❋✐rst ①❛✁s ✂✵✶✸ ❋✐rst ①❛✁s ✂✵✶✸ ❉❇❈❋●❍❏ ▲▼●◆▼❏❍❍❖ ◗❘❱❖❲❳❖❳ ❖❨❨❏❩ ◆❬❇❳❖ P✏✑✒✓✔✕❡✖ ✗✘✙✚✕ ✛✵✵✼ ❯♣✖✘✜❡✖ ✢♦✈❡✣✑❡✙ ✛✵✵✽✤ ✦❡✑✙✏✘✙② ✛✵✵✾✤ ✧❡✚❡✣✑❡✙ ✛✵✶✵✤ ✗✘② ✛✵✶✛✤ ★✏✩✏✔✜ ✛✵✶✸ P✏✑✒✓✔✕❡✖ ♦✪ ✑❡✕✘✒✫ ♦✫ ✜✕❡ ✬✪✜❡✙✪✘✜✓♦✪✘✒ ✭✘✚✚✘✒✘✏✙❡✘✜❡ ✮✙✩✘✪✓✯✘✜✓♦✪✤ ✘ ✪♦✜✲✫♦✙✲♣✙♦✫✓✜ ❡✖✏✚✘✜✓♦✪✘✒ ✫♦✏✪✖✘✜✓♦✪ ♦✫ ✶✺ ✰♦✏✜❡ ✖❡✔ ✗♦✙✓✒✒♦✪✔✤ ✶✛✶✽ ✴❡ ✷✙✘✪✖✲❙✘✚♦✪✪❡①✤ ✷❡✪❡✈✘✤ ❙✇✓✜✯❡✙✒✘✪✖ ✑② ✜✕❡ ✬✪✜❡✙✪✘✜✓♦✪✘✒ ✭✘✚✚✘✒✘✏✙❡✘✜❡ ✮✙✩✘✪✓✯✘✜✓♦✪ ✹❯❑✻ ✴✜✖ P❡✜❡✙✔♦✪ ✿♦✏✔❡✤ ✗✘✒✜✕♦✏✔❡ ★✈❡✪✏❡✤ ❀✘✙✖✓✫✫ ✷✘✜❡ ❀✘✙✖✓✫✫✤ ❁✘✒❡✔ ❀✦✛✸ ✽✷✴ ❯✪✓✜❡✖ ❑✓✪✩✖♦✣ ❁❡✑✔✓✜❡❂ ✇✇✇❃✓✑♦❃♦✙✩ ➞ ✬✪✜❡✙✪✘✜✓♦✪✘✒ ✭✘✚✚✘✒✘✏✙❡✘✜❡ ✮✙✩✘✪✓✯✘✜✓♦✪ ✛✵✵✼ ❚✕❡ ✬✪✜❡✙✪✘✜✓♦✪✘✒ ✭✘✚✚✘✒✘✏✙❡✘✜❡ ✮✙✩✘✪✓✯✘✜✓♦✪ ✹❄✪♦✇✪ ✘✔ ✜✕❡ ✬✭✻ ♦✫✫❡✙✔ ✫♦✏✙ ✕✓✩✕✲q✏✘✒✓✜② ✘✪✖ ✚✕✘✒✒❡✪✩✓✪✩ ❡✖✏✚✘✜✓♦✪✘✒ ♣✙♦✩✙✘✣✣❡✔ ✫♦✙ ✘ ✇♦✙✒✖✇✓✖❡ ✚♦✣✣✏✪✓✜② ♦✫ ✔✚✕♦♦✒✔✤ ✘✓✣✓✪✩ ✜♦ ✚✙❡✘✜❡ ✘ ✑❡✜✜❡✙✤ ✣♦✙❡ ♣❡✘✚❡✫✏✒ ✇♦✙✒✖❃ ❚✕✓✔ ♣✏✑✒✓✚✘✜✓♦✪ ✓✔ ♦✪❡ ♦✫ ✘ ✙✘✪✩❡ ♦✫ ✣✘✜❡✙✓✘✒✔ ♣✙♦✖✏✚❡✖ ✜♦ ✔✏♣♣♦✙✜ ✜✕❡✔❡ ♣✙♦✩✙✘✣✣❡✔❃ ❚✕❡ ✬✭ ✣✘② ✏✔❡ ✘ ✈✘✙✓❡✜② ♦✫ ✔♦✏✙✚❡✔ ✓✪ ✓✜✔ ✇♦✙❄ ✘✪✖ ✚✕❡✚❄✔ ✓✪✫♦✙✣✘✜✓♦✪ ✜♦ ✈❡✙✓✫② ✘✚✚✏✙✘✚② ✘✪✖ ✘✏✜✕❡✪✜✓✚✓✜②✤ ♣✘✙✜✓✚✏✒✘✙✒② ✇✕❡✪ ✏✔✓✪✩ ✚♦✣✣✏✪✓✜②✲✑✘✔❡✖ ❄✪♦✇✒❡✖✩❡ ✔♦✏✙✚❡✔ ✔✏✚✕ ✘✔ ❁✓❄✓♣❡✖✓✘❃ ❚✕❡ ✬✭ ✙❡✔♣❡✚✜✔ ✜✕❡ ♣✙✓✪✚✓♣✒❡✔ ♦✫ ✓✪✜❡✒✒❡✚✜✏✘✒ ♣✙♦♣❡✙✜② ✘✪✖ ✣✘❄❡✔ ✔✜✙❡✪✏♦✏✔ ❡✫✫♦✙✜✔ ✜♦ ✓✖❡✪✜✓✫② ✘✪✖ ♦✑✜✘✓✪ ♣❡✙✣✓✔✔✓♦✪ ✑❡✫♦✙❡ ♣✏✑✒✓✚✘✜✓♦✪ ✫✙♦✣ ✙✓✩✕✜✔ ✕♦✒✖❡✙✔ ♦✫ ✘✒✒ ✚♦♣②✙✓✩✕✜ ✣✘✜❡✙✓✘✒ ✏✔❡✖❃ ❚✕❡ ✬✭ ✓✔ ✩✙✘✜❡✫✏✒ ✫♦✙ ♣❡✙✣✓✔✔✓♦✪✔ ✙❡✚❡✓✈❡✖ ✫♦✙ ✣✘✜❡✙✓✘✒ ✏✔❡✖ ✓✪ ✜✕✓✔ ♣✏✑✒✓✚✘✜✓♦✪ ✘✪✖ ✇✓✒✒ ✑❡ ♣✒❡✘✔❡✖ ✜♦ ✚♦✙✙❡✚✜ ✘✪② ❡✙✙♦✙✔ ♦✙ ♦✣✓✔✔✓♦✪✔ ✘✜ ✜✕❡ ❡✘✙✒✓❡✔✜ ♦♣♣♦✙✜✏✪✓✜②❃ ★✒✒ ✙✓✩✕✜✔ ✙❡✔❡✙✈❡✖❃ ✢♦ ♣✘✙✜ ♦✫ ✜✕✓✔ ♣✏✑✒✓✚✘✜✓♦✪ ✣✘② ✑❡ ✙❡♣✙♦✖✏✚❡✖✤ ✔✜♦✙❡✖ ✓✪ ✘ ✙❡✜✙✓❡✈✘✒ ✔②✔✜❡✣✤ ♦✙ ✜✙✘✪✔✣✓✜✜❡✖✤ ✓✪ ✘✪② ✫♦✙✣ ♦✙ ✑② ✘✪② ✣❡✘✪✔✤ ✇✓✜✕♦✏✜ ✜✕❡ ♣✙✓♦✙ ✇✙✓✜✜❡✪ ♣❡✙✣✓✔✔✓♦✪ ♦✫ ✜✕❡ ✬✭✤ ♦✙ ✘✔ ❡①♣✙❡✔✔✒② ♣❡✙✣✓✜✜❡✖ ✑② ✒✘✇ ♦✙ ✑② ✜✕❡ ✬✭➆✔ ♦✇✪ ✙✏✒❡✔ ✘✪✖ ♣♦✒✓✚②❃ ❙❡❡ ✕✜✜♣❂❅❅✇✇✇❃✓✑♦❃♦✙✩❅✚♦♣②✙✓✩✕✜❃ ✬✭ ✣ ❡✙✚✕✘✪✖✓✔❡ ✘✪✖ ♣ ✏✑✒✓✚ ✘✜✓♦✪✔ ✚✘✪ ✑❡ ♣ ✏✙✚✕✘✔❡✖ ✜✕✙♦✏✩✕ ✜✕ ❡ ✬✭ ✔✜♦✙❡ ✘✜ ✕✜✜♣❂❅❅✔✜♦✙❡❃✓✑♦❃♦✙✩❃ ❊✣✘✓✒❂ ✔✘✒❡✔❆✓✑♦❃♦✙✩ ■♥t r♥❛t✐✁♥❛✂ ✥❛❝❝❛✂❛✉r ❛t ✱ ✥❛❝❝❛✂❛✉ré❛t ■♥t r♥❛t✐✁♥❛✂ ✄☎❞ ✥❛❝❤✐✂✂ r❛t✁ ■♥t r♥❛❝✐✁♥❛✂ ✄✆✝ ✆✝❣✞s✟✝✆✝❞ ✟✆✄❞✝♠✄✆❦s ✠❢ ✟✡✝ ☛☎✟✝✆☎✄✟✞✠☎✄❧ ☞✄✌✌✄❧✄✍✆✝✄✟✝ ✎✆❣✄☎✞③✄✟✞✠☎✳ ■❇ ✥✐ss✐ ♥ st❛t❡✥❡♥t ❚❤✁✂✄☎✁r✄✆☎✝♦✄✆✞✟✆❝❝✆✞✆✉r✁✆☎✁✆✝♠✠☎♦✡✁✈✁✞♦♣✝✄q✉✝r✝✄❣✱☛✄♦✇✞✁✡❣✁✆☞✞✁✆✄✡❝✆r✝✄❣ ✌♦✉✄❣♣✁♦♣✞✁✇❤♦ ❤✁✞♣☎♦❝r✁✆☎✁✆☞✁☎☎✁r✆✄✡♠♦r✁♣✁✆❝✁❢✉✞✇♦r✞✡☎❤r♦✉❣❤✝✄☎✁r❝✉✞☎✉r✆✞✉✄✡✁r✠☎✆✄✡✝✄❣✆✄✡r✁✠♣✁❝☎✳ ❚♦☎❤✝✠✁✄✡☎❤✁♦r❣✆✄✝③✆☎✝♦✄✇♦r☛✠✇✝☎❤✠❝❤♦♦✞✠✱❣♦✈✁r✄♠✁✄☎✠✆✄✡✝✄☎✁r✄✆☎✝♦✄✆✞♦r❣✆✄✝③✆☎✝♦✄✠☎♦✡✁✈✁✞♦♣ ❝❤✆✞✞✁✄❣✝✄❣♣r♦❣r✆♠♠✁✠♦❢✝✄☎✁r✄✆☎✝♦✄✆✞✁✡✉❝✆☎✝♦✄✆✄✡r✝❣♦r♦✉✠✆✠✠✁✠✠♠✁✄☎✳ ❚❤✁✠✁ ♣r♦❣r✆♠♠✁✠ ✁✄❝♦✉r✆❣✁ ✠☎✉✡✁✄☎✠ ✆❝r♦✠✠ ☎❤✁ ✇♦r✞✡ ☎♦ ☞✁❝♦♠✁ ✆❝☎✝✈✁✱ ❝♦♠♣✆✠✠✝♦✄✆☎✁ ✆✄✡ ✞✝❢✁✞♦✄❣ ✞✁✆r✄✁r✠✇❤♦✉✄✡✁r✠☎✆✄✡☎❤✆☎♦☎❤✁r♣✁♦♣✞✁✱✇✝☎❤☎❤✁✝r✡✝❢❢✁r✁✄❝✁✠✱❝✆✄✆✞✠♦☞✁r✝❣❤☎✳ Choosing the right combination The core of the Diploma Programme model Approaches to teaching and approaches to learning The IB mission statement and the IB learner profile Academic honesty Acknowledging the ideas or work of another person Learning diversity and learning support requirements Prior learning The extended essay and the IB learner profile Relationship to theory of knowledge International dimensions Internal and external deadlines The supervisor’s role in commenting on one completed draft of the essay Authentication Recommended: things to do Recommended: things to avoid The research process Writing the extended essay The length of the extended essay Title Abstract Contents page Illustrations Bibliographies, references and citations What is a bibliography? Major documentation styles What is a reference? What is a citation? Appendices, footnotes and endnotes Computers CDs, DVDs and audio-visual materials Specimen materials Using the assessment criteria Award of diploma points A: research question (Objectives 1 and 2) Achievement level Descriptor B: introduction (Objectives 1 and 5) Achievement level Descriptor Achievement level Descriptor C: investigation (Objectives 1 and 3) Achievement level Descriptor D: knowledge and understanding of the topic studied (Objectives 3 and 7) Achievement level Descriptor E: reasoned argument (Objectives 1 and 4) Achievement level Descriptor Achievement level Descriptor F: application of analytical and evaluative skills appropriate to the subject (Objective 7) Achievement level Descriptor G: use of language appropriate to the subject (Objective 6) Achievement level Descriptor Achievement level Descriptor H: conclusion (Objectives 1, 4 and 5) Achievement level Descriptor I: formal presentation (Objective 5) Achievement level Descriptor Achievement level Descriptor J: abstract (Objective 5) Achievement level Descriptor K: holistic judgment (Objective 1) Achievement level Descriptor Overview Choice of topic Categories 1 and 2: Literature Category 1: Studies of a literary work(s) originally written in the language in which the essay is presented Category 2: Studies of a literary work(s) originally written in the language of the essay compared with a literary work(s) originally written in another language Category 3: Studies in language Examples 1, 2 and 3: Language in a cultural context Examples 4, 5, 6 and 7: Language and mass communication Treatment of the topic Texts Interpreting the assessment criteria Criterion A: research question Criterion B: introduction Criterion C: investigation Criterion D: knowledge and understanding of the topic studied Criterion E: reasoned argument Criterion F: application of analytical and evaluative skills appropriate to the subject Criterion G: use of language appropriate to the subject Criterion H: conclusion Criterion I: formal presentation Criterion J: abstract Criterion K: holistic judgment Overview Choice of topic Category 1: language Category 2: culture and society A: essays of a sociocultural nature