Language B is a language acquisition course designed for students with some prior experience in the target language. The subject's primary goal is to provide students with the necessary linguistic skills and intercultural understanding to communicate successfully in environments where the language is spoken.
Several key components define the course:
Thematic Framework: The syllabus is organized around five prescribed themes: identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organization, and sharing the planet. These themes provide relevant contexts for students to compare the target culture with their own and explore global issues.
Skill Development: Students develop their linguistic abilities through three types of skills: receptive, productive, and interactive.
Conceptual Understanding: Beyond grammar and vocabulary, the course emphasizes the "why" and "how" of communication, focusing on the concepts of audience, context, purpose, meaning, and variation.
Textual Variety: Students engage with a wide range of authentic texts, categorized as personal, professional, and mass media, to understand how language functions in different social scenarios.
HL Assessment Framework: At the Higher Level, students undergo a rigorous assessment process that accounts for 240 recommended teaching hours and demands higher-order thinking skills like analysis and evaluation.
-External Assessment (75%): This includes Paper 1, a writing task where students must produce a response of 450–600 words based on one of the course themes, and Paper 2, which tests listening and reading comprehension through exercises based on all five themes.
-Internal Assessment (25%): This is an Individual Oral Assessment consisting of a presentation based on an extract from one of the two required literary works studied in class, followed by a discussion with the teacher.
- Teacher: Santiago Cordoba Arcila
- Teacher: Maria De Los Angeles Jaramillo Cardona