What is the OIB? A basic introduction to class

 What is the OIB?

The best way to answer this question is to go straight to the source of all OIB questions, the ASIBA website: https://www.asiba.fr/brevet-international/

The key part to remember from this page is:

"The British version of the OIB represents a long-standing partnership between the French Ministry of Education and Cambridge International Education. Examinations in two subjects, English Language & Literature and History–Geography, are added to the full syllabus of the French Baccalaureate (the Baccalauréat Général). These extra subjects are examined in English at first-language level and certified by Cambridge as equivalent to A Level in standard. The bicultural nature of the OIB is illustrated by the fact that History–Geography is taught in both English and French.

Students taking the British version of the OIB are taught in schools that run a dual, Franco-British curriculum. Through this dual programme, OIB students develop a capacity for hard work, and an intellectual and cultural flexibility, that give them the potential to become excellent undergraduates in Britain, France and elsewhere."

What does this information mean for us, student and teacher?

As you move through the two-year OIB syllabus in Language and Literature, you will have both Miss Ruch and myself as teachers.

Who will I be teaching what and when?

You will have class with me (Mrs Cnockaert) on Thursday mornings from 10h-12h

Over the next two years, we will study Jackie Kay's poems, Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by Oscar Wilde.

You will have class with Miss Ruch on Tuesdays.

Over the two years, you will prepare with Miss Ruch: William Shakespeare's Othello, Tennessse William's Streetcar Named Desire, and a collection of Gothic poems. 

What type of exams will I have to take, in literature?

A written exam on Shakespeare's Othello, Jackie Kay's poems, and Tennessee William's Streetcar Named Desire.

An oral exam on your 'synoptic topic' : Gothic writing (your Gothic poems, Stokers' Dracula, and Wilde's Dorian Gray).

What do I need to bring to class?

I would recommend writing your notes on loose A4 paper and then filing them in a text specific folder: yes, on folder per author so 3 A4 binders.

How should I take notes?

This may seem like an obvious question, but it's not necessarily.

Write to your future self, the one who will be revising for the written and spoken exams in 2023.

Clearly label each page of notes with the names of the text/author and that day's date.

Do note the page number of quotes, so you can find them again in the future.

Take the time to file loose paper once you get home.

Your future self will thank you.




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