External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)

EB syllabus
content
Present in
core of
comparator
Oral work No Yes
Reading
Writing from different
periods
Covered in greater/
less depth in EB
Yes EB tests through
unseen literary passage
Play by Shakespeare Yes Less depth here:
General questions, not
compulsory in
One pre-20 th century
text
Variety of works from
different genres
examination
Yes Not tested in
examination
Yes Tested by
comprehension
exercises or
commentary on unseen
passages.
139
Covered in greater depth
in OCR English Lang/ Lit
Yes: more in OCR Tested
through both literary and
non-literary passages in
all units except 2714
Yes, more depth in OCR:
specific questions asked,
compulsory to answer
Yes, more depth in OCR:
specific question asked,
compulsory to answer on
Papers 2715 and 2717
Tested by a wider variety
of methods which ask for
language analysis/
reworking in all units.
Questions on texts
demand greater
awareness of language
and strategy rather than
content
Thematic work Year Yes 2718 Coursework focus
7
on ‘The Language of…’
Personal reading Yes Not assessed in Required in coursework
programme
terminal examinations,
questions refer to texts
studied, not wider
reading
units/ synoptic unit
Other literatures
Writing
Yes, stronger notionally
here as candidates are
supposed to exploit
links with other
literatures, presumably
in other languages.
Write accurately Yes
Write effectively to
instruct, describe,
argue, explore,
entertain
Write with
understanding of
Literature and critical
sources
Describe rhetorical
devices
Yes Examination only tests
argumentative writing
2716 tests writing in two
different styles, literary
and non-literary;
candidates have to explain
choices in commentaries
Yes OCR not compulsory to
use other sources, though
advised
Yes All units