IBDP English A: Language & Literature

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The Course at a Glance

This page will tell you, as concisely as possible, what is to be expected and required in the course to make you not only a successful learner of English A: Language & Literature, but also to achieve the best possible grade at the end of the...

P2 - Examination Questions

Paper 2 - Examination Questions

This section will give you access to examination questions and responses, leading to detailed guides and analyses on how to write an effective response and examiners' feedback. May 2023 will be the first time that Paper 2 is examined for this...

P1 - Examination Questions

Paper 1 - Examination Questions

This section will give you access to examination questions and responses, leading to detailed guides and analyses on how to write an effective response and examiners' feedback. By definition, Paper 1 is an unseen text analysis.

Calling M25 students Free

Roll on May 8th and 9th To all M25 students, good luck next week in Paper 1 and Paper 2 respectively. Just one final push and all of your hard work will be rewarded.  If you're looking for last-minute tips, why not check out the most recent posts...

P2 - Examination Questions

Paper 2 - M24 responses

On this page you will find a real student response to the M24 Paper 2 examination, with examiner's marks and author's insight.   Relationships are often central to literary works. How is this true in two works you have studied?   Relationships...

P1 - Examination Questions

Paper 1 - M24 responses

In this page you will find an interesting student response to the P1 text in M24, and examiner's feedback.

P1 - Examination Questions

Paper 1 - M23 responses

This page will provide you not only with authentic examination responses for students taking Paper 1 in M23, but also with examiners' feedback.

P2 - Examination Questions

Paper 2 - Exemplar Response

This page will provide you not only with authentic student responses to specimen questions, but also with examiners' feedback, and a narrated explanation of what the student did well. How do two of the works you have studied portray the struggle...

Paper 2

Paper 2 - M26 onwards updates

This page gives you important updates about the assessment criteria for M26 students onwards.

What's new and what's to come Free

Coming up on StudyIB EngLangLit Summer is here (for our Northern Hemisphere friends) and it's time to relax. Another cohort - the May 2024 students - have flown through their IB Diplomas and gained their results just two days ago. My best wishes...

Individual Oral

Individual Oral - Organising the 10 minutes

This page will give you a clear idea of how to use the ten minutes of the oral assessment and why.

Individual Oral

Individual Oral - To mock, or not to mock?

Your school is probably giving you a mock individual oral, perhaps very soon in the summer term of IB1. This page will give you some guidance on the value of a mock IO, as well as some helpful tips on how to prepare.

How can I succeed in English A? Free

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,...

P2 - Examination Questions

Paper 2 - Planning during the Exam

This page will help you with exactly how you use your planning time in the examination, to give you a structure that will allow you to answer the question and to show your skill at analysis and evaluation. Whatever is asked of you in Paper 2,...

HL Essay

HL Essay - Gaining Level 7

Being able to see really good model examples is essential to learning skills. All the better if those models are truly assessed by examiners as part of a session, and if they adhere to our guidelines for organising and structuring an excellent...

Individual Oral

Individual Oral - Establishing a Global Issue

For the Individual Oral, the examiners tell us that establishing and articulating an effective global issue is key to success. On this page you'll find a series of videos to help you to this end.  

Individual Oral

Individual Oral - Bodies of Work

Christmas: a time for giving... not to mention a time for rapacious marketing and commodification of love, relationships and the joy of family.

HL Essay

HL Essay - Great Examples (Non-literary Bodies of Work)

As an HL student thinking about writing your HL Essay, you will need to make a choice between writing about a literary work or a non-literary work/non-literary body of work. Some of these terms may be confusing. A literary work includes things...

Paper 1

Paper 1 - Dealing with Infographics

This page will help you deal with infographics, which is important for Paper 1.

Individual Oral - it's that time again Free

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...