English B for the IB Diploma Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years)

Explore the five English B themes – Identities, Experiences, Human Ingenuity, Social Organisation and Sharing the Planet – with this clearly-structured coursebook with Cambridge Elevate edition. With over 50 per cent new content, lots of text handling exercises and more than 15 audio handling exercises for listening practice, this book helps students tackle the new syllabus.

Sample exam material, new content for SL and HL oral assessments and references to online videos provide opportunities for students to develop their skills. Answers to coursebook questions are in the teacher’s resource and audio for the listening practice is online.

Features:

• More than 15 audio handling exercises so students can practise their listening skills.
• As requested by teachers, a specific unit dedicated to text types and scaffolded exercises help students emulate different styles and structures (such as blog writing, news reports and speeches).
• A dedicated section helps students prepare for assessment by providing sample exams, student material and audio files for the new Paper 1.
• There are 15 video handling exercises with references to online videos so teachers save time looking for suitable media to bring lessons to life.
• Over 30 per cent new text handling exercises that students can apply their skills to.
• New captioned images for SL students and extension literature sections for HL students help both prepare for their individual oral assessment.
• A popular introduction to the course outlines syllabus structure and assessment in a clear way.

Content

Introduction

Section 1: Themes: Chapter 1: Identities:

Unit 1.1 – Citizens of the world

Unit 1.2 – Identity and belief

Unit 1.3 – Beauty and self-esteem

Chapter 2: Experiences:

Unit 2.1 – Pilgrimage

Unit 2.2 – Extreme sports

Unit 2.3 – Migration

Chapter 3: Human ingenuity:

Unit 3.1 – Future humans

Unit 3.2 – Technology and human interaction

Unit 3.3 – Redefining art

Chapter 4: Social organisation:

Unit 4.1 – Minorities and education

Unit 4.2 – Power to the people

Unit 4.3 – Partners for life

Chapter 5: Sharing the planet:

Unit 5.1 – Ending poverty

Unit 5.2 – Climate change

Unit 5.3 – Peace and conflict

Section 2: Text types: Chapter 6: Exploring text types:

Unit 6.1 – Letter to the editor

Unit 6.2 – Review

Unit 6.3 – Blog

Unit 6.4 – Speeches

Unit 6.5 – News report

Unit 6.6 – Brochure

Unit 6.7 – Guidelines

Unit 6.8 – Official report

Section 3: Assessment: Chapter 7:

Unit 7.1 – Paper 1

Unit 7.2 – Paper 2

Unit 7.3 – Internal assessment.