External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)

Content included in IBD French B HL (comparator syllabus) but not in EB syllabus
Please list any topics that are included in the IBD specification but not in the EB syllabus.
12. The topic areas which form the material for exercises on which students are assessed cover a
wide range of issues of general interest from contemporary French society and culture. This is in
very marked contrast to the EB programme, where the source material is largely of a literary
nature, requiring for the most part ‘literary’ responses.
13. There is also a wide range of stimuli and an emphasis on a variety of authentic and up-to-date
sources of material and language – notably, contemporary newspaper and magazine articles and
websites.
14. Teachers are encouraged to ensure that students are exposed to high-quality texts during the
course as an aid to their own powers of expression, but there is no obligation to incorporate
literary study, and it is largely unassessed, although one text in Paper 2 is a literary one. This is in
very marked contrast to the EB programme.
15. There is a far wider range of assessment exercises: multiple-choice, gap-filling (cloze tests), nonverbal
answers, sentence completion, definitions, picture or cartoon stimuli, word substitution,
matching statements with items from the text etc.
16. There is an emphasis on a range of material to be communicated and the target audience, and
therefore on appropriate register.
17. There is a general emphasis on language acquisition, ‘message’ and communication.
Comparison Table for comparison of assessment models
Use this table to make direct comparisons between the syllabuses in the following areas:
6. structure of the assessment model, including the format of assessment for the
specification/syllabus
7. whether coursework is assessed, the kinds of coursework assessed and contribution to overall
grade
8. whether oral assessment is part of the assessment model, and the extent and format of oral
assessment
9. whether the assessment model is unit-based or requires candidates to take a synoptic view of the
topics, and to what extent
NOTE: the prose commentary on the assessment models should draw attention to significant differences
in the requirements for the European baccalaureate and A Level or IB.
Assessment
structure,
format and
timings
European Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate Diploma
Language II is one of the compulsory
elements which make up the five
components of the EB. An overall
average of 60% is the basic requirement
for the award of the EB.
The percentage for each subject is
calculated as follows:
40% Preliminary Mark, teacher
assessed, made up of two elements:
a) 15% as an arithmetical average
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A second language is one of the
compulsory elements which make up the
six components of the IB Diploma (in
addition to the requirement for an
Extended Essay, a course in the Theory
of Knowledge and participation in the
CAS programme).
This language can be studied can be
studied at:
A1 level (mother tongue
equivalent in the case of students