English Language & Literature IB Higher Level

Assessment

External Assessment [60%] Paper 1 (Language) - textual analysis of two unseen non-literary texts [2 hours] Paper 2 (Literature) - one essay, using two of the literary texts studied [2 hours] Internal Assessment [40%] 1500 word essay, based upon one literary text (chosen by the student from a selection of 25 novels) An oral presentation, comparing two extracts from a non-literary text and a literary text that both explore the same global issue