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Baccalauréat international · IB Diploma

Language A: Literature · HL

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Handouts · ⁨Supports de cours⁩ · AP English Literature and Composition · ⁨AP Littérature et composition anglaise⁩ (9)
Exercise sheets · ⁨Fiches d'exercices⁩ · AP English Literature and Composition · ⁨AP Littérature et composition anglaise⁩ (94)
Presentation slides · ⁨Diaporamas de présentation⁩ · AP English Literature and Composition · ⁨AP Littérature et composition anglaise⁩ (9)

Course units and learning goals · ⁨Unités de cours et objectifs d'apprentissage⁩

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Readers, writers and texts · Literary form and close reading
  • Analyse imagery, voice, structure and ambiguity
  • Explain effects through precise evidence rather than plot summary
personification
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
ambiguity
The presence of more than one plausible meaning.
Time and space; intertextuality · Comparative literary argument
  • Compare choices in two literary works
  • Use context and contrasting readings to develop a reasoned interpretation
literary form
The genre and structural organization of a literary work.
retrospective narration
Telling earlier events from a later perspective.
Individual oral · Global issue and works in translation
  • Select a focused issue across original-language and translated works
  • Analyse extracts and whole works in a supervised oral
translation
Rendering a text in another language.
global issue
An issue of wider significance that operates in local contexts.
HL essay · Independent literary inquiry
  • Develop an analytical essay on one studied work
  • Sustain an evidence-based line of inquiry in 1200–1500 words
motif
A recurring element that contributes to a work's meaning.
thesis
The central claim developed in an argument.

Preparing for this qualification · ⁨Préparation à cette qualification⁩

  • SL: one guided unseen literary analysis Paper 1 75 min 35%, comparative Paper 2 105 min 35%, oral 30%. HL: two unseen analyses Paper 1 135 min 35%, Paper 2 105 min 25%, HL essay 20%, oral 20%.
  • English is the language studied. SL studies nine works, HL thirteen. School selects eligible works, including works in translation; oral pairs one originally written in English and one studied in translation.

Teaching coverage still needed · ⁨Couverture pédagogique encore nécessaire⁩

  • School-selected nine/thirteen works, prescribed reading-list requirements, translation balance and detailed textual teaching remain.
  • Reviewed runtime bank remains unavailable; no practice registry promotion.

Specifications and sample documents · ⁨Spécifications et documents d'échantillon⁩

Course materials · ⁨Matériel pédagogique⁩

Course preparation · ⁨Préparation du cours⁩

Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · ⁨Les documents sont disponibles. Les notes spécifiques au conseil, les évaluations et la pratique interactive des anciens sujets ne sont pas encore disponibles pour tous les cours.⁩

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