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Course Outline

Name of Course: English 12 - IB A2 SL

Year: 2006-2007
Teacher: Ms. Juliet Ide
Classroom Theme of Bildungsromans (Texts of Personal
books/resources: Transformation and “Growing Up”)
You Come Too , Robert Frost
Nine Stories , J. D. Salinger
Tom Sawyer , Mark Twain
Media and Culture

Possible topics: advertising, film, national security, the press,

sensationalism, bias, the Internet, news and public opinion,
propaganda, stereotypes, censorship, media and government,
popular novels, radio and television, tabloid newspaper
Course Description: The Language A2 program is a pre-university course in
literature. Designed for students with an already high level of
competence in the target language, A2 is based firmly on
language and literature. The main focus of these courses is
on the reinforcement and refinement of language skills, as
distinct from language acquisition. Students will also be
given the opportunity to explore the culture(s) of the
language, and to make connections between other languages
and cultures with which they are already familiar. They will
thus be able to use the language for purposes and in
situations involving sophisticated discussion, argument and
debate.
Course Objectives: At the end of the A2 course standard level, candidates are
expected to:

 Communicate clearly, fluently and effectively in a

wide range of situations
 Understand and use accurately the oral and written
forms of the language, in a range of styles and
situations
 Understand and use a broad range of vocabulary and
idiom
 Select a register and style that are generally
appropriate to the situation
 Express ideas with clarity and fluency
 Structure arguments in a focused and coherent way,
and support them with relevant examples
  Understand and make use of moderately complex
written and spoken texts
 Engage in critical examination of a wide range of
texts in different forms, styles and registers
 Appreciate some subtleties of technique and style
employed by writers and speakers of the language
 Show sensitivity to the culture(s) related to the
language studied

Units of Study Brief Literary Option

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detailed view): Short Stories via J. D. Salinger's Nine Stories
Poetry via Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson
Novel via Twain's Tom Sawyer

Cultural Awareness Option

Media and Culture via online resources, magazines, and

other current media

Either a Literary or a Cultural Awareness Option will be

studied in combination with the above two options

We will be preparing for the Written Tasks, one literary and

one cultural (see “Evaluation”).
Units of Study Detailed N/A
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Evaluation: IB ENGLISH A2 STANDARD LEVEL Course Outline

Assessment Outline

External Assessment: Externally set and externally assessed;

Grand Total of 70%

1. Written Paper Component

1. Paper 1: Comparative Commentary (1.5 hrs)
25%
1. Paper consists of two pairs of unseen
texts, each linked by a theme. For SL,
Optional guiding question are
provided. Candidates write one
comparative commentary on one of
the pairs of texts.
2. Paper 2: Essay (1.5 hrs) 25%
 1. 10 essay questions are given; students
answer one essay question. Two
options are given for each of the
language and culture, and media and
culture options (19), one for each of
the three cultural options and three on
the literary options.
2. Written Tasks Total of 20%
1. Two written tasks. One is based on literary
option, one on a cultural option. Combined
word limit is 1500 words.

Internal Assessment; Grand Total of 30%

1. Oral Commentary
1. Individual Oral 15%. This activity is taken
from a text from a cultural or literary option
studied.
2. Interactive Activity 15% The mark of one
other activity that is based on either a cultural
or literary option studied, whichever was not
the focus of the individual oral.