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External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)

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Plan and draft in<br />

limited time<br />

Yes<br />

Write Summaries No In syllabus but not<br />

tested in examination<br />

Knowledge about<br />

Language<br />

Theoretical<br />

Frameworks<br />

Yes Phonetics; frameworks<br />

may or may not be<br />

alluded to<br />

140<br />

Compulsory<br />

demonstration in all A2<br />

units, but candidates can<br />

choose frameworks<br />

All units except 2714<br />

Contextual variation Yes Not compulsory in<br />

examinations<br />

Language change Yes<br />

Comparative<br />

No CW allows this as a<br />

Linguistics<br />

possibility<br />

Regional accents No OCR C/W allows this as a<br />

and dialects<br />

possibility<br />

Comparison <strong>of</strong><br />

Assessment<br />

Objectives<br />

Candidates asked to<br />

give own opinion about<br />

issues, not only about<br />

what <strong>the</strong>y have read, so<br />

more a test <strong>of</strong> personal<br />

writing, less a test <strong>of</strong><br />

textual understanding<br />

AO1 insights from<br />

combined Lang/ Lit study,<br />

not in EB<br />

AO3ii Use and AND<br />

EVALUATE literary and<br />

linguistic approaches to<br />

texts. Not explicitly in EB<br />

spec<br />

Discussion <strong>of</strong> spoken<br />

language<br />

AO5 Questions ask<br />

candidates about ways in<br />

which attitudes and values<br />

are conveyed. Not explicit<br />

in EB spec<br />

AO6 Candidates write for<br />

much wider range <strong>of</strong><br />

specific purposes drawing<br />

on texts and commenting<br />

on language features than<br />

in EB examination<br />

AOs 2.1, 3.1, 4, 5 are all<br />

covered in various EB<br />

range and key skills<br />

statements, EB syllabus<br />

page 15 and 16<br />

Content included in OCR English Language and Literature but not in EB syllabus<br />

Please list any topics that are included in <strong>the</strong> A Level / IBO specification but not in <strong>the</strong> EB<br />

syllabus…<br />

49. Study <strong>of</strong> spoken language/ spoken language as ‘texts’<br />

50. ‘Creative writing’ in a variety <strong>of</strong> genres

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