IBDP Deep-dive: Navigating Language B in the DP

Victor González, Laetitia Chanéac-Knight and Angela Lucca

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Imagine a classroom without borders where you get to promote international-mindedness through the use of language, culture, ideas, and issues of global significance. The IBDP language B course provides an opportunity to do just that! Join us for our very first IBDP Deep-dive for language B as we explore how you can construct a purposeful language B course and support students in their language acquisition goals.

Join experienced language B practitioners from around the world and dive into the underpinning requirements of the subject. Brainstorm with peers about course design, how to prepare students for assessments, and grade some exemplars along the way!

Workshop objectives:

Designing a language B course
Understanding and planning for internal assessments
Guiding students through external assessments

Session I: How to design a language B course
Speaker:Victor González
Course design is integral to successfully implementing the language B curriculum. In this session pick up some of the best practices on selecting texts, exploring themes, and in turn structuring your course outlines.

Session III: Supporting students through external assessments
Speaker: Angela Lucca
Prepping students for external assessments in language B is an exciting process. To make sure that you’re checking all the boxes, join us to learn about supporting students through papers 1 & 2.

Speakers

Victor González

Language teacher and book author, International School of Bremen, Germany

Laetitia Chanéac-Knight

Language B teacher, Sotogrande International School, Spain

Angela Lucca

Academic Dean, The English International School of Padua, Italy

Disclaimer - This event is organised independently of and not endorsed by the IB. Toddle’s events and webinars are organised to enable an exchange of practices and ideas within the educator community and are not a replacement for official IB workshops. Views and opinions expressed by the speakers are their personal views and should not be construed as official guidance by the IB. Please seek assistance from your school’s IB coordinator and/or refer to official IB documents before implementing shared ideas and strategies in your classroom.

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Victor González

Victor González has been teaching modern languages and IT for over 20 years, conducting workshops and seminars at an international level. His interests lie in the fields of language curriculum and materials design through innovative digital tools. Victor is an IB and IGCSE book author for Cambridge University Press and Kognity.

Laetitia Chanéac-Knight

Laetitia Chanéac-Knight is a language B teacher in an international school in Spain and has held various important roles for French B. She currently teaches DP English and has taught French previously. She holds a PGCE, and an MA in applied linguistics. She co-authored the Hodder Education textbook for French B and wrote two activity books for Clé International.

Angela Lucca

Angela Lucca currently serves in an International School in Italy as the Head of Key Stage 5, IB Diploma Programme Coordinator, TOK Coordinator, and language B teacher. She is a certified, upskilled, and experienced educator. Her roles within the IB are varied and impressive. Her workshop experience includes virtual, face-to-face and online workshops for ATLs, TOK, leading the learning, language Ab Initio, language B, the learner profile, beyond the disciplines, living and learning globally, and investigating inquiry. In addition to her BA in Foreign languages and civilizations, she has a M.Ed. in curriculum design and advanced teaching of Italian language and culture, a certificate to teach Italian in primary school and she is a CELTA & CELTA YL certified teacher. She has recently completed Harvard Graduate School of Education’s certificate in school management and leadership. Currently, Angela Lucca has started a PGCEi in International Education at Bath University.

Assessment, Classroom Strategies, Curriculum Planning

IBDP Deep-dive: Navigating Language B in the DP

Imagine a classroom without borders where you get to promote international-mindedness through the use of language, culture, ideas, and issues of global significance. The IBDP language B course provides an opportunity to do just that! Join us for our very first IBDP Deep-dive for language B as we explore how you can construct a purposeful language B course and support students in their language acquisition goals.
Join experienced language B practitioners from around the world and dive into the underpinning requirements of the subject. Brainstorm with peers about course design, how to prepare students for assessments, and grade some exemplars along the way!
Workshop objectives: Designing a language B course Understanding and planning for internal assessments Guiding students through external assessments
Session I: How to design a language B course (1 hour) Speaker: Victor González Course design is integral to successfully implementing the language B curriculum. In this session pick up some of the best practices on selecting texts, exploring themes, and in turn structuring your course outlines.
Session II: Supporting students through internal assessments (1 hour) Speaker: Laetitia Chanéac-Knight All language B teachers know that planning for the internal assessment is no easy feat! Attend this session to become a pro on all things IOA from choosing texts and visuals, to teaching students how to analyze them. As a bonus, we’ve included an exemplar grading session too.
Session III: Supporting students through external assessments (1 hour 30 minutes) Speaker: Angela Lucca Prepping students for external assessments in language B is an exciting process. To make sure that you’re checking all the boxes, join us to learn about supporting students through Papers 1 & 2.