IB English A: Language and Literature Tutor in the UK

📖 Area of Exploration 1: Readers, Writers and Texts

• Close Reading and Textual Analysis
• How Creators Make Choices (Language, Structure, Form)
• How Meaning is Communicated (Words, Images, Sound)
• Literary Forms (Prose Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Prose Non-Fiction)
• Non-Literary Text Types (Advertisements, Speeches, News Articles, Interviews)
• Visual and Performance Texts
• Audience and Purpose Analysis

🌍 Area of Exploration 2: Time and Space

• Cultural Contexts in Texts
• Texts Across Time and Space
• How Texts Reflect or Refract the World
• Social, Historical, and Political Contexts
• Migration, Colonialism, and Nationalism Themes
• Culture, Identity, and Community
• Power, Politics, and Justice in Texts
• Language as Social Capacity

🔗 Area of Exploration 3: Intertextuality

• Connections Between Texts
• Comparative Study of Texts
• Diverse Traditions and Ideas
• Media, Text, and Audience Relationships
• Unique Characteristics vs. Complex Systems of Connection
• Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Comparisons
• Thematic Links Across Literary and Non-Literary Works

🌐 Global Issues Framework

• Culture, Identity and Community
• Beliefs, Values and Education
• Politics, Power and Justice
• Art, Creativity and Imagination
• Science, Technology and Environment
• Selecting and Analyzing Global Issues for IO
• Transnational and Wide-Scale Issues

📝 Paper 1: Guided Textual Analysis (External - 35% SL, 35% HL)

• Unseen Non-Literary Text Analysis
• HL: Analysis of Two Unseen Non-Literary Texts (2hr 15min)
• SL: Analysis of One Unseen Non-Literary Text (1hr 15min)
• Identifying Text Type, Audience, and Purpose
• Language and Stylistic Device Analysis
• Visual and Structural Elements
• Authorial Choices and Their Effects

📚 Paper 2: Comparative Essay (External - 25% SL, 25% HL)

• Comparative Analysis of Two Literary Works
• Response to Unseen Essay Questions (4 options)
• HL & SL: 1 hour 45 minutes
• Thesis Development and Argumentation
• Comparative Literary Analysis Techniques
• Evidence Selection and Integration
• Critical Commentary and Interpretation

🎤 Individual Oral (IO) - Internal Assessment (30% SL, 20% HL)

• Oral Presentation on a Global Issue
• Analysis of One Literary and One Non-Literary Text
• Selecting a Focused Global Issue
• Extract Selection and Justification
• Connecting Texts to Global Issues
• Oral Communication and Presentation Skills
• 10-Minute Prepared Oral + 5-Minute Q&A

✍️ HL Essay (HL Only - Internal - 20% HL)

• 1,200-1,500 Word Critical Essay
• Independent Research on One Text
• Developing a Line of Inquiry
• Literary or Non-Literary Text Analysis
• Academic Writing and Citation
• Critical Thinking and Original Argumentation
• Cannot Use Texts from IO or Paper 2

📋 Text Selection Requirements

• SL: 4 Works (2 Literary, 2 Non-Literary)
• HL: 6 Works (3 Literary, 3 Non-Literary)
• Literary Work = 15-20 Poems OR 5-8 Short Stories OR 1 Novel/Play
• Texts from Different Time Periods and Places
• Originally Written in Language A
• Originally Written in Translation
• Diverse Genres, Text Types, and Cultures

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