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Assessment

The IB Spanish B course will introduce you to a wide range of topics of contemporary interest, within the overarching themes of Identities, Experiences, Human Ingenuity, Social Organization and Sharing the planet. You will learn about popular culture, regional customs and traditions, cyberspace, immigration and racism, the Spanish Civil War, Latin American dictatorships and indigenous cultures. Group 2 Language courses are underpinned by the values of international mindedness and intercultural competence. In the spirit of the Theory of Knowledge, you will be encouraged to think about your language acquisition through the four ways of knowing. You can expect to make rapid linguistic progress in your Language lessons, developing your skills in listening, reading and writing. The IB course focuses on developing your conceptual understanding of why and how people communicate, so you will learn to write for different purposes and audiences, for example, blogs, articles, speeches, letters and emails. At SL, your oral will be based on a photograph, while at HL, it will be based on an extract from one of your set texts, such as the Spanish play La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca. You will learn to talk confidently about the themes, characters and socio-historical context of the works. You may wish to write your Extended Essay in Spanish and recent titles have included Spanish or Latin American authors, film directors and artists.