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  • 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

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    The Individual oral - it hardly needs saying - is a spoken exam done individually with your teacher. In the exam, you must address this question: Examine the ways the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of...

  • P1 - Examination Questions Free

    Understanding the types of questions you will be asked, and the types of texts you will need to respond to, will help you perform to your best in the Paper 1 assessment: a guided textual analysis of previously unseen texts. What will I get? This...

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    Paper 1 - Sample texts and student work

    This page gives insight into the types of texts you might receive in Paper 1, and shares examples of student work to this end.

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    Paper 1 - Writing a Guided Textual Analysis

    So much of your success in written assessment is knowing what good looks like, what is expected, and therefore how to be successful. This page helps you to gain the credit that your understanding of a previously unseen text merits.

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  • Dear Mr. Neil,
    This comes to appreciate your immense hard work in creating, collating and compiling all of these very relevant, well-timed resources in lucid, friendly language for all IBDP students and facilitators as well.
    Gratitude and thanks!
    Seethalakshmi S
    Seethalakshmi Subramanian, Mount Litera School (India)
  • Thanks for this great initiative. I like how the site is broken down and explained in different assessment areas.
    Chiranjeet Bhattacharyya, UWC Maastricht (Netherlands)
  • Layout is very clear. Discussion of examples helpful.
    Amanda Holmes, Verdala International School (Malta)
  • I found this site extremely helpful for my IO. I was on a rush and didn’t have an idea of what I wanted to work with but after reviewing the videos and information the site has about structuring the IO it was easier for me to do so, specially the: Individual Oral- Organising the 10 minutes.
    Mariana Calderon, Colegio La Floresta (El Salvador)