with an impact on the language B: essays of a general cultural nature based on specific cultural artifacts Category 3: literature Treatment of the topic Interpreting the assessment criteria Criterion A: research question Criterion B: introduction Criterion C: investigation Criterion D: knowledge and understanding of the topic studied Criterion E: reasoned argument Criterion F: application of analytical and evaluative skills appropriate to the subject Criterion G: use of language appropriate to the subject Criterion H: conclusion Criterion I: formal presentation Criterion J: abstract Criterion K: holistic judgment Overview Choice of topic Treatment of the topic Interpreting the assessment criteria Criterion A: research question Criterion B: introduction Criterion C: investigation Criterion D: knowledge and understanding of the topic studied Criterion E: reasoned argument Criterion F: application of analytical and evaluative skills appropriate to the subject Criterion G: use of language appropriate to the subject Criterion H: conclusion Criterion I: formal presentation Criterion J: abstract Criterion K: holistic judgment Overview Choice of topic Treatment of the topic Interpreting the assessment criteria Criterion A: research question Criterion B: introduction Criterion C: investigation Criterion D: knowledge and understanding of the topic studied Criterion E: reasoned argument Criterion F: application of analytical and evaluative skills appropriate to the subject Criterion G: use of language appropriate to the subject Criterion H: conclusion Criterion I: formal presentation Criterion J: abstract Criterion K: holistic judgment Overview Choice of topic Treatment of the topic Interpreting the assessment criteria Criterion A: research question Criterion B: introduction 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