hermine0817 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Will get one between English and German. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperbole Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 (although EE's can only be written in French, Spanish or English, the three official languages of IB)I just have to contradict this: EEs CAN be written in a language other than the three "official" languages if it is written in Groups 1 or 2, that is, if it treats a language. I wrote mine in Swedish, for A1, and received an A and All Was Fine.On topic, I was awarded a Bilingual Diploma. I took the IB in English but had Swedish as my A1 language; I also took English A2. If I had written my EE in French or English I would have fulfilled all of the various ways there are to get one (I think). I don't really know what it's worth, though; many people get it anyway. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lean Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 (although EE's can only be written in French, Spanish or English, the three official languages of IB)I just have to contradict this: EEs CAN be written in a language other than the three "official" languages if it is written in Groups 1 or 2, that is, if it treats a language. I wrote mine in Swedish, for A1, and received an A and All Was Fine.On topic, I was awarded a Bilingual Diploma. I took the IB in English but had Swedish as my A1 language; I also took English A2. If I had written my EE in French or English I would have fulfilled all of the various ways there are to get one (I think). I don't really know what it's worth, though; many people get it anyway.I think the bilingual diploma is overrated. I mean its a great personal achievement, cause it shows that your bilingual (or multilingual) after all. However there are quite a few students who take the IB which is conducted in french, spanish or english and can speak any 1 other language than those 3, practically giving them the opportunity to be awarded this certificate. And unless you wanna go into translating, or other professions requiring a high academic skill of multiple languages its relatively useless. Nowadays in these professions, and with the number of bilinguals around to make yourself stand out you would have to be able to speak 3 or more languages really. Nevertheless still congratz to everyone who got it and can speak at least 2 languages VERY well. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofib Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) Is a bilingual diploma useful for universities in Canada especially if you are going to pursue an undergraduate degree in environmental studies or sciences? Edited July 14, 2009 by godofib Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'm taking my non-language subjects in English, and my EE is written is English (the language, not the subject) as well, so I'll get the biligual diploma, right?But what's the point of it? Is it an advantage when it comes to universities or something? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biochem Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Its not that hard to get Bilingual Diploma. And as far as I am aware, the Us universities don't care unless you want linguistics as a major. Writing an EE in another language is the easiest way to get it, and especially since G4 four are the sciences where most words are similar universally. like Hydrogen, is easily recognized in most of the languages. So writing EE in biology is pretty easy I think, it doesnt really require a whole different way of thinking. Just a mere translation. Writing in something like English would be totally different. Good Luck. Make sure its worth it Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Writing an EE in another language is the easiest way to get it, and especially since G4 four are the sciences where most words are similar universally. like Hydrogen, is easily recognized in most of the languages. Actually, the Swedish names for the elements are actually very different in most cases to the English ones. But I must agree that the English ones usually are easier to remember as they're more like the symbols. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Referos Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 (edited) What's the maximum you can get? Let's say you are doing Arabic A1, Japanese A2, Portuguese A2 (as an elective) and EE in English, that's a tetralingual diploma! Edited July 25, 2009 by Referos Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIBO Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I guess that would be a multilingual diploma Im doing Spanish A1 Hl and English A1 HL, but the rest of the students in my school do English A2, i can really see the difference, it is much more work, mostly on vocabulary and ways of expresing what you want to say, but if you like literature i think its worth it! A bilingual Diploma is not that hard to get! Juuust go for it! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 I guess that would be a multilingual diploma Im doing Spanish A1 Hl and English A1 HL, but the rest of the students in my school do English A2, i can really see the difference, it is much more work, mostly on vocabulary and ways of expresing what you want to say, but if you like literature i think its worth it! A bilingual Diploma is not that hard to get! Juuust go for it!So, your school offers other A1 languages than English and the language of the country you live in? Or is that common, so it's just strange of me to be surprised over it? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sinclair Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I'm going for a Bilingual Diploma (English/French). I'm an English speaker and I am writing my EE on Economics, yet in French. No one at my school was even told that the Bilingual Diploma even existed so I don't think many will be getting one :/. I only found out about it in my hours of searching IB forums haha. I really hope to do well in my EE!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex@ Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 (although EE's can only be written in French, Spanish or English, the three official languages of IB).You are wrong in some way. I have done my E.E. for Russian A1. Some students in my school did it same way for German and we will get the bilingual diploma. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I know you can write the EE in your A2/B language if you do a Group 2 EE, but I don't know how that would work if you took Russian A1. Hmm Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee =3 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 The fact that everybody in my year group is doing spanish A1 automatically makes my diploma bilingual.. of course, that's considering I do all my other subjects in English (plus English A1) I think that the other students in my year who do A2 English have to do like at least one other subject in English, which isn't much to ask for.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linja Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I'm doing English A1, Russian A1, French B and Spanish ab initio. I actually only found out that I was getting a bilingual diploma this year (my last). I've got to say, it was quite a surprise. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanilla chai Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Most of us here do bilingual diploma too. It's mostly English A1 and Chinese A2 For us it's pretty much the same. For me I don't really consider either one my "first language". Although I probably learnt to speak Chinese first, my English writing is a LOT better than my Chinese ;P Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 That is really insane. Congrats! It is difficult enough with just one language! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masochist Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 (edited) Oh I do it. Actually quite a few kids do it at my school though a lot do B just for an easy 7.I do English and Chinese (Mandarin). Neither are very challenging. I do Chinese at A2 level and find it extremely easy though I probably would struggle if I did A1. Edited March 2, 2010 by masochist Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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