Subject
Language A: Language and Literature
IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature teaching and study resources, organised by syllabus component.
Subject overview
The Language A: Language and Literature hub gathers overview material for this IB Diploma Programme subject. Content is added progressively rather than published as empty pages.
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Language A: Language and Literature is taught by Marlbridge today, for each qualification below — these are distinct qualifications with different syllabuses and assessments. Pick the one your school enters you for.
Study resources
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Revision Notes
How DP Language A: Language and Literature Is Assessed: Revision Notes
IB DP Language A: Language and Literature -- condensed recall notes on the assessment structure at SL and HL, papers, weightings, the individual oral and the HL essay.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature: Syllabus Guide
The three syllabus components of IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature -- Readers, writers and texts; Time and space; Intertextuality -- and how the course's mix of literary and non-literary text study is examined, for first assessment 2021.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
IB DP Language A: Language and Literature -- Time and Space
How the context of production and reception shapes meaning across literary and non-literary texts -- one of three equally-weighted syllabus components of IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature, first assessment 2021.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
IB DP Language A: Language and Literature -- Readers, Writers and Texts
How a writer's choices of language, form and structure shape meaning across literary and non-literary texts, and how a reader actively constructs interpretation -- one of three equally-weighted syllabus components of IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature, first assessment 2021.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Revision Notes
IB DP Language A: Language and Literature -- Readers, Writers and Texts Revision Notes
Condensed revision notes on IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature's Readers, writers and texts component -- the close-reading toolkit shared across literary and non-literary text analysis -- with self-test questions.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Revision Notes
IB DP Language A: Language and Literature -- Time and Space: Revision Notes
Condensed revision notes on the Time and Space syllabus component of IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature -- context of production and reception across literary and non-literary texts.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Subject Guides
IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature: Subject Overview
An overview of IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature -- its exploration of language's practical and aesthetic dimensions, its three syllabus components, and teaching hours at SL and HL.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
Practice resources
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Practice Questions
IB DP Language A: Language and Literature -- Time and Space: Practice Questions
Original practice questions with full worked answers on production and reception context across literary and non-literary texts, for the Time and Space component of IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Practice Questions
IB DP Language A: Language and Literature -- Readers, Writers and Texts: Practice Questions
Original practice questions with full worked answers applying close-reading technique to both literary and non-literary texts, for the Readers, Writers and Texts component of IB Diploma Programme Language A: Language and Literature.
Language A: Language and Literature · International Baccalaureate · IB
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What does the Language A: Language and Literature hub cover?
The IB Diploma Programme course, covering all three syllabus components: Readers, writers and texts; Time and space; and Intertextuality: connecting texts.
Does Marlbridge teach this subject?
Yes, at IB Diploma Programme level, Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL).
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