IB Spanish A Language & Literature Part II (HL)

IB Spanish A Language & Literature HL is a two-year course of study that fulfills the IB requirement in place of a language acquisition course and provides the potential for an IB diploma candidate to earn an IB bilingual diploma.  The course is designed for fluent Spanish students. This language and literature course aims at studying the complex and dynamic nature of language and exploring both its practical and aesthetic dimensions. The course will explore the crucial role language plays in communication, reflecting experience and shaping the world, and the roles of individuals themselves as producers of language. Throughout the course, students will explore the various ways in which language choices, text types, literary forms and contextual elements all effect meaning. Through close analysis of various text types and literary forms, students will consider their own interpretations, as well as the critical perspectives of others, to explore how such positions are shaped by cultural belief systems and to negotiate meanings for texts. IB Spanish A Language & Literature HL students complete multiple IB assessments to earn their IB score: an internal assessment (individual oral) and three externally assessed papers (one essay and two exams).