Language A assessed student work

First assessment 2021

Language A assessed student work
First assessment 2021
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Language A assessed student work

Published May 2019

Updated November 2019, March 2021, April 2022

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Introduction

Overview

The examples included in this publication are authentic work created in most cases by students taking
language A courses (first assessment 2021) in the corresponding languages. They are presented in their
original styles, which may include spelling, grammatical and any other errors. These examples have been
anonymized where necessary (names may have been changed or deleted).
The examples are provided to illustrate the application of the criteria of the different assessment
components which were first assessed in 2021.
The first three examples included for each component below were produced before the first examination
session to provide preliminary guidelines to teachers about how assessment criteria would be applied.
The examples included in the section “Language A additional samples” are examples of student work which
were submitted to the IB for assessment in an examination session. They illustrate how assessment criteria
were applied in an actual examination session.

Language A assessed student work 1

Language A: language and literature assessed student work

Paper 1

Advice from principal examiners about paper 1

This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners about paper 1

Example A (HL)
Example A
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example B (HL)
Example B
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example C (SL)
Example C
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Specimen papers
Specimen papers SL and HL (PDF)

Example papers
Example paper SL (PDF)
Example paper HL (PDF)

2 Language A assessed student work

Language A: language and literature assessed student work

Paper 2

Advice from principal examiners about paper 2

This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners about paper 2

Example A
Example A
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example B
Example B
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example C
Example C
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Specimen paper
Specimen paper (PDF)

Example paper
Example paper (PDF)

Language A assessed student work 3

Language A: language and literature assessed student work

HL essay

Advice from principal examiners about the HL

essay
This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners about the HL essay

Example A
Example A
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example B
Example B
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example C
Example C
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

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Language A: language and literature assessed student work

Internal assessment

Advice from principal examiners on the individual

oral
This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners on the individual oral

Example A
Example A
Extracts (PDF)
Individual oral (MP3)
Examiner's comments (PDF)

Example B
Example B
Extracts (PDF)
Individual oral (MP4)
Examiner's comments (PDF)

Example C
Example C
Extracts (PDF)
Individual oral (M4A)
Examiner's comments (PDF)

Language A assessed student work 5

Language A: literature assessed student work

Paper 1

Advice from principal examiners about paper 1

This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners about paper 1

Example A (HL)
Example A
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example B (HL)
Example B
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example C (SL)
Example C
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Specimen papers
Specimen papers SL and HL (PDF)

Example papers
Example paper SL (PDF)
Example paper HL (PDF)

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Language A: literature assessed student work

Paper 2

Advice from principal examiners about paper 2

This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners about paper 2

Example A
Example A
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example B
Example B
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example C
Example C
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Specimen paper
Specimen paper (PDF)

Example paper
Example paper (PDF)

Language A assessed student work 7

Language A: literature assessed student work

HL essay

Advice from principal examiners about the HL

essay
This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners about the HL essay

Example A
Example A
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example B
Example B
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

Example C
Example C
Student work (PDF)
Examiner's comments coversheet (PDF)

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Language A: literature assessed student work

Internal assessment

Advice from principal examiners about the

individual oral
This downloadable PDF contains advice for students from examination paper authors.
Advice from principal examiners about the individual oral

Example A
Example A
Extracts (PDF)
Individual oral (M4A)
Examiner's comments (PDF)

Example B
Example B
Extracts (PDF)
Individual oral (MP3)
Examiner's comments (PDF)

Example C
Example C
Extracts (PDF)
Individual oral (MP3)
Examiner's comments (PDF)

Language A assessed student work 9

Language A additional samples

Language A additional samples

Language and Literature

Higher level essay
Higher level essay examples A to F (zipped folder)
Individual oral
Individual oral examples A to F (zipped folder)
Paper 1
Paper 1 examples A to F (zipped folder)

Literature
Higher level essay
Higher level essay examples A to F (zipped folder)
Individual oral
Individual oral examples A to F (zipped folder)
Paper 1
Paper 1 examples A to F (zipped folder)

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