, I can't write 4 sides on only that can I? please link me to some files or some such resources that you know for sure are helpful at this late hour, even the files on IBS are fine. Thank you! So far I've scored a 6 and my ba…
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I need to submit my WTRF draft to the teacher, but i don't have the list of options I could do for part 2: media and mass communication. And could you also tell me which one is the easiest one in scoring high grades???
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Hey Guys, just wondering if you can help me chose between "Three Sisters" by Cechov and "A doll's house (Nora)" by Ibson for my Written Assignment in Literature. thank you for taking you time to help me decide :-)
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For those who have exams in 2013, the syllabus has changed. I don't see this mentioned a lot in the discussions of this subforum. That's why the purpose of this topic is to discuss the changes that come with the new syllabus. For example, we, 2013 exam students, have to do a written assignment that consists of interactive orals, reflective statements, and an essay. These are all based on works studied in part 1. One reflective statement and one essay is to be submitted for external assessment. Of course I'm not very sure how this works in other IB schools, but we have already done two sets of interactive orals and 2 reflective statements, but I still am not very clear on …
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I've been searching everywhere for an analysis/ summary of the peom : Selling Manhattan! But all i got , was info about the collection ! Any help? The poem is just complicated without background knowledge
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So far we've read one novel: Heart of Darkness And are currently doing a list of poems by Carol Anne Duffy! Anyone know wher i can find the list of the oral based texts and the exam paper 2 based texts??? And anyone read these? and has good notes?
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Hi guys; I am in search of documents that provide a through literary features with explanation.I am not able to figure out most literary features in poetry as demands are very high.I haven't learn them before. Is there any site that could be powerful resource for practice? PLEASE REPLY.....
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I think I'll be talking about 1984 since it was my favorite out of the books we've read. However, I need help with my topic. "Comparison between Julia and Winston's character" "Relation between Orwell's 1984 and modern days" I can't come up with other possible ideas, so should I choose one of these or find a new one?
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I'm a sophomore, in the midst of IB course selections. One of my current problems i'm struggling over is as to whether I should take English Lit or Lang and Lit (both SL). Here's a bit about my current situation: I'm in an advanced English course, and earning fairly good results. My teacher says that I have a natural talent for English, and she's pushing me to take Lit. However, here's the catch: English, specifically literary analyzation, is not one of my interests. In addition, the current course i'm taking is VERY analysis based, and analyzes A LOT of literature (poems, prose, the whole lot). IB alumni from my school have said that the class i'm in right now is very si…
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I was wondering what type of topics are to be done in the FOA..... As in what kind of presentation methods were allowed
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Anyone have a good list of books one MUST read at one point? I want to read a lot of books over the summer to improve my vocab, and have a wider persopective! So if yu could kindly list the books in chronological order( easy vocab-> hard) i'd really appreciate it. Books i have in mind are : Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice, and to kill a mocking bird.
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Hey everybody, Please can anybody help me to write an epic minimum 100 lines long and 10 words per line? Also it should also make use of Anglo-Saxom literary features such as kennings, alliterative meter, caesura and diction that reflects the setting and lifestyle of the people in the poem? The main theme is that the hero comes to fight the monster, also it should describe why they fight and who is going to win and eventually in the end the hero takes over the monster and wins.
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Hello, Our teacher told us to submit a written task in 2 days and i don't have a topic. I was thinking on doing it on censorship but i can't think of what to include in my written task. Help me with the criteria and suggest a few good topics as well Merci beaucoup
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Brad Philpot has a brief video introduction to the English Language and Literature course here: Does anyone who is using his book "English Language and Literature for the IB Diploma" have comments about it?
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Hi. For my English language and literature course we have to produce a written task for part 2. I understand that you have to choose some topic about 'mass media and communication' and to write about it in the form of an article, opinion column, etc. I have also been told that I need to have a certain text for reference during the task. Can anyone give me ideas on what I can base my written task one? I am totally confused....
