FRENCH B

Standard Level

Target Student

French B (SL) is for the language learner who may not intend continuing the study of the language beyond the Diploma Program and who:

has 2 to 5 years experience in the target language is normally taught outside a country where the

language is spoken is a beginner or near-beginner who lives in a country

where the language is spoken

French B - Tools

The main focus of the

course is on language

acquisition and

development in the four

primary language skills: Listening Speaking Reading Writing

French B - Context

The successful use of language consists of demonstrating

competence in three areas:

languagecultural

interactionmessage

French B –Objectives Checklist

At the end of French B Standard Level, candidates are expected to demonstrate an ability to: communicate clearly and effectively in a range of situations understand and use accurately oral and written forms of the language

that are commonly encountered in a range of situations understand and use of a range of vocabulary in common usage select a register that is generally appropriate to the situation express ideas with general clarity and some fluency structure arguments in a generally clear, coherent and convincing way understand and respond appropriately to written and spoken material of

average difficulty assess some subtleties of the language in a range of forms, styles and

registers show an awareness of, and sensitivity to, some elements of the culture

related to the language studied

French B – SLEvaluation

EXTERNAL EVALUATION: Written Component 3hrs

Weight: 70%

Paper 1: Text Handling 40% Paper 2: Written Production 30%

1 h 30 1 h 30

Reading 30% Written Response 10% Writing Task 30% Questions based on a A short writing exercise in response One writing task from a choice

number of written texts to a written text of four

INTERNAL EVALUATION: Oral Component

Weight: 30 %Two oral activities to be internally assessed by the teacher and externally

moderated by the IBO

Individual Oral 15 % Interactive Oral Activity 15%Based on a stimulus chosen by student Based on an in class discussion

IB Conversion Scale

IB SEVEN POINT SCALE

OSSD PERCENTAGE RANGE

M of ED FOUR POINT SCALE

7 96-100 4 + +

6 90-95 4 +

5 85-89

80-84

4

4 -

4 77-79

74-76

70-73

3 +

3

3 -

3 67-69

64-68

60-63

2 +

2

2 -