Year 12 Subject Language B English HL

Unit Title/Question
Social Relationships - How people interrelate and behave - as members of a community, indivi

Term 1 Lessons 4 weeks

Key Words lingusiticlanguage

dominance
and cultural identity, or self-identity

Learning Skills Communicators Thinkers Researchers

21C Champions Planned Unit? Yes

Technology Skills Used Garage Band / Audacity, Edmodo, word processing, web based research

What do we want them to learn? Establishing the purpose of the unit

What essential understanding / transfer goals will students take with them?

List here one to three big, overarching, long term goals for this unit
Students should be aware of the dominating effect of the English language and its impact on other languages. Engl
Understanding of global languages and awareness of the extinction of languages.
What is the intended learning
Syllabus content/National Curriculum links. What points will be covered. IB Understandings (Gp 4)
Content
Effect of English dominance on small languages, importance of English for economics, globalization and internation
Subject Specific Skills
Interactive oral (debate) planning / Understand, analyse and respond to a range of spoken and written texts / comm
Concepts

What do learners bring with them?

What is their likely prior learning, how will this be established? What possible misconceptions or postive / negative at
Starting Point Activity
Discussion of value of English language proficiency nd levels of such proficiency
Details
How important is English proficiency? How much time do you spend operating in English vs. your first languge? For

How will we know when they are there?

How will students demonstrate their learning?
What assessments tasks will be completed.
Formative Assessment (including feedback mechanisms)
Paper 1 text handling exercises from textbook, 2.Planning for an Interactive Oral in form of a class debate and disc
Summative Assessment
Interactive oral activity, Paper 1, Personal Response (HL only)
How will students know what quality learning looks like?
Links to assessment criteria, rubrics and exemplar material
Study of detailed teacher and student created models / detailed examination of assessment criteria for Interactive O

How will we get them there?

How will inquiry based learning be used to generate interest and engagement?
Include key inquiry questions and related activities
1. How did English become the lingua franca? English as a global language - article with follow up Paper 1 text handling quest
2. Dominance of English and its role in the extinction of smaller languages - International Herald Tribune 2007 article with follo
language
4. The role of English in globalization - textbook article with follow up Paper 1 text handling questions
How will we help students to become self-supporting learners?
Differentiation and Supporting different learning styles, in order to encourage and maintain student self-esteem and c
List of Learning Processes used (such as: Lecture, Small Group Work, Q & A, Pair Work, Student Presentat
Small group work / student led discussion / Q and A
Scaffolding
Use of writing frames / vocab lists prior to reading / students must pre-read texts or in guided reading sessions in cl
Possible Extensions
Students have opportunity to investigate areas of personal intererst in prep for Interactive Oral. Reading of addition
#NAME?
Thinkers = identifying and considering balanced arguments / Communicator = developing clear arguments / demon
How will reflection be used and supported?
Peer assessment of personal response plan / personal reflection of own language practices /

BISP Core
Literacy
Provide examples of how literacy and language acquisition is supported in this unit
Development of working vocabulary and comprehension stemming from reading work / practice formulating and exp
International Mindedness
How is international mindedness supported in this unit?
Texts come from many international sources / internaitonal school classroom is itself a great resource - 6 different n
Theory of Knowledge (IB DP Only)
Select the main explicit ToK connection and give details of any connection that will be made during this unit
Ways of knowing
How did language evolve? What is the relationship between language and ethics?
CAS (IB DP mainly)
Select the main explicit CAS connection and give details of any connection that will be made during this unit

How does a CAS activity of teachign English to Thai children promote English linguistic dominance? What are the d

Reflection: Considering the planning, process and impact of the inquiry

What worked well
The debate was great. Students really engaged in the topics (Shoud Thailand outlaw English education to protect culture? / S
What didn't work well

Notes/changes/suggestions:
 Language B English HL

- as members of a community, individually and in groups

Unit Folder Link

Self managers Team members

ing, web based research

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its impact on other languages. English has many forms and functions.
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rstandings (Gp 4)

nomics, globalization and international harmony

e of spoken and written texts / communicate clearly and effectively in a range of

sconceptions or postive / negative attitudes may they bring with them?

n English vs. your first languge? For what purposes do you use English/first

al in form of a class debate and discussion on several issues including the use

assessment criteria for Interactive Oral /

gagement?

th follow up Paper 1 text handling questions

nal Herald Tribune 2007 article with follow up Paper 1 text handling questions

ling questions

d maintain student self-esteem and confidence

& A, Pair Work, Student Presentations, Inter-Disciplinary Learning, Student L

s or in guided reading sessions in class time / pair work mixing weak with able

nteractive Oral. Reading of additional texts associated with current global

developing clear arguments / demonstrate an ability to interact in a conversation

age practices /

nit
g work / practice formulating and expressing complex ideas, asking questions

itself a great resource - 6 different nationalities and languages within one class

will be made during this unit

cs?

will be made during this unit

nguistic dominance? What are the disadvantages of this activity?

uiry

English education to protect culture? / Should the government give more money to
 Subject Year Unit Name Term Approx number of lessons
Key Words
English Language
COREBTOPIC: SOCIAL
12 RELATIONSHIPS : LINGUISTIC language
1 DOMINANCE15 and cultural identity, or self-identi
 Learning Skills
(delete ones not applicable)
Technology Skills
21C Used
Champions Planned
What is the
Unit?
intended
Essential
learning?
Understandings
Expected learning
#NAME? #NAME? Yes #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Learning Examples Interest Skills ToK etc.INternational Mindedness
IB Learner Profile
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arner Profile
ACTIVITY
1. Intro to course
2. English language dominance (3 lessons):
English
3. – a global
3 lessons Englishlanguage article w/ questions
Mad About English –dominance continues
the importance articlearound
of English w/ questions
the world
4. English
HL: won’t dominate as world
Intro Chinglish
to HL requirements – Paperlanguage
Part Barticle w/ questions followed by Interactive oral activity
My
(2 Own
lessons) – a study of English2 language / Written Assignment
influences on motheron tongue
literature
–
Literature: Intro to The Curious
5. Article: Saving dying languages Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Conventions
6. The rootsHL:
Literature: ofofEnglish
script-writing
Reading Curious -Incident – digressions and meditations
Research
7+8. Group project: find examples
presentations: of English words and expressions that have their roots in other languages.
IAO activity
Literature: HL: Reading Curios Incident– debate
Literature: Reading Curious Incident: emotions
HL: The personal response
RESOURCES ASSESSMENT FOCUS
IB Lang B guide
http://justafilmjunkie.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/mad-about-english-2008/
Lang B text: pg 2-5 Paper 1 text handling
Lang B text pg 4-5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQzmRY7TKbY Paper 1 text handling
Lang B text: pg 6-7 Paper 1
Paper 2 – script (IAO):
Interactive writingdebate
http://blogcritics.org/saving-dying-languages/
Youtube videos Paper 2 PartOral
A:
Page 8 Create a poster to represent 5 new words added to English.
IAO activity:
Paper 2
WA
WA

IB book page 9
ew words added to English.