Group 1 - Studies in Language and Literature 

Group 1 - English Literature

IB ENGLISH LITERATURE

For students taking Literature SL or HL

Your class teacher will inform you of the texts you will be studying at the start of term in August. If you would like to gain valuable experience in developing your unseen reading and analytical skills ahead of the set texts, please see below for resources:

Poetry

Click on the poet’s name for the direct link to their poems. You may wish to read more widely around these or other poets you are interested in.

Maya Angelou: Equality, Phenomenal Woman, I know why the caged bird sings

Simon Armitage: It Ain't What you Do, It’s what it does to you, Cataract Operation

Sylvia Plath: Ariel, Daddy, Mirror

Bei Dou: Declaration, Moon Festival

Wislawa Szymborska: Identification, Consolation

Carol Ann Duffy: Havisham, War Photographer

Reading

Read a text of your choice*

*Examples of IBDP style texts can be found on the final page of this document

Group 1 - English Language and Literature 

IB ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

For students taking Language and Literature SL or HL

Your class teacher will inform you of the texts you will be studying at the start of term in August. If you would like to gain valuable experience in developing your unseen reading and analytical skills ahead of the set texts, please see below for resources:

Text Types

As part of this course, you will read a range of non-fiction and print media text. Over the summer, you should familiarise yourself with some of these text types and begin building a bank of examples. You can find examples of:

- A feature article

- A political cartoon

- A news report

- An opinion column

Reading

Read a text of your choice*

*Examples of IBDP style texts can be found below

Group 1 - Chinese Language and Literature 

The language and literature course will give you an opportunity to develop social, aesthetic and cultural literacy. 

Text Types

Explore some text types. Choose some texts of your choice. You may find below a text type list.

Reading 《台北人》by 白先勇.

Read the book.