External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)

Other literatures
Writing
More depth as
candidates supposed
to exploit links with
other literatures
Write accurately Yes
Write effectively to
instruct, describe,
argue, explore,
entertain
Write with
understanding of
Literature and
critical sources
Describe rhetorical
devices
153
Comparative course reflects
other cultures and world
literature
Yes Composing assignments offer
opportunities to reflect language
study in areas of information,
argument, persuasion,
narration, aesthetic use of
language. Heavily weighted in
exam at 25%
Yes More in-depth study of text
demanded and greater range
and number studied
Yes Greater emphasis on language
study in Texts in Language
Paper and opportunity to utilise
Plan and draft in Yes
in own writing;
More demanding tasks in exam
limited time
papers with limited time
Write Summaries No
Knowledge about
Language
Theoretical Yes
In critical and close reading of
Frameworks
texts
Contextual
Yes Less theoretical approach;
variation
more practical application
Language change No
Comparative
Linguistics
No
Regional accents
and dialects
No
Comparison of
Assessment
Objectives
Both assess a
competence in the
accurate and
appropriate use of
language: similar
objective
Greater demands to: analyse in
depth, infer at sophisticated
levels, speculate and question
assumptions; to evaluate and
critically respond to texts; to
identify and analyse the form,
structure and style of a text; to
compare and contrast a range
of texts under a variety of
abstract categories; to compose
effectively, with style and
precision in discursive essays,
arguments, reports