Social Relationships

Aims of English B

According to the Language B Guide for IB Diploma Programme the aims of the Language B course are:

1. develop students' intercultural understanding.
2. enable students to understand and use the language they have studied in a range of contexts and for a variety of purposes.
3. encourage, through the study of texts and through social interaction, an awareness and appreciation of the different perspectives of people from other cultures.
4. develop students’ awareness of the role of language in relation to other areas of knowledge.
5. develop students’ awareness of the relationship between the languages and cultures with which they are familiar.
6. provide students with a basis for further study, work and leisure through the use of an additional language.

Social relationships:  

How people interrelate and behave—as members of a community, individually and in groups.

Areas studied may include: Language and identity, linguistic dominance, minorities, multilingualism nationalism, patriotism and fanaticism, relationships, religious and non-religious celebrations, social and political structures and groups, social behaviours and stances, taboos and what is socially acceptable.

Linguistic Dominance:

Bilingualism:

                               
Celebrations:

Revising Text Types

To revise Text Types see you English B Companion on the pages below. You can click on the book to view sample pages.

Letter Writing: pg. 190, 194 -195

Letter of Complaint: pg. 206

Letter to the Editor: pg. 195

Letter of Opinion: pg. 196

Email: pg. 204
Personal Response: pg. 171
Writing Instructions: pg. 29, 161
Writing a Proposal: pg. 199
Advice Column: pg. 154
News Report: pg. 305
Feature Article: pg. 45, 136
Report: pg. 63
Blog Entry: pg. 226
Opinion Essay: pg. 229
Balanced Essay: pg. 232
Essay: pg. 335
Set of Instructions or Guidelines: pg. 150
Speech: pg. 342 - 343

Pre-IB Welcome

IB Diploma English B course overview from Chloe Edwards


Activity 1

Can you match the following topics to the options studied in the course? You can use the guide to assist you.

Topic	Option
Advertising
School Uniforms
Linguistic Dominance
Radio and television
Interlinguistic Influence
Refugees
Hobbies
Global Warming
Eating Disorders
Drug Abuse
International Youth Festivals
Workplace dress codes
Environmental Awareness
Stereotypes and gender roles
Racism
Responsible travelling
Alternative Medicine

Activity 2

 In groups, find a picture that demonstrates one of the following topics. 

1. Discuss how the picture addresses the topic. You can use the following questions.
2. Who are in the picture?
3. What are they doing?
4. What is their facial expression?
5. Who do you think took the picture?
6. Why do you think they took it?
7. How does this picture address your topic?
8. Which option can you relate this picture to?
9. Ca a similar picture be found in your country Egypt?

Activity 3

Interactive Oral

The Interactive Oral addresses one of the topics in the Core or the Options.

Below are the steps you will follow in your presentation

Step 1

Play the song, movie clip or advertisement.

Step 2

Give a summary of your selection.

Step 3

Discuss how it relates to the option you selected.

Step 4

Discuss your selection in general and why it is important.

Step 5

Summarize.

Revision Paper 2

Science and technology

1. What do you understand by the statement, ‘The end justifies the means?’ 
2. Do you agree with it?
3. If you had to dissect a rat, which would you prefer, a real rat, a model of a rat or watch a simulation from YouTube?
4. Do animals have feelings?
5. If 4000 animals had to die to find a cure for cancer, is it justifiable?
6. What are clinical trials?
7. What alternatives exist to animal testing?

A. You are participating in a class debate on the motion ‘Science experiments should not involve the use of animals’. Write the text of your opening speech either agreeing or disagreeing with the motion. M 2014 IBO

Sources

https://www.oneworldeducation.org/cultural-global-issues-animal-testing

Animal Testing Essay Sample

http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2013/06/ielts-writing-task-2-animal-testing-essay.html

B. Genetically modified foods are the solution to world hunger. Opinion Essay

Possible vocabulary and phrases to use

anti-GMO activists help feed the hungry malnutrition Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: “Responsible biotechnology is not the enemy, starvation is.” a moral dilemma

Poverty is at the root of the problem of hunger Diet Human need The end justify the means long term negative health effects resistance to disease, pests or even drought

See a sample here

http://www.cel-eigo.com/contents/essay/0906.html