Kil- STRO Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 I am doing PRE - IB now and I am planning for my subjects next year. I am a bilingual and English is my first language. For my Group 1 subjects, I recently applied for English A2, but the teachers recommended that I don't take an English A subject, because they think it will be too hard for me. I personally believe that's true. I honestly don't care about languages and so I don't like learning any languages in general, that includes English, but I do have decent English writing and analysing skills and in my MYP Language A I usually get 7s, often 6s and 5s. I was just wondering, whether I will be better off with ENGLISH B and that it would be easy for me to earn 6 or 7s as a first language English speaker, compared to the second language ones. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 English B, and any language B, is meant for people who are NOT native speakers, and for whom English is NOT the first language. It's basically English as a second language. You do need to take a Language A in the IB, there's no going around that if you're aiming for the full diploma, and if English is your first language, then that should be your language A. I'm guessing by A2 you mean Language and Literature? Because Language A2 has not been a thing since 2012, so it's impossible for your school to be offering that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kil- STRO Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 By A2, I meant Eng LIT & LANG SL, sorry for the confusion... But my school, seem to have no problem with me taking English B. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Either way, you cannot take English B as your Group 1 subject, you can only take a language A as Group 1. B languages are Group 2. You need to take some A language to get a diploma. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kil- STRO Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Well I am taking my other language A for my group 1 and English B for Group 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lixter Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Then that should be fine. You do not need to take both languages as language A. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despfor7 Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 If your mother tongue is English then it should be an easy 6. Not sure about 7 though. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kil- STRO Posted June 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Mother tongue is not English, I mean my parents aren't fluent. But I am bilingual... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despfor7 Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 I guess if you're fluent you'll do just fine. In my school more than 90% of students get a 6 and English isn't even our first language. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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