English B for the IB Diploma English B Digital Coursebook (2 Years) 2nd Edition

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English B for the IB Diploma English B Coursebook

Edition:

2nd Edition

Author:

Brad Philpot

Published:

June 2018

Format:

ISBN:

9781108434812

Explore the five new themes – Identities, Experiences, Human Ingenuity, Social Organisation and Sharing the Planet – with a course that provides a pathway through the updated (2018) syllabus. With this revised coursebook, teacher's resource and practice book, you can tailor the course to the needs of your class. The coursebook includes a new text types chapter that analyses 8 different genres and includes scaffolding for writing, as well as a new chapter devoted to assessment. The global material is relevant to today's teenagers – from science, to health and beauty. Clear unit objectives help you stay on track, with exam tips and approaches to teaching and learning features throughout. The introduction clarifies assessment, which is particularly useful for those new to the course. The teacher's resource provides photocopiable resources, such as classroom worksheets, suggestions for homework, guidance on teaching strategies, online editable schemes of work and the answer key.

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Overview

Explore the five new themes – Identities, Experiences, Human Ingenuity, Social Organisation and Sharing the Planet – with this clearly-structured coursebook. With over 50 per cent new content, lots of text handling exercises and more than 15 audio handling exercises for listening practice, this book helps students tackle the updated English B for the IB Diploma syllabus. Sample exam material, new content for SL and HL oral assessments and references to online videos provide opportunities for students to develop their skills. Answers to coursebook questions are in the teacher’s resource and audio for the listening practice is online.

Features

More than 15 audio handling exercises so students can practise their listening skills.
As requested by teachers, a specific unit dedicated to text types and scaffolded exercises help students emulate different styles and structures (such as blog writing, news reports and speeches).
A dedicated section helps students prepare for assessment by providing sample exams, student material and audio files for the new Paper 1.
There are 15 video handling exercises with references to online videos so teachers save time looking for suitable media to bring lessons to life.
Over 30 per cent new text handling exercises that students can apply their skills to.
New captioned images for SL students and extension literature sections for HL students help both prepare for their individual oral assessment.
A popular introduction to the course outlines syllabus structure and assessment in a clear way.

Introduction
Section 1: Themes: Chapter 1: Identities: Unit 1.1 – Citizens of the world
Unit 1.2 – Identity and belief
Unit 1.3 – Beauty and self-esteem
Chapter 2: Experiences: Unit 2.1 – Pilgrimage
Unit 2.2 – Extreme sports
Unit 2.3 – Migration
Chapter 3: Human ingenuity: Unit 3.1 – Future humans
Unit 3.2 – Technology and human interaction
Unit 3.3 – Redefining art
Chapter 4: Social organisation: Unit 4.1 – Minorities and education
Unit 4.2 – Power to the people
Unit 4.3 – Partners for life
Chapter 5: Sharing the planet: Unit 5.1 – Ending poverty
Unit 5.2 – Climate change
Unit 5.3 – Peace and conflict
Section 2: Text types: Chapter 6: Exploring text types: Unit 6.1 – Letter to the editor
Unit 6.2 – Review
Unit 6.3 – Blog
Unit 6.4 – Speeches
Unit 6.5 – News report
Unit 6.6 – Brochure
Unit 6.7 – Guidelines
Unit 6.8 – Official report
Section 3: Assessment: Chapter 7: Unit 7.1 – Paper 1
Unit 7.2 – Paper 2
Unit 7.3 – Internal assessment.