Language A: Literature

Group 1 subject
Assessments from 2021 to Present

Description

The language A: literature course aims at exploring the various manifestations of literature as a particularly powerful mode of writing across cultures and throughout history. The course aims at developing an understanding of factors that contribute to the production and reception of literature—the creativity of writers and readers, the nature of their interaction with their respective contexts and with literary tradition, the ways in which language can give rise to meaning and/or effect, and the performative and transformative potential of literary creation and response. Through close analysis of a range of literary texts in a number of literary forms and from different times and places, students will consider their own interpretations as well as the critical perspectives of others, to explore how such positions are shaped by cultural belief systems and to negotiate meanings for texts.

Past Syllabuses

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Paper 1: Guided Literary Analysis

Weight: 35%

/ 20

Paper 2: Comparative Essay

Weight: 35%

/ 30

IA: Individual Oral

Weight: 30%

/ 40

Predicted Grade
50
Predicted Mark
Using the N23 TZ0 grade boundary
4

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Predicted Mark Probability Distribution

Historical Grade Boundaries

Historical Grade Boundaries Graph for
SL English Language A: Literature
SL English Language A: Literature
Boundary* Markband
1234567
M19 TZ1 0163043556879
M19 TZ2 0163044576981
N19 TZ0 0162943566880
N20 TZ0 0162942556779
M21 TZ1 0102335496579
M21 TZ2 0102335465768
M22 TZ1 0102335496579
M22 TZ2 0102335465768
N22 TZ0 0102338526579
M23 TZ1 0102134496378
M23 TZ2 0112536496376
N23 TZ0 0122540546681
M24 TZ1 0102134496176
M24 TZ2 0132638516477
HL English Language A: Literature
Boundary* Markband
1234567
M19 TZ1 0183344566879
M19 TZ2 0183345587082
N19 TZ0 0183244576981
N20 TZ0 0173143566779
M21 TZ1 0122538536680
M21 TZ2 0122538506274
M22 TZ1 0122538536680
M22 TZ2 0122538506274
N22 TZ0 0122538526275
M23 TZ1 0142839546681
M23 TZ2 0142940536578
N23 TZ1 0142842566882
N23 TZ2 0142842566882
M24 TZ1 0142839536680
M24 TZ2 0152940546680

*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NOTE: Beware of using outdated grade boundaries.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.