Language AB Initio

Group 2 subject
Assessments from 2020 to Present

Description

Language acquisition consists of two modern language courses—language ab initio and language B—designed to provide students with the necessary skills and intercultural understanding to enable them to communicate successfully in an environment where the language studied is spoken. Offered at SL only, language ab initio is a language acquisition course designed for students with no previous experience in—or very little exposure to—the target language. Language ab initio students develop their receptive, productive, and interactive skills while learning to communicate in the target language in familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Students develop the ability to communicate through the study of language, themes, and texts. There are five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization, and sharing the planet. While the themes are common to both language ab initio and language B, the language ab initio syllabus additionally prescribes four topics for each of the five themes, for a total of 20 topics that must be addressed over the two years of the course.

Past Syllabuses

Grade Calculator

Language AB Initio is offered only at the SL level

Paper 1: Writing

Weight: 25%

/ 30

Paper 2: Reading Comprehension

Weight: 25%

/ 40

Paper 2: Listening

Weight: 25%

/ 25

IA: Individual Oral

Weight: 25%

/ 30

Predicted Grade
50
Predicted Mark
Using the M24 TZ0 grade boundary
4

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Predicted Mark Probability Distribution

Historical Grade Boundaries

Language AB Initio is offered only at the SL level
Historical Grade Boundaries Graph for
SL English Language AB Initio
SL English Language AB Initio
Boundary* Markband
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M19 TZ0 0173552637484
N19 TZ0 0163354667687
N20 TZ0 0142946607285
M21 TZ0 0143147617386
M22 TZ0 0142841567086
M23 TZ0 0132742566881
M24 TZ0 0142944577083

*Timezone 0 (Worldwide)

*Timezone 1 (North America, South America)

*Timezone 2 (Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceania)

NOTE: N20, M21, N21, M22, N22 grade boundaries were artificially low due to COVID. There were also

NOTE: Beware of using outdated grade boundaries. Many subjects have since updated their syllabus.