IB Group 2 · Language Acquisition
Language acquisition
2020 syllabus · Language B & ab initio
One subject covering both group 2 courses. Five prescribed themes, three categories of text and five conceptual understandings are shared; almost everything else — prescribed topics, word counts, oral stimulus, markbands — differs between language B and language ab initio. Choose your course and your language and the syllabus below narrows to exactly what you sit, with a map of your own coursebook at the end.
A. A The course
Everything the IB prescribes, the two courses, the five themes, texts, concepts, the three components and the markbands.
LAA.1 — The two courses
LAA.2 — Texts and concepts
LAA.3 — The assessment
LAA.4 — The markbands
L1. L1 English language B
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases English B (Philpot) actually teaches, 12 cards.
L1.1 — Grammar and language use
L1.2 — Text types
L1.3 — Your coursebook
L2. L2 German language B
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases Deutsch B Schülerbuch actually teaches, 19 cards.
L2.1 — Grammar and language use
L2.2 — Wortschatz
L2.3 — Your coursebook
L3. L3 French language B
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases Le monde en français actually teaches, 13 cards.
L3.1 — Grammar and language use
L3.2 — Des mots pour le dire
L3.3 — Your coursebook
L4. L4 Spanish language B
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases Mañana actually teaches, 23 cards.
L4.1 — Grammar and language use
L4.2 — Tipos de texto
L4.3 — Your coursebook
L5. L5 Mandarin language B
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases 中文 B (Hodder) actually teaches, 11 cards.
L5.1 — Grammar and language use
L5.2 — 词汇表 Vocabulary
L5.3 — Your coursebook
L6. L6 French ab initio
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases Panorama francophone 2 actually teaches, 24 cards.
L6.1 — Grammar and language use
L6.2 — Vocabulaire et expressions
L6.3 — Your coursebook
L7. L7 Spanish ab initio
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases Panorama hispanohablante 2 actually teaches, 17 cards.
L7.1 — Grammar and language use
L7.2 — Vocabulario y expresiones
L7.3 — Your coursebook
L8. L8 Mandarin ab initio
The grammar, vocabulary and phrases Mandarin Chinese (Oxford) actually teaches, 20 cards.
L8.1 — Grammar and language use
L8.2 — Vocabulary
L8.3 — Your coursebook
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