Aline808 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 For Paper 2 of English A: Language and Literature , would it be possible to use one text out of the two which has not been taught by the school to me, but rather I have self-studied it, as long as it fits the PLA? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dniviE Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 No. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aline808 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Yeah thanks, figured I can't. Sigh, the texts chosen are pretty awful in terms of Paper 2 questions! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flinquinnster Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 No.I suppose it would be really not that great to use texts that you've only self-studied and not in class, but does the IB know which texts a school has studied? I assume they know, but would they care so much as to check your essays against that list? I personally don't see why they would care that much if you managed to write a brilliant essay on some text you had never studied. Although that of course is a highly unlikely eventuality. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aline808 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Apparently teachers do send out a letter to the IBO listing out the Part 3 texts, and according to the criteria you have to base your answers on your Part 3 texts (to correspond to the teaching hours)...so you'll be penalized for not using a book you've spent the teaching hours on. I'm definitely not feeling confident about the play I have to use now that I can't use my alternative option, and while I do think class-time helps you put together a great answer, I genuinely believe I could've done a better job with the other text. Oh, well Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dniviE Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 No.I suppose it would be really not that great to use texts that you've only self-studied and not in class, but does the IB know which texts a school has studied? I assume they know, but would they care so much as to check your essays against that list? I personally don't see why they would care that much if you managed to write a brilliant essay on some text you had never studied. Although that of course is a highly unlikely eventuality. See the post below yours. The IBO does know what texts you have read. Don't gamble on this. Even if you don't know the texts that well, you'll be able to write an okay Paper 2 on it. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
agirl3173 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I'm not sure but I would never risk it. If you can't they won't give you any marks for your essay No slightly better essay is worth that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpediem Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I think you have to do the texts you studied with the school, because the examiner marking it has to be an expert on your schools' texts in order to mark it properly. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flinquinnster Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 I think you have to do the texts you studied with the school, because the examiner marking it has to be an expert on your schools' texts in order to mark it properly.Just to go off on a bit of a tangent, does the examiner have to be an expert on your schools' text to mark it? I would hope that they would have some knowledge, but does the IB actually have a procedure where they make sure that the examiner marking your essay has read the texts your writing about? I would hope that this would occur as a very natural and logical process, but you never know... Hopefully, even if they haven't read the text, our essays will be so brilliant that the examiner will be blown away by the analysis and instantly award full marks. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 I think you have to do the texts you studied with the school, because the examiner marking it has to be an expert on your schools' texts in order to mark it properly.Just to go off on a bit of a tangent, does the examiner have to be an expert on your schools' text to mark it? I would hope that they would have some knowledge, but does the IB actually have a procedure where they make sure that the examiner marking your essay has read the texts your writing about? I would hope that this would occur as a very natural and logical process, but you never know... Hopefully, even if they haven't read the text, our essays will be so brilliant that the examiner will be blown away by the analysis and instantly award full marks. I think so - I think that's why the teachers submit the texts that you've chosen to study for that part in advance, to match it up with an examiner who's got a decent knowledge of the books. At least that's what we were told at school. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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