Literature
Reading literature in the target language can be an enjoyable journey into the culture(s) studied. It will
help students to broaden their vocabulary and to use language in a more creative manner, developing
fluent reading skills, promoting interpretative and inferential skills, and contributing to intercultural
understanding. Students should understand the works in some depth (see “Assessment objectives” number
6), but literary criticism as such is not an objective of the language B course at HL.
Students are required to read two works of literature originally written in the target language. These works
may be from any genre, or may both be of the same genre. They do not need to be linked in any way
(by author, theme, period).
When selecting the works, teachers should keep in mind that students are in the process of acquiring an
additional language. Works written with a high complexity of language may not be suitable material. (20)
Reading literature in the target language can be an enjoyable journey into the culture(s) studied. It will
help students to broaden their vocabulary and to use language in a more creative manner, developing
fluent reading skills, promoting interpretative and inferential skills, and contributing to intercultural
understanding. Students should understand the works in some depth (see “Assessment objectives” number
6), but literary criticism as such is not an objective of the language B course at HL.
Students are required to read two works of literature originally written in the target language. These works
may be from any genre, or may both be of the same genre. They do not need to be linked in any way
(by author, theme, period).
When selecting the works, teachers should keep in mind that students are in the process of acquiring an
additional language. Works written with a high complexity of language may not be suitable material. (20)
Text-Types Listed under paper one HL
The following list, which is not exhaustive, gives some text types with which students are expected to be
familiar. These may be presented in electronic format.
• Article, column
• Blog
• Brochure, leaflet, flyer, pamphlet, advertisement
• Essay
• Interview in any form
• News report
• Report
• Review
• Set of instructions, guidelines
• Short story, novel, poem
• Written correspondence
Pages 38-39
The following list, which is not exhaustive, gives some text types with which students are expected to be
familiar. These may be presented in electronic format.
• Article, column
• Blog
• Brochure, leaflet, flyer, pamphlet, advertisement
• Essay
• Interview in any form
• News report
• Report
• Review
• Set of instructions, guidelines
• Short story, novel, poem
• Written correspondence
Pages 38-39
Text-Types Listed under paper Two HL
Section A requires students to produce text types from the following list.
• Article
• Blog/diary entry
• Brochure, leaflet, flyer, pamphlet, advertisement
• Interview
• Introduction to debate, speech, talk, presentation
• News report
• Official report
• Proposal
• Review
• Set of instructions, guidelines
• Written correspondence.
Section A requires students to produce text types from the following list.
• Article
• Blog/diary entry
• Brochure, leaflet, flyer, pamphlet, advertisement
• Interview
• Introduction to debate, speech, talk, presentation
• News report
• Official report
• Proposal
• Review
• Set of instructions, guidelines
• Written correspondence.
Objectives
The purpose of the written assignment is to:
• provide the student with the chance to reflect upon and develop further understanding of one or
both of the literary texts read in class
• develop their receptive and productive skills to a higher degree
• produce an appropriate text in the selected text type
• organize writing purposefully and coherently
• extend language skills
• demonstrate intercultural understanding through reflection on the assignment.
The purpose of the written assignment is to:
• provide the student with the chance to reflect upon and develop further understanding of one or
both of the literary texts read in class
• develop their receptive and productive skills to a higher degree
• produce an appropriate text in the selected text type
• organize writing purposefully and coherently
• extend language skills
• demonstrate intercultural understanding through reflection on the assignment.
Source
Novel Of Mice and Men |
Task
Curley’s wife’s diary entries that could have been discovered after she had been killed. |
Text Type
Diary entry |
Rationale
The rationale will offer a brief summary of the literary text, introduce the character and her actions and thoughts expressed in the story. The rationale will then share the aims of the task (Curley’s wife keeping a diary as there were no other females to talk to; the entries may reveal her sense of loneliness) and introduce and justify the chosen text type/register/style/audience (diary entries written in the same style in which the character speaks in the novel). |