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  • StudyIB Free Weekend

    Try before you Buy This coming weekend - March 9th and 10th, 2024 - StudyIB are running a Free Weekend! This is a great opportunity for you to browse the site and its offerings, look at exemplar student work, study tips, ideas for the assessment...

    6 March 2024
  • How can I succeed in English A?

    What could I be doing now? As the evenings get lighter for our Northern Hemisphere friends, it's that time of the year again to ask what I could be doing to succeed in English A. The simple answer: subscribe to this site! If you are an IB1 student,...

    6 March 2024
  • Individual Oral - it's that time again

    Articulating Global Issues It's that time again. For some of us, at least. I'm prepared to bet that someone, somewhere, Northern or Southern Hemisphere, some of you are gearing up for your Individual Orals. Or just starting the process. Or identifying...

    24 May 2023
  • M23 Examinations Calling

    Last-Minute Exam Revision You're and M23 IBDP student and you're closing in on your final examinations in English A: Language & Literature. On Wednesday 3rd May you have your Paper 1; on Thursday 4th, Paper 2. Is it too late, or is there anything...

    26 April 2023
  • What can I do now? (Northern Hemisphere)

    New Year's Resolutions in the North Happy New Year and Welcome to 2023! As a student of English A: Language & Literature studying in the Northern Hemisphere, what can I be doing now to improve my chances of success? Read on for tips and advice:

    4 January 2023
  • What can I do now? (Southern Hemisphere)

    New Year's Resolutions in the South Happy New Year and Welcome to 2023! As a student of English A: Language & Literature studying in the Southern Hemisphere, what can I be doing now to improve my chances of success? Read on for tips and advice:

    4 January 2023
  • What's new?

    What's new for EngLangLit revision? With the new school year successfully afoot and the Class of 2023 navigating IA deadlines, Extended Essays, and as much curricula learning as possible in the classrooms across the globe, pragmatic attentions...

    26 September 2022
  • Preparing for M23

    What will the new academic year hold? For many of us, August or September marks the start of a new academic year and the commencement of the final furlong for the May 2023 cohort. For Language A: Language & Literature, this also represents the...

    3 September 2022
  • M22 Examinations Calling

    Are you ready for May 12th? For all students of the M22 session, May 12th is the red-letter day for the Paper 1 examination for English A: Language & Literature. And the burning question on all of (y)our lips right now is: Am I ready? What...

    12 April 2022
  • Key to Success in Paper 1

    How to write a great Paper 1 This is a very brief Blog post for all of those Senior students (and teachers) with one or both eyes on the Paper 1 examination. There's nothing more important than having a clear strategy for addressing whatever...

    24 March 2022