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: