1. Option Internationale du Baccalauréat – Section Britannique
Epreuves
Langue et Littérature

2. Choice of works The choices of set works fall into five categories:
Drama
Poetry
Prose Fiction
A Synoptic topic
A Shakespeare play

3. The Written Exam All answers written in English.
Set texts may NOT be taken into the examination.
Part 1: Works previously studied in class(2 hours 40 minutes)
Two questions, 1 hour 20 minutes each; two-thirds of the total marks.
Part 2: Critical Appreciation (1 hour 20 minutes)
One question (choice of 2 for each question), 1 hour 20 minutes; one-third of the total marks. Candidates must write a critical appreciation of previously unseen poetry or a passage of previously unseen prose or a mix of both.

4. WRITTEN EXAM: 3 essays in 4 hours
A) 2 essays on texts studied in class
Prose, Adam Bede by George Eliot
Far From the Maddinbg crowd by Thomas Hardy
Poetry, Selected Poems by W.H.Auden
Selectde Poems by Ezra Pound
Drama, The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
B) + 1 essay on unseen texts
A Critical Appreciation Essay
(Above are the texts and topics to be studied for the June 2016 June 2018 exams)
Written exam

5. Shakespeare ‘Troilus and Cressida’ First 15 minutes
ORAL EXAM
total of 30 minutes
Shakespeare ‘Troilus and Cressida’
First 15 minutes
Synoptic Topic ‘Post Colonial literature’
Second 15 minutes
6 poems and 2 longer works
(Novel: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Play: Translations by Brian Friel)
Oral exam

6. Oral Examination
30 minutes in English (after 35 minutes’ supervised preparation);
Part 1: Detailed Shakespeare commentary followed by discussion (7+ 8 min+- approximately 15 minutes)
Candidates are required to give a detailed commentary on a passage (between lines long) from the Shakespeare play that they have studied and to discuss it with the examiners.
Part 2: Synoptic Topic (approximately 3+12 min+-15 minutes)
Candidates are required to engage in a discussion 7on one of the 6 poems and the two other works to show understanding of the synoptic topic.

7. SYNOPTIC TOPIC
Post Colonial literature
1) Poetry:
1) ‘A Far Cry from Africa’ (Derek Walcott),
2) ‘A Different History’ (Sujata Bhatt),
3) ‘Things Fall Apart’ (Jackie Kay),
4) ‘The Immigrants’ (Margaret Atwood),
5) ‘Checking Out Me History’ (John Agard),
6) ‘Colonial Girls School’ (Olive Senior)
2) Topic discussion
Based on 2 novels:
1) Translations by Brian Friel
2) The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

8. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
The syllabus aims:
1) to encourage and develop the enjoyment and appreciation of literature in English, based on an informed personal response, and
2) to develop the ability to analyse and discuss that response and the texts which produced it, in a cogent, organised manner.

9. Marking Criteria written exam and classroom assignments (DS)
Answers are assessed on a Key Point scale.
KP20 - Work of Distinction / Very good
KP17 - Very Good / Good
KP14 - Good / Satisfactory
KP11 - Passable / Basic
KP8 - Elementary / Inadequate standard

10. Objectives The examination assesses the candidates' response to literature by allowing them to display:
Knowledge:
of the works studied and the historical and personal contexts in which they were written;
Understanding:
extending from simple factual comprehension to a recognition and conception of the nature and significance of literary texts and the issues and ideas which they raise;
Analysis:
the ability to develop and explain their response, and to identify and describe literary effects;

11. Judgement :
the capacity to make critical assessments and judgements of value based on close reading; the capacity to answer questions on specific aspects and features of a text by selecting relevant material for discussion;
Cultural Awareness :
the ability to appreciate the character and significance of texts produced in a language and culture which may not be their own;
Expression :
the ability to express, in fluent and effective English, ideas, opinions and responses in organised and cogent essays on literary subjects - probably (although not compulsorily) following the characteristics of a formal written register; the ability to engage in an informed literary discussion.