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Language B
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Free Language B revision notes for IB Diploma Programme (DP) - SL & HL students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
Paper 1: Writing text types
Article and opinion column
Blog and diary entry
Email and personal letter
Formal letter and proposal
Report, instructions and guidelines
Brochure, leaflet and travel guide
Speech and interview
Review and essay
Paper 2: Listening and reading skills
Listening for gist and main ideas
Listening for detail and specific information
Listening for speaker attitude, tone and purpose
Note completion and short answers from audio
Reading for main idea, skimming and scanning
True or false with justification
Matching headings, paragraphs and speakers
Reference words, vocabulary in context and inference
Grammar in use
Tenses and time reference
Modality, conditionals and hypothesis
Passive, causative and impersonal structures
Connectives and cohesion
Relative clauses and complex sentences
Reported speech and citing sources
Articles, prepositions and agreement
Vocabulary and functions
Register, tone and formality
Describing and narrating
Opinion, argument and persuasion
Comparing, contrasting and evaluating
Advising, instructing and recommending
Idiom, collocation and figurative language
Cultural reference and intercultural comparison
Theme: Identities
Lifestyles
Health and well-being
Beliefs and values
Subcultures
Language and identity
Theme: Experiences
Leisure activities
Holidays and travel
Life stories
Rites of passage
Customs and traditions
Migration
Theme: Human ingenuity
Entertainment
Artistic expressions
Communication and media
Technology
Scientific innovation
Theme: Social organization
Social relationships
Community
Social engagement
Education
The working world
Law and order
Theme: Sharing the planet
The environment
Human rights
Peace and conflict
Equality
Globalization
Ethics
Urban and rural environment
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