5th.

Year (GIB )
English B- IB DP
Syllabus 2023

Teachers: Laura Aguero – Valeria Borean

This is the first-year-training for the international exam IB English B .

Language B is a language acquisition course designed for students with some previous experience of
the target language. Students further develop their ability to communicate through the study of
language, themes and texts. There are five prescribed themes:
 Identities
 Experiences
 Human Ingenuity
 Social Organization
 Sharing the planet.

Both language B SL and HL students learn to communicate in the target language in familiar and
unfamiliar contexts. The distinction between language B SL and HL can be seen in the level of
competency the student is expected to develop in receptive, productive and interactive skills.

The following language acquisition aims are:

• Develop international-mindedness through the study of languages, cultures, and ideas and issues
of global significance.
• Enable students to communicate in the language they have studied in a range of contexts and for a
variety of purposes.
• Encourage, through the study of texts and through social interaction, an awareness and
appreciation of a variety of perspectives of people from diverse cultures.
• Develop students’ understanding of the relationship between the languages and cultures with
which they are familiar.
• Develop students’ awareness of the importance of language in relation to other areas of
knowledge.
• Provide students, through language learning and the process of inquiry, with opportunities for
intellectual engagement and the development of critical- and creative-thinking skills

Module 1:
IDENTITIES

Reading
 Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM
 Lifestyles- How can physical exercise contribute to our wellbeing?
 Mental health: The dangers of long-term stress
 Eating disorders: Manorexia.
 Traditional medicine: You too can be a medical practitioner
 Alternative medicine- a growing trend- CAM practitioners are skilled conmen.
 Life and values

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  Language and identity: How does language shape our identity?
 English as a Global Language-
 English won´t dominate as world language
 Language and cultural Identity. Interlinguistic Influence
 Subcultures. Third Culture kids.
 Nationality and Identity. Who am I?
 IB exam practice Paper 2

Speaking
 Discussion: How to lead a healthy lifestyle- What it means to be healthy- unhealthy.
 Five-minute presentation about exam stress.
 How to live the good life.
 Oral debate about similarities and differences in perceiving beliefs and values in an Anglophone
culture and your own.
 Oral debate: English as a global language. The impact of English worldwide.
 What is the future of other minority languages?
 Individual oral based on research into self- identity and social groups.
 Subcultures and their role in society.
 Practice for the Internal Assessment Section ( Part 1-2)
 Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM

Listening
 Tapes and activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM
 Life balance- advice for young adults
 Mother tongue by Amy Tan.
 IB Exam Practice Paper 2

Writing

 A blog entry.
 IB exam practice Paper 1
 Text types- emails- proposals- articles - review
 Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM

Literary options:
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
Questions on the play
Analysis of characters and themes
Symbols

The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time by Mark Haddon
Questions on the novel
Analysis of characters and themes
Symbols

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Module 2:
EXPERIENCES

Reading
 Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM
 Leisure time: Travel and Recreation- Wildlife safaris in India
 Responsible travelling- Eco friendly vacationing
 Migration- How is migration different from immigration?
 The benefits and Challenges of urbanization
 Migration and language contact
 Holidays and Travel.
 Life stories- Rosa Parks A great American Role model.
 Rites of passage. Is going to university the biggest rite of passage teens face on their way to
adulthood?
 Customs and traditions: Uniforms in the USA
 Tattooing: The cultural significance of tattoes
 Working place: Dress codes- tattoes- discrimination
 IB exam practice paper 2

Speaking
 How do teens – adults spend their free time?
 Advantages and disadvantages of travelling
 Ecotourism. What it means to be a responsible traveller
 Migration- causes- reasons- consequences
 Does travelling improve our cultural tolerance?
 To what extend do historical events shape our life stories?
 To what extend are we shaped by rites of passage?
 Is going to university the biggest rite of passage teens face on their way to adulthood?
 How do customs and traditions shape our present and future? Dress codes.
 Tattooing: The cultural significance of tattoes
 Discrimination at the working place
 Internal assessment. Exposure to visual stimulus. Presentations .
 Practice for the Internal Assessment Section ( Part 1- 2)
 Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM

Listening

 The impact of tourism

 A role Model: Jackie Robinson
 FCE exam practice-
 IB - Mock exams practice paper 2
 Tapes and Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM

Writing

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  IB paper 1- Exam Practice
 Writing models
 Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM

Literary options:
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
Questions on the play
Analysis of characters and themes
Symbols

The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time by Mark Haddon
Questions on the novel
Analysis of characters and themes
Symbols

Module 3:
HUMAN INGENUITY

Reading:
 Advertising effects: Should thin be in?
 The Internet: The future is mobile
 Social Networking: Poems about Facebook
 Censorship: Cartoon violence makes children more aggressive
 Media vs violence: Video games do not cause kids to be violent.
 Media and the environment
 Scientific and technological innovation: Ideas to change the world.
 The future of humanity

Speaking
 Oral debate: Overexposure to technology.
 Advantages and disadvantages of the use of technology.
 Technology- An essential tool?
 Media vs Violence
 How can be media be used to promote environmental issues?
 Scientific innovation and its influence in people´s lives.

