Subject
Language Acquisition (MYP)
IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition teaching and study resources.
Subject overview
The Language Acquisition (MYP) hub gathers overview material for this IB Middle Years Programme subject. Content is added progressively rather than published as empty pages.
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Language Acquisition (MYP) 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 MYP Language Acquisition Is Assessed: Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the four assessment criteria, proficiency phases and eAssessment structure for IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Revision Notes
IB MYP Language Acquisition: The Four Assessment Criteria in Practice -- Revision Notes
Worked, criterion-by-criterion guidance on what top-band evidence actually looks like for MYP Language Acquisition's four assessment criteria -- Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing -- with a worked example for each, tied to the emergent/capable/proficient proficiency phases.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition: Syllabus Guide
The four assessment criteria of IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition -- listening, reading, speaking, writing -- and its emergent/capable/proficient assessment levels, for the from-2020 framework.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Revision Notes
IB MYP Language Acquisition: Proficiency Phases and Assessment Criteria — Revision Notes
Condensed revision notes on IB MYP Language Acquisition's emergent/capable/proficient phases and its four independently-weighted assessment criteria -- listening, reading, speaking, writing.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
IB MYP Language Acquisition: The Four Assessment Criteria in Practice
Worked, criterion-by-criterion guidance on what top-band evidence actually looks like for MYP Language Acquisition's four assessment criteria -- Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing -- tied to the emergent/capable/proficient proficiency phases.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
IB MYP Language Acquisition: Proficiency Phases and Assessment Criteria
The emergent/capable/proficient proficiency phases and the four independently-weighted assessment criteria -- listening, reading, speaking, writing -- for IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition, from 2020.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Subject Guides
IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition: Subject Overview
An overview of IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition -- developing insight into language, culture and multiliteracy skills for ages 11-16.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
Practice resources
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Exam Preparation
IB MYP Language Acquisition eAssessment: Preparing for Both Components
Task-by-task exam preparation for IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition's two eAssessment components -- the on-screen listening/reading/writing paper and the separately assessed speaking examination -- with a proficiency-phase checklist.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Practice Questions
IB MYP Language Acquisition: The Four Assessment Criteria in Practice -- Practice Questions
Original scenario-based practice questions with full worked answers testing whether sample listening, reading, speaking and writing evidence would meet top-band standard for each of MYP Language Acquisition's four assessment criteria.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Practice Questions
IB MYP Language Acquisition: Proficiency Phases and Assessment Criteria -- Practice Questions
Original practice questions with full worked answers on matching revision to proficiency phase, the four criteria's equal weighting, and the compulsory-status exception, for IB MYP Language Acquisition.
Language Acquisition (MYP) · International Baccalaureate · IB
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What is MYP Language Acquisition?
The IB Middle Years Programme subject group covering additional-language learning, from ages 11-16, aimed at developing communication skills and intercultural understanding.
Does Marlbridge teach this subject?
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