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Language A: literature (previously known as Language A1) is a recently updated literature course, for first examinations 2013. [3] The course is designed to "encourage students to appreciate the artistry of literature and to develop an ability to reflect critically on their reading".
Internal Assessment — for Language A2 consisted of two oral components, in the same way as for language A1. External Assessment —for Language A2 consisted of paper 1, the Comparative Commentary, where the students write a commentary that compares the two previously unseen texts that appear in the exam. Paper 2 is an essay on either a ...
In 1945, the "Conference of Internationally-minded Schools" asked the International School of Geneva (Ecolint) to create an international schools programme. [3] [4] When he became director of Ecolint's English division, Desmond Cole-Baker began to develop the idea, and in 1962, his colleague Robert Leach organized a conference in Geneva, at which the term "International Baccalaureate" was ...
An intergovernmental symposium in 1991 titled "Transparency and Coherence in Language Learning in Europe: Objectives, Evaluation, Certification" held by the Swiss Federal Authorities in the Swiss municipality of Rüschlikon found the need for a common European framework for languages to improve the recognition of language qualifications and help teachers co-operate.
The IB is a nonprofit organization, [22] selling its products and services to schools in a system analogous to a franchise network. Schools buy products and services from the IB – assessments, publications, the right to use branding – and in turn schools act as distributors, reselling the products and services to families. [23]
In the school year 2017/2018 UWC Mostar runs these IB Courses: IB Group 1 Language A1: Bosnian A1, Croatian A1, Serbian A1, English A1 - Literature, English A1 - Language and literature, German A1; other languages may be taken as "self-taught" subjects. IB Group 2 Language Acquisition: English B, German B, German Ab Initio, Spanish B, Spanish ...
St Clare's is a coeducational private, international day and boarding college in North Oxford, England offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma, a Preparatory IB programme, English language courses, University Pathways, Gap Year study and IB teacher training workshops.
The school introduced English immersion education in 2000, and in 2002, was designated a Super English Language (SEL) high school by the Japanese government. In 2009, the school was authorized by the IBO as the first Article 1 (government approved) Japanese institution in the Kansai region to provide the IB Diploma Program (IBDP). In 2014, the ...