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Can I choose a movie (instead of a literary text) and analyze it for my higher level essay? Would it make any difference with regards to grading and requirements?

I am currently considering taking Eng B L&L as an HL subject and Mandarin B L&L as SL, but I'm not sure whether it is allowed by the IBO as well as my school. From what i know, a number of students in China and HongKong do choose the combo above. Needless to say, studying their mother language at a foreigner level in Mandarin B is an easy peasy to them and that basically means they got straight 7s all the time without even revising. However, I also heard some saying that the IB requires candidates to choose subjects from both group 1 and group 2 (only 1 LangA+1 LangB or 2 LangA is

I am writing a Language & Literature Category 3 Extended Essay in which I analyze political victory speeches. My question will be "to what extent does X impact Y?", but I fear that the answer will be "not at all" or "barely." Will not finding anything hurt my essay? TLDR: LangLit Cat3 EE discovers nothing

Basically the title. I'm going to present my research question proposal soon and wondered if looking at the character development of Jaime Lannister across the ASOIAF books is an appropriate EE topic. Are we allowed to look at a series of books, or should I narrow the topic down into something that I can explore in a single book?

Hey guys! This is my IB prep year, we just had the first term exam and I have been doing very terrible. Can anyone share/suggest how to get better marks in paper 1 and paper 2 for English Lang A?