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May 2012 extended essay reports
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ENGLISH B
Overall grade boundaries
Grade: E D C B A
Mark range: 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 22 23 - 28 29 - 36
The range and suitability of the work submitted
Marks this session covered the full range from excellent to elementary with a good
number of essays demonstrating a good working knowledge of the investigative process.
Nonetheless, examiners noted that candidates continue to submit a number of
inappropriate topics or topics with a poor approach that severely limits the awarding of high
levels in a number of criteria. It is important in the early stages of the essay process to use
all of the resources available for guidance especially the appropriate pages of the
Extended Essay Guide.
The majority of essays submitted were appropriate for Language B . However,
less successful e ssays took the form of a descriptive report rather than an organized
investigation allowing for the development of a persuasive argument. Too m any essays
were not well suited to any of the three prescribed categories, which indicated a need for
greater familiarity with the basic r e q u i r e m e n t s a s laid out in the Guide. Essays
that were clearly framed within a category often exhibited a more successful focused
approach to the research question. Generally successful topics showed a hi gh degree of
organizational awareness, regardless of the area of study.
Category 3 literary topics appeared noticeably more often than Category 1 and 2
topics. There were many strong essays that e x p l o r e d a wide variety of novels and
plays appropriately. Many of the most successful of these e ssays compared characters or
themes in two works of a similar nature or f ocused on the development of one or more
characters within one work. Weaker essays dealt superficially with plot with not much in
the way of focused argument. Comparing a novel with its film version nearly always proved
unsuccessful.
Among the most popular, though sometimes problematic choices came in Category 2b,
essays of a general cultural nature. The requirement here is that the RQ be narrowed
through the use of cultural artifacts. Candidates should avoid an
File information
Subject
English B
Document type
Subject report
Year
2012
Session
May 2012
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
Not labelled
Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
108 KB
Pages
5
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