Useful Links
During the School Supported Self-Taught course, you will also need and benefit from some other information and tools. Please take a look at the links below:
Literary reading and writing
Every language has a literary tradition of their own, so use the tools that the native teachers give out in first hand! But if you want some additional resources: Purdue University's Online Writing Lab has very good and informative tools, presentations and posts about literature and literary writing, including the following that might be interesting:
Literary terms and concepts
Literary theory and schools of criticism
Introduction to and example of close reading (poetry)
Feel free to look around their website and read the different posts!
Literary terms and concepts
Literary theory and schools of criticism
Introduction to and example of close reading (poetry)
Feel free to look around their website and read the different posts!
Individual Oral
In order to get a good understanding of the Individual oral, you can look at the four explanatory videos below:
1. The first video explores how to decide on a global issue for the oral and what different options there are.
2. The second video speaks about and explains authorial choices from different perspectives.
3. The third video looks at how to clarify the language with respect to the chosen global issue.
4. The fourth video discusses the structure, organization and mark schemes of the actual oral.
For more detailed information regarding the content and structure of the Individual oral, please refer to pages 42-45 of the IBO Language A SSST Student Guide.
1. The first video explores how to decide on a global issue for the oral and what different options there are.
2. The second video speaks about and explains authorial choices from different perspectives.
3. The third video looks at how to clarify the language with respect to the chosen global issue.
4. The fourth video discusses the structure, organization and mark schemes of the actual oral.
For more detailed information regarding the content and structure of the Individual oral, please refer to pages 42-45 of the IBO Language A SSST Student Guide.