Language B
The primary focus of Language B is communicative competence in both the spoken and written forms.
Language B students will develop their reading, writing and oral skills in lessons which focus on issues related to culture as well as to the core IB concepts of international mindedness and TOK’s ways of knowing. Students will examine a wide variety of topics that are immediately relevant to their experience. The core topics studied will relate to:
Through the examination of these topics students will develop their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking. They will eventually become competent in using language for social and cultural interactivity. A wide variety of texts will be used in lessons e.g. news stories, short stories, brochures, advertisements, poems, informal and formal letters, excerpts from plays, articles, speeches, editorials, debates, reviews and interview.
Language B students will develop their reading, writing and oral skills in lessons which focus on issues related to culture as well as to the core IB concepts of international mindedness and TOK’s ways of knowing. Students will examine a wide variety of topics that are immediately relevant to their experience. The core topics studied will relate to:
- Identities experiences
- Human ingenuity
- Social organisation
- Sharing the planet
Through the examination of these topics students will develop their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking. They will eventually become competent in using language for social and cultural interactivity. A wide variety of texts will be used in lessons e.g. news stories, short stories, brochures, advertisements, poems, informal and formal letters, excerpts from plays, articles, speeches, editorials, debates, reviews and interview.
Updated Sep'22
