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5 Steps to planning your Individual Oral (IO)

What is an Individual Oral (IO)?

Individual Oral is an oral response prepared and presented by a student on two chosen works learned during the academic year. The student has to connect both the chosen works with a common global issue. This is an oral presentation that will take 35 minutes to complete, with 20 minutes for preparation, 10 minutes for presentation, and 5 minutes for questions.

How does it work?

English A: Literature

  • Students perform an oral activity presenting their analysis of two works studied in the academic year.
  • Students should select one work from the prescribed literature in translations (PLT) and the other one from the prescribed list of authors (PLA) published by the IB. The students have full independence in choosing which of the two works they will present. As a result, the students will have two texts.
  • A presentation is prepared and presented by a student on how, one work originally written in the studied language and one work studied in translation have addressed a common global context. (Subject Brief English A: Lit).
  • The student will have a total of 35 minutes to complete, with 20 minutes for preparation, 10 minutes for presentation and 5 mins for questions.
  • The weightage for English A: Literature HL is 20%.
  • The weightage for English A: Literature SL is 30%.

English A: Language and Literature

  • Students perform an oral activity presenting their analysis of two works studied in the academic year.
  • Students should select one literary work and one non-literary body of work they have studied during the academic year. They must come from the IB's authorised list of texts. As a result, the students will have two texts.
  • A presentation is prepared and presented by a student on how one literary work and one non-literary body of work studied have approached a common global context (Subject Brief English A: Lang & Lit).
  • The student will have a total of 35 minutes to complete, with 20 minutes of preparation, 10 minutes of presentation and 5 mins for questions.
  • The weightage for English A: Language and Literature HL is 20%.
  • The weightage for English A: Language and Literature SL is 30%.

How to plan your IO?

An Overview

  1. Choose the texts
  2. Select the Global Issue
  3. Choose the extracts
  4. Time management
  5. The 5’ discussion

Step 1: Choose the texts

Choose a literary work and a non-literary body of work from the texts you have studied. You should be thorough and should have analysed the work perfectly.

Step 2: Select the Global Issue

Select a global issue that is inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Global issue is considered as the backbone of your whole IO. Your global issue should have a broader meaning and be applicable on a larger scale that is, it should be transnational.
The global issue's effect should be felt in any available context and should be specific. Both the works should be seen through the prism of global issue.

Step 3: Choose the extracts

Choose a 40-line excerpt from your literary and non-literary body of work. The extract you choose should be continuous. It should contain 2 to 3 features or instances representing the global issue.
The entire body of work should have the same authorship, it also should be intertextual. If your BOW is a video you can refer to them as stills and include them in the zip file (you can also add a timestamp if required).

Step 4: Time management

You have a total of 10 minutes to deliver your points. Remember, this isn't a commentary; the examiner isn't looking for a detailed analysis of the excerpts. They are focused on seeing how you connect, relate and reflect on the global issue selected on the excerpts.

Let’s divide your 10 mins:

1 min - Explain in depth what your Global Issue is and why you selected it as your global issue.

4 mins - Give a brief introduction about the chosen literary work. Then, using instances and features, illustrate the extract in depth while linking it to the global issue.

4 mins - Give a brief introduction about the chosen non-literary body of work.Then, using instances and features, illustrate the extract in depth while linking it to the global issue.

1 min - Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between literary work and non-literary body of work. Also, talk about how effectively the global issue is presented.

Step 5: The 5’ discussion

Expect questions from your examiner about the global issue, the selection of the texts, extracts, and the global issue. They'll even look at the presentation from different perspectives.

The IB evaluates a student's reflection, understanding and identification from the two chosen works as well as their ability to connect all of these elements to a common global context. Students should work on their communication and presentation skills since this is an oral presentation.

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5 Steps to planning your Individual Oral (IO)
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