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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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    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...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

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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)