Introducing The Individual Oral: Brad Philpot For Students of IBDP English A: Language and Literature SL/HL

Introducing the Individual Oral
A guide by
Brad Philpot for students of IBDP
English A: Language and literature SL/HL
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What is the individual oral?
● A recorded 10-minute oral talk, prepared in advance,
● followed by a 5-minute discussion with your teacher.
Photograph: Lucas Film

The individual oral prompt
“Examine the ways in which the global issue (GI) of your
choice is presented through the content and form of one
of the [literary] works and one of the [non-literary]
bodies of work (BOWs) that you have studied.” - IBDP
Guide for Language A: Language and Literature, 2019
What to bring to the oral
❏ A clean copy (no annotations) of a passage from a
literary work
❏ A clean copy of a passage from a non-literary body
of work (BOW)
❏ An IB form on which you write your global issue,
literary work, non-literary body of work and your
outline, which includes no more than 10 bullet points.
What’s a literary work and non-literary body of
work (BOW)?
● All of the texts in the work are created by the same
person or organisation, ie 15-20 poems by the same
poet or 10 ads by the same brand.
● All of the texts in the work are of the same text type, ie
all poems or all print ads.
How many texts are in a work or BOW?
Non-literary BOWs grey area (if author is on PRL literary
(# of texts unofficial) then it’s literary. If not, it’s with (# of texts from guide)
non-literary)
photographs (approx 15) letters shorter poems (15-20)

commercials (approx 5) speeches song lyrics (15-20)
music videos (approx 5) journal entries graphic novels (1)
feature films (1) memoirs short stories (5-10)
documentaries (1) essays (5-8) plays (1)
advertisements (approx 10) novels (1)
comic strips (approx 10) feature-film scripts (1)
posters (approx 5-10) essays (5-8)
social media posts (a lot)
websites (5-10 webpages)
op-eds (5-10)
and many more text types
What is a ‘passage’ from a work or BOW?
● Less than 40 lines from a written text, such as a poem or
speech.
● Approximately 3-5 stills*, accompanied with captions
from those segments of a multimodal text, such a
commercial, music video or feature film
● 1 cartoon or comic strip*
● Approximately 1-2 pages from a graphic novel*
* Unofficial numbers, use common sense

What is a Global Issue?
● It’s significant, meaning it matters.
● It’s transnational, meaning it’s ubiquitous.
● It’s relevant to local contexts. Look around!
Tip
Check out the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). They can act as a springboard for formulating a
GI.
Examples of Global Issues
How gender constructs are

The effects of growing up unfairly constructed
during social unrest
Harmful definitions of
beauty standards
The ways in which colonial
power structures are still
prevalent and relevant.
What does all of this mean?
Global issue
Literary work Non-literary body of work
Passage Passage Rest of

Rest of work
for the IO for the IO the BOW
How do I find my Global Issue?
1. Explore a literary work or non-literary body of work
(BOW) in class and discuss its major themes.
2. Revisit the criteria for global issues and examples.
Turn a theme into a global issue.
3. Discuss the wording with your classmates and teacher.
What about the other text?
1. Match a literary work with a non-literary body of
work (BOW) based on a common global issue.
2. If one of the texts hasn’t been ‘studied in class’, then
present it to your classmates!
3. Reword the GI so that it’s relevant to both texts.
Now I have 2 texts and a GI. What next?
1. Check with your teacher that the work, BOW and GI
are appropriate.
2. Find a passage from the work and the BOW that both
explore the global issue.
3. Analyse both passages in depth. Annotate them.
Connect them to the global issue.
4. Reword the GI if necessary.
5. Write an outline for a 10-minute oral.
What might my outline look like?
4 min: Lit work and
1 min: Intro 4 min: BOW and passage 1 min: Conclusion
passage
● What’s your GI? ● Feature 1 > examples from ● Feature 4 > examples from ● What are the
Why does it passage > effects on the passage > effects on the similarities and
matter? reader > examples from reader > examples from differences?
● How is it the entire lit work > effects the entire BOW > effects ● How effective are the
presented in 2 on the reader > relevance of the reader > relevance texts in presenting the
texts through of feature to the GI of feature to the GI GI?
authorial choices ● Feature 2 ... ● Feature 5 ...
& textual ● Feature 3 ... ● Feature 6 ...
features?
What happens in the discussion?
● You can make connections to the concepts: identity,
representation, transformation, culture,
communication, perspective and creativity
● You can make (more) comparisons between texts.
● You can evaluate (further) how effective the authors
are in achieving their aims.
● You can explore (more) meaningful features from
passages, work and BOW.
● Elaborate!
What about mocks and finals?
● It’s not ‘best one counts’. Your final IO is for your final
grade.
● Any combination of a GI, a work and a BOW from a
mock oral is off limits for your final oral and your
classmates’ final orals.
● You cannot do your final oral any passages that you
have previously used in mocks.
What are the assessment criteria?
Criterion B: Analysis and evaluation - 10 marks
Criterion A: knowledge, understanding and To what extent does the oral analyse and evaluate how the
interpretation - 10 marks authors present the global issue through authorial choices in
To what extent does the oral show knowledge the extracts, the work and the body of work?
and understanding of the extracts, of the
extracts, and the literary work and the non-
literary body of work from which they were
taken? Criterion C: Focus and organisation - 10 marks
To what extent does the oral show coherence, balance,
To what extent are interpretations relevant to focus and organisation?
the global issue?
To what extent are interpretations supported by

relevant references to the texts, the work and Criterion D: Language - 10 marks
the body of work?
To what extent is the student’s use of vocabulary, tone,
syntax, style and terminology accurate, varied and
effective?
What are the grade boundaries?
Marks Grade Note: These grade

boundaries are not
34-40 7 official. Please see
the latest Subject
29-36 6 Report for the most
recent grade
24-28 5 boundaries
19-23 4
12-18 3
6-11 2
1-5 1
How is it marked?
● It’s internal assessment (IA), meaning your teacher marks
your oral.
● Your teacher submits your class’ marks and a sample of
recordings from your class to the IB for moderation.
● Based on the sample, an IB moderator may change your
teacher’s grades and apply a moderation factor to all
students’ grades.
● The IO counts for 20% of your final grade at HL and 30%
of your final grade at SL.
May the force be with you!
But if you’re not a Jedi master:
● practice a lot,
● get meaningful feedback,
● apply the criteria,
● and make improvements.
Photograph: Lucas Film

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photographs (approx 15) letters shorter poems (15-20)

* Unofficial numbers, use common sense

How gender constructs are

Literary work Non-literary body of work

Passage Passage Rest of

To what extent are interpretations supported by

Marks Grade Note: These grade

Photograph: Lucas Film

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