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Wondering if you guys could help me, I am English HL, I will be doing my oral commentary very soon. I will definitely get a poem by Grace Nichols as I am Higher Level and I am having difficulties with some of her poems, they are: The Invitation and The Body Reclining. The Body Reclining I sing the body reclining I sing the throwing back of self I sing the cushioned head The fallen arm The lolling breast I sing the body reclining As an indolent continent I sing the body reclining I sing the easy breathing ribs I sing the horizontal neck I sing the slow-moving blood Sluggish as a river In its lower course I sing the weighing thighs The idle toes The liming k…
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We are currently studying this book for our literature part of the course! I don't understand what is so special about this book other than the complex vocab i have to look up in the dictionary every single page . What books are you doing??
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Anyone has any good and useful links for writing a good film review or know how it works and can give a simple guideline? Thanks Guys, IBtank
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Hello. So I'm starting my written task next week and I am undecided whether to make a comic strip or lyrics. I am really keen on making the comic strip because for me it's different from the norm and it is nothing like an essay (My teacher told us that in no way we are allowed to do essays.). However, we're only going to get 2 weeks to finish out written tasks and rationale. If I do lyrics, I might not be able to convey the message as clearly as I can with the comic strip. I'm doing my written task as a comparison between the role of Djimon Honsou in the Tempest and Amistad. Any advice?
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How do you decide on the IOP theme from books like Crucible and Hedda Gabler? I would look more towards the character analysis of the main antagonists in the books. Or i was also looking at the setting of Hedda Gabler and i found it interesting enough to present however, i don't know how to go about writing the proposal for it which is due Monday morning. :/ It's my first IOP so basically i have no idea what to do. Any help? Thanks
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Hi, I'm new here and I wasn't quite sure on where I should post this topic anyways an infraction is the least of my problems atm. To the topic at hand, I have to do my IOP on tuesday. It's not a struggle for me since I was in debate for 2 years so my presentation skills are great. It's actually the analyzing/understanding that I'm having problems with. This is my topic: The Culture Setting in the book One Who Threw Over the Cuckoo's Nest. For those of you who haven't even heard of the book can you help me out on how I can relate/analyze the culture setting to the actual plot or the author's intention of displaying the culture this way. And, those who have can you suggest …
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Our interactive oral is basically choosing a target audience , and preparing an advertisement by designing PUMPS in any way you like. We have to name it, and have a slogan- as well as writing a rationale for our choices. The teacher warned several times to focus on the LANGUAGE. Anyone have any tips/advice ideas? Target audience has to be as specific as possible.
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Our teacher assigned us to do an essay writing about a particular aspect of the book... the question is: " What impact does setting have on your understanding of the central ideas or themes presented in "Heart of Darkness" (the book that we read)? i was wondering if any of you have tips on writing a good introduction for these types of essays. thank you
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What kind of language have been used in "Antigone" and "A doll's House" to present the treatment of the theme of pride? and What possible quotes might there be? I have so far found one in Antigone "Has she not rather earned a crown of gold?" Im not sure how to explain it i sed it is an imagery and a metaphor what else can i say about this? And what quotes quotes might their be for A doll's house?
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Hi I am presenting my first FOA in January, and I was wondering: Are we allowed to use Powerpoints for the FOA? I am doing a comparative analysis on two commercials from two different countries, leading a class discussion on the language and techniques used in the two commercials, and analyzing the persuasive techniques and language from the two countries. I want to create a power point to aid my classmates understand the concepts I am saying and hopefully keep their attention. Also, I am including the commercials in my power point. Thank you !
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Does any one know anything about the new sylabus Lang and Lit for other languages? Were doing it in both English and ARABIC. We completed a written task in part one of english ( Lang and mass communication) which COULDNT be a formal essay and had to take the form of a newspaper eg. / frontpage.. Our arabic teacher now asked for us to write a first draft for the same topic ( LANG and mass communication) for the SAME sylabus but as a formal essay CONFUSION! HELP!
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Guys, my teacher was not very specific what she want from me in order to write the written task and i'm very confused! How can i start my written task? Any ideas? And if someone can help me with the beginning because is my first time for doing a written task. Also my teacher is inexperienced with ib program, she's her first year in ib and i can't catch up her footsteps some times. Please i need your help!
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