External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)

will draw on / test knowledge gained in
previous years (particularly Year 6). The
essay questions in the terminal Written
Examination invite candidates to draw on
their knowledge of other set texts from the
course and on other personal reading.
Content included in Abitur (comparator syllabus) but not in EB syllabus
Please list any topics that are included in the IBD specification but not in the EB syllabus.
1 The topics of the texts to which students are asked to respond cover a wide range of issues of
general interest from contemporary French society and culture. This is in marked contrast to the
EB programme, where the source material is largely of a literary nature, requiring for the most part
‘literary’ responses.
2 At least one of the texts in the Leistungskurs level is from a modern literary source, but there is
also a wide range of stimuli and an emphasis on a variety of authentic and up-to-date sources of
non-literary material and language – notably, contemporary newspaper and magazine articles,
cartoons, posters, famous paintings etc. which is absent from the EB.
3 There is a general emphasis on language acquisition, ‘message’ and communication.
4 There is a translation exercise.
5 A significant shift of emphasis in the oral exam away from an interview between student and
teacher towards a discussion between two candidates.
1.9.1 Doc 1.7
Report on the comparative study of the EB curriculum and the
Abitur Leistungskurs and Grundkurs
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