ENGLISH B- New
programme
Slides
EE
CAS
TOK
THEMES
Identities
Experiences
Human
ingenuity
Social
organization
Sharing the
planet
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Syllabus outline
SL
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THEMES
Identities
Experiences
Human ingenuity
Social organizations
Sharing the planet
Language
Texts
Concepts
HL
Literature
(at least 2
works)
Language B assessment objectives
Communicate
clearly and
effectively
purposes
Identify, organise and
present ideas
contexts
Understand and
use language
appropriately
topics
audiences
Communication
Interpersonal
Intercultural
Understand, analyse
and reflect
Texts
Use language to
express and
respond
Written, audio,
visual, audio-visual
texts
Fluency
Accuracy
REFLECT
Does your own course design at
school
Aspect
YES
NO
COMMENT
1. Address the five prescribed themes (identities, experiences, human
ingenuity, social organizations and sharing the planet)?
2. Cover different recommended topics under each theme?
3. Offer opportunities to understand and use a variety of text types in
relation to the prescribed themes and related course content?
4. Develop all conceptual understandings of how language works?
5. Develop receptive, productive and interactive skills?
6. Incorporate explicit links to TOK?
7. Promote the development of all learner profile attributes?
8. Include a variety of authentic resources?
9. Include a variety of activities that cater for all the IB assessment
components required?
10. Include at least two literary works for HL (if applicable)?
11. Focus on the target culture in its full global presence (not just one
particular continent or country)?
Paper 1
Paper 2:
Listening
Assessment
Paper 2:
Reading
The
Individual
oral
THEMATIC APPROACH
Personal
texts
Mass media
texts
WHEN
Professional
texts
HOW
Audience
Purpose
Context
Concepts
Variation
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Meaning
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Reading the task
It has come to your attention that an area of land in
your community that is currently a nature preserve
has just been sold to a company that plans to build
a large recycling facility there. You don't believe
that all of the residents are aware of the impact of
this. Choose one of the text types from the box
below to explain the situation to the thousands of
area residents, express your point of view, and what
(if any) action should be taken in response to the
sale ofEditorial
the land and the Letter
company’s plans.
Speech
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GUIDING STUDENTS
CONTEXT
AUDIENCE
• Area where writer lives- nature
reserve sold to a company that plans
to build a large recycling facility
• Local residents
PURPOSE
REQUIREMENTS:
• To raise awareness of impact of
changing the nature reserve to a
recycling facility
• Explain the issue
• Express opinion
• Describe action to be taken in
response to the:
• sale of the land
• company’s plans
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Difficulty
WHAT?
PAPER 2
reading
Reason
Action plan
WHY?
HOW?
Literature in
language B
A literary work should…
be originally
written in the
target language;
literature in
translation is
not allowed
preferably be
integrated into
the teaching of
one or more of
the language B
themes
be prose fiction,
prose nonfiction, poetry
and/or drama
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be of literary
merit
take into
consideration
students’
interests and
linguistic
proficiency
not be an
abridged or
simplified
version of the
original work
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Approaches to learning skills in depth
FIVE VIDEOS:
Thinking Skills video: Dr. Derek Cabrera – How Thinking Works
Communication skills video: Evidence & arguments: Ways of experiencing a text
Social skills video: Spider Web Discussion (SWD)
Self-Management skills video: Richard Burnett - Mindfulness in Schools
Research skills video: Eli Pariser – Beware online “filter bubb