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IB English A Language and Literature Guide

The IB English A Language and Literature course focuses on the study of various fiction and non-fiction texts, emphasizing the analysis of language and context. The course aims to develop students' skills in interpretation, communication, and critical thinking while fostering an appreciation for diverse perspectives. It is structured around three areas of exploration: Readers, Writers and Texts; Time and Space; and Intertextuality, guided by seven key concepts.

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IB English A Language and Literature Guide

The IB English A Language and Literature course focuses on the study of various fiction and non-fiction texts, emphasizing the analysis of language and context. The course aims to develop students' skills in interpretation, communication, and critical thinking while fostering an appreciation for diverse perspectives. It is structured around three areas of exploration: Readers, Writers and Texts; Time and Space; and Intertextuality, guided by seven key concepts.

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Course Outline

IB English A Language and Literature Course Overview

IB DP Language and Literature involves the study of fiction texts of varying genres (6 for HL and 4 for SL),
as well as many other texts; it covers not only the classic analysis of literature and “literary” texts, but
also examines a wide variety of non-fiction and visual texts from a range of sources.

Students will focus closely on the language of the texts they study, and become aware of the role of
each text’s wider context in shaping its meaning. This is an inquiry-based course, and students will be
encouraged to question the meaning generated by language and texts, which can be argued, and are
rarely straightforward and unambiguous.

Course Aims
The aims of all subjects in studies in language and literature are to enable students to:

1. Engage with a range of texts, in a variety of media and forms, from different periods, styles, and
cultures
2. Develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presenting and performing
3. Develop skills in interpretation, analysis and evaluation
4. Develop sensitivity to the formal and aesthetic qualities of texts and an appreciation of how they
contribute to diverse responses and open up multiple meanings
5. Develop an understanding of relationships between texts and a variety of perspectives, cultural
contexts, and local and global issues and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses
and open up multiple meanings
6. Develop an understanding of the relationships between studies in language and literature and other
disciplines
7. Communicate and collaborate in a confident and creative way
8. Foster a lifelong interest in and enjoyment of language and literature

Syllabus Content
The course consists of three parts - areas of exploration. Each part of the course has related texts and
assessment tasks.

Readers, writers and texts - aims to introduce students to the notion and purpose of literature, close
reading and analysis, and the ways in which texts can be read, interpreted and responded to.
Time and Space - draws attention to the fact that texts are not isolated entities, but are connected to
space and time (ie the texts’ various contexts of production).
Intertextuality: connecting texts - focuses on the connections between and among divers texts,
traditions, creators and ideas. This involves the comparative study of literary texts to make connections
and gain a deeper understanding of the texts.

Concepts
Concepts help to guide the study of texts across the three areas of exploration. The concepts create a
sense of continuity in the transition from one area to the next and also facilitate the process of
establishing connections between texts. They foreground aspects of linguistic and literary study that
have been the focus of attention and inquiry.

There are seven concepts which structure the teaching and learning of Language A courses:

Identity, Culture, Creativity, Communication, Perspective, Transformation, Representation.

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