WHAT+IS+THE+IOC?

=Individual Oral Commentary - 15%= = = =Spoken textual analysis, 9 to 12 minutes in length, with subsequent questions.=

=**A very detailed (line-by-line, word-by-word!) analysis of a short extract.**=

=FROM THE IBO...=

The IOC counts for 15% of each student’s overall language A1 grade and is based on the works studied in part 2 of the course. For this activity each language A1 student delivers an oral commentary based on an extract from one of the works studied in part 2 of the course. The oral commentary consists of a close detailed analysis of the content of the extract with a view to: • identifying and discussing relevant matters of literary significance in the particular extract, such as subject matter, theme, character • considering how elements such as language, style and technique work together to convey the writer’s purpose in the extract and, where appropriate, their significance to the work as a whole • delivering an oral response that is well developed, carefully structured, appropriately illustrated and in a register suitable for formal literary discussion.

=IN ENGLISH...=

Oral commentary of 9-12 minutes (aim at 12) on an extract, provided by the IBO, from one of the Part 2 works studied. The extract will be accompanied by 1 or 2 guiding questions. You'll have 20 minutes to read the extract and guiding questions and to prepare your response. After your talk, the teacher will engage with you to try and draw out any further points. The IOC itself is no longer than 15 minutes.

So, preparing for the IOC demands DETAILED study of these texts, since you will have to talk about a short extract (40 lines or so) for 9-12 minutes, and then interact with your teacher for 3 minutes; the teacher will ask questions which are intended to elicit further responses.

=Further advice from the IBO (sorry...)=

The nature and emphasis of any commentary depends, to a great extent, on the extract chosen. In all cases, candidates should aim to identify and explore all significant aspects of the extract given. These include: been taken stylistic devices and their effect(s) on the reader. candidate knows about the work in question. The commentary should focus on the extract itself, relating it to the whole work only where relevant (e.g. to establish context or the relative importance of different aspects of the passage or poem). unconnected points nor take the form of a narration or a line-by-line paraphrase of the extract.
 * situating the extract as precisely as possible in the context of the work from which it has
 * commenting on the effectiveness of the writers techniques, including at HL the use of
 * However, the extract should not be used as a springboard for a discussion of everything the
 * A commentary should be well structured. It should neither be delivered as a series of

= And, just as important - WHEN is it? =

For current Year 13, in the week before Christmas, 2009.
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