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Calling M25 students
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...
3 May 2025
What's new and what's to come
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...
8 July 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
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Paper 1
Paper 1 - Dealing with Infographics
This page will help you deal with infographics, which is important for Paper 1.

Paper 1
Paper 1 - Student Examples: Comic Strip
This page will help you to consider the textual analysis of a comic strip, and allow you to assess student work.

Paper 1
Paper 1 - More Samples
This page will help you to know what to look for and how to respond effectively in Paper 1.

HL Essay
HL Essay - The Basics
This page provides you with a clear and basic introduction to the HL Essay, an academic essay based on literary works or non-literary texts studied during your course. Later pages provide you with tips, models, and activities to help you...
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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 SSeethalakshmi 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)