Preparing students for IB Diploma English A Language & Literature Paper One

If you understand the title, then you'll know what this series covers!

Plug-and-Play Reading Comprehension / Literature lesson : Essay "Professions for Women" by Virginia Woolf

Our four-part series on this work by one of the most important and influential feminist literary voices. This text is suitable for Cambridge and IB Language, Literature and Lang&Lit programmes. 

How are your English as a Second Language Skills?

Chile's National Curriculum is an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programme, yet many teachers and students are functionally at an English as a Second Language (E2L or ESL) level and so an E2L programme would likely be more appropriate. How about you? What are your E2L skills like?

Cambridge E2L (aka "ESL") Reading Comprehension

 

From our series of Cambridge English as a Second Language (E2L or ESL) Practice and Feedback programmes for teachers and students, this session reviews three reading comprehension exercises.  Suitable for E2L students in a bilingual programme, and Advanced EFL students.

Cambridge E2L (aka "ESL") Note-taking

 

From our series of Cambridge English as a Second Language (E2L or ESL) Practice and Feedback programmes for teachers and students, this session reviews three note-taking exercises.  Suitable for E2L students in a bilingual programme, and Advanced EFL students.

Cambridge E2L (aka "ESL") Summaries

From our series of Cambridge English as a Second Language (E2L or ESL) Practice and Feedback programmes for teachers and students, this session covers the characteristics of and then writing and reviewing summaries. 

Plug-and-Play Reading Comprehension / Literature lesson : Essay "Fire at Christmas" by Dylan Thomas

Although technically an extract from a longer work, this piece stands on its own and presents what we expect of a reflective essay and as such, is significant as a literary piece.

The text comes from a Cambridge English Literature programme, and is also appropriate for IB Language, Literature and Lang&Lit. 

Active Learning : Questioning

Asking questions is a crucial skill for teachers, and is more than just checking for recall. Effective questioning can "can stimulate learning, develop the potential of students to think", clarify ideas, "stir the imagination, and [create an] incentive to act". Join us as we review the role and function of asking questions for learning.

Poetry "The Sentry" by Wilfred Owen

One of the most important exemplars of first World War "war poetry", this influential poem should be included in every High School English Language and Literature programme, including EFL. The work has also appeared in the Cambridge Literature syllabus, and is appropriate for MYP, IB Dip English A Lang&Lit and AP.

Poetry "The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

This influential poem should be included in every High School English Language and Literature programme, including EFL. The work has also appeared in the Cambridge Literature syllabus, and so is appropriate for MYP, IB Dip English A Lang&Lit and AP.

An Advanced English-based Introduction to and Overview of Economics

This text-based introduction to and overview of Economics also serves as a subject-based Advanced English acquisition and development programme. The text-review element is based on  Economics : A Very Short Introduction by Partha Dasgupta (OUP), while the language-review element is prompted by student needs as they emerge. This programme is useful for those with a general interest in Economics, and for those following Cambridge, IB or university first-year Economics courses.

Coaching and Support for Cambridge International lGCSE English Literature teachers

If you are new to teaching a Cambridge International IGCSE English Literature programme, are in your first two years of doing so or are applying to join an Cambridge International school, this Coaching and Support is for you.

Coaching and Support for Cambridge International lGCSE English Second Language teachers

If you are new to teaching a Cambridge International IGCSE English Second Language programme, are in your first two years of doing so or are applying to join an Cambridge International school, this Coaching and Support is for you.

Coaching and Support for Cambridge International lGCSE English First Language teachers

If you are new to teaching a Cambridge International IGCSE English First Language programme, are in your first two years of doing so or are applying to join an Cambridge International school, this Coaching and Support is for you.

Coaching and Support for IB Diploma Extended Essay supervisors

If you are new to teaching an IB Diploma programme, are in your first two years of doing so or are applying to join an IB Diploma school, this Coaching and Support for Languages A and B Extended Essay supervisors is for you.

Coaching and Support for IB Diploma Language A Language & Literature teachers

If you are new to teaching an IB Diploma programme, are in your first two years of doing so or are applying to join an IB Diploma school, this Coaching and Support is for you.

Coaching and Support for IB Diploma Language A Literature teachers

If you are new to teaching an IB Diploma programme, are in your first two years of doing so or are applying to join an IB Diploma school, this Coaching and Support is for you.

Coaching and Support for IB Diploma Language B teachers

If you are new to teaching an IB Diploma programme, are in your first two years of doing so or are applying to join an IB Diploma school, this Coaching and Support is for you.

All the Cambridge Englishes : Cambridge Foreign Language English, Cambridge Second Language English, Cambridge First Language English, Cambridge English Literature

 

Cambridge is well-known in Chile as an English as a Foreign Language examination provider, but did you know that Cambridge also offers English as a Second Language, English as an Additional Language, English as a First Language and English Literature programmes and certifications? 

And there are more. Find out the differences, and about the five Cambridges, in this one-hour overview.

The IB's Extended Essay

 

Since the International Baccalaureate's launch in the mid to late 1960s, the Extended Essay has been a part of the Diploma's central areas and mandatory for Diploma candidates. Many Extended Essays are published, Extended Essays can, and often do, feature prominently in university admissions decisions and many are the basis of later university and/or graduate work. Extended Essay success is not as daunting as it appears; we can show you how.