Listening:
 FCE exam practice-Paper 2
 IB - Mock exams practice paper 2
 Dream on
 Activities and Tapes from KOGNITY

Writing:
 IB paper 1
 Writing models
 Activities from KOGNITY PLATFORM

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Literary options:
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
Questions on the play
Analysis of characters and themes
Symbols

The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time by Mark Haddon
Questions on the novel
Analysis of characters and themes
Symbols

OBJETIVOS DEL ÁREA

Todas las unidades están diseñadas para trabajar con diferentes habilidades correspondientes al
idioma.
En cuanto a la comprensión lectora (READING COMPREHENSION) se espera que los alumnos y
alumnas logren:

 Buscar información específica en los textos a trabajar.

 Diferenciar ideas principales de secundarias.
 Identificar conceptos específicos y globales.
 Reconocer objetivos de los textos a trabajar.
 Analizar estructuras de los textos a trabajar.
 Extraer detalles.
 Identificar palabras claves.
 Reconocer los distintos tipos de palabras para poder clasificarlas y diferenciarlas.
 Resumir ideas principales utilizando sus propias palabras, así como también información
de los textos.
 Desarrollar el pensamiento crítico según lo leído.
 Definir nuevo lexico.
 Realizar sus propias conclusiones según lo leído.
 Seleccionar información para responder preguntas de un texto.
 Seleccionar, transferir y utilizar información para completar actividades.
 Reconocer información relevante e irrelevante.
 Justificar opciones elegidas.

En cuanto a la comprensión auditiva (LISTENING COMPREHENSION) se espera que los alumnos y

alumnas logren:

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  Identificar palabras claves.
 Identificar, entender e interpretar información.
 Repetir (paraphrase) lo que escuchan con sus propias palabras.
 Escuchar para diferenciar que tipo de información falta.
 Identificar léxico determinado.
 Reconocer diversos acentos.
 Escuchar atentamente para diferenciar información específica y relevante.

En cuanto a la producción escrita (WRITING) se espera que los alumnos y alumnas logren :

 escribir diversos textos mediante el uso y aplicación adecuada de la gramática adquirida.

En cuanto a la producción oral (SPEAKING) se espera que los alumnos y alumnas logren:

 Participar y comprometerse con la interacción grupal y las prácticas comunicativas que

facilitan el aprendizaje.
 Aplicar la gramática adquirida en situaciones comunicativas diarias y cotidianas.
 Narrar eventos presentes, pasados y futuros.
 Expresar ideas y discernir del resto.
 Utilizar el pensamiento crítico para formular síntesis de textos- videos analizados.
 Realizar presentaciones orales basadas en el material de lectura visto.
 Utilizar vocabulario apropiado a cada situación comunicativa.
 Describir estímulos visuales.
 Realizar comparaciones.
 Organizar un debate basado en temas analizados previamente.

Bibliography

A BOOKLET PREPARED BY THE TEACHER MADE UP OF ARTICLES, POEMS AND SHORT STORIES TAKEN
FROM:

 Oxford English B Course Companion. Edited by Aldin, Abu Awad, Tempakka, Morley.
 English B for the IB Diploma. Edited by Brad Philpot. CUP.
 FCE and IB past papers to be used as mock exams
 KOGNITY PLATFORM.

Metodología de Promoción :
Se realizarán:

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  trabajos prácticos individuales y grupales para evaluar la adquisición y adecuada aplicación de los
saberes.

 presentaciones orales sobre temas trabajados en clase.

 debates e intercambio de opiniones frente a material de comprensión lectora

 Se utilizarán recursos tecnológicos para que los alumnos estén expuestos al idioma por medio de
material real y concreto.
 MOCK EXAMS (modelos de exámenes de FCE)

Se observará que los alumnos y las alumnas cumplan con las normas de convivencia dentro del aula.

Se observará que los alumnos y las alumnas cuenten son sus libros y sus carpetas de forma prolija y
ordenada ya que esto es material sujeto a estudio y evaluación.

En caso de ausencia, el alumno deberá ponerse en contacto con sus compañeros para pedir lo visto
en clase y la tarea asignada.

Se utilizarán recursos tecnológicos para que los alumnos estén expuestos al idioma por medio de material
real y concreto.

Evaluación:
Los alumnos y las alumnas realizarán evaluaciones orales y escritas así como también trabajos prácticos. La
evaluación incluirá comprensión de textos, comprensión auditiva, expresión oral y escrita, gramática y
vocabulario.

Los alumnos y las alumnas deberán acreditar saberes obteniendo un 70 por ciento de los contenidos
prioritarios así como también de las competencias esperadas para cada habilidad del idioma.

La nota cuatrimestral será el resultado del promedio de las calificaciones de todas las evaluaciones
y trabajos y de la evaluación actitudinal.

La evaluación actitudinal incluye el cumplimiento de tareas, puntualidad, participación activa en

clase y conducta.