English A1

Language A1 English HL and SL

IB Diploma Program Language A1 English is a first language English course that follows the aims and objectives of the IBO Diploma Program. The course is designed to develop the students’ writing, speaking, and analytical skills concerning literature, as well as develop an appreciation for literature through finding and creating connections between literature and life.

At ISU, the Grade 11 students cover the following works:

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • The Scarlet Letter (HL)
  • WS Maugham short story selections
  • William Faulkner  short story selections
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Women of Sand and Myrrh
  • The Sorrow of War
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • Othello
  • The Sun Also Rises (HL)

The Grade 12 students cover the following works:

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (HL)
  • Poems by L. Hughes, W. Soyinko
  • The Stranger (WL)
  • Love Medicine
  • 1984
  • The Remains of the Day (HL)