AP & IB English Tutoring

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AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

Learn about the elements of argument and composition as you develop your critical-reading and writing skills. You’ll read and analyze nonfiction works from various periods and write essays with different aims: for example, to explain an idea, argue a point, or persuade your reader of something. 

Skills you will learn:

• Reading closely, analyzing, and interpreting a piece of writing
• Evaluating a source of information
• Gathering and consolidating information from different sources
• Writing an evidence-based argument
• Drafting and revising a piece of writing

AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION

Learn how to understand and evaluate works of fiction, poetry, and drama from various periods and cultures. You’ll read literary works and write essays to explain and support your analysis of them. 

Skills you will learn:

• Read a text closely and draw conclusions from details
• Identify the techniques used by an author and their effects
• Develop an interpretation of a text
• Present your interpretation and make an argument for it in writing

IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE

The course introduces students to the analysis of literary texts. 

The course is organized into three areas of exploration and seven central concepts, and focuses on the study of literary works. Together, the three areas of exploration of the course add up to a comprehensive exploration of literature from a variety of cultures, literary forms and periods.

Skills you will learn:

• Students study 13 works at higher level and 9 works at standard level from a representative selection of literary forms, periods and places
• Students develop the ability to engage in close, detailed analysis of literary works, building understanding of the techniques involved in literary criticism
• The study of literary works in context is emphasised, and through the study of literature in translation the student is challenged to reflect on the role of cultural assumptions in interpretation
• Students are assessed through a combination of formal examination and oral and written coursework
• The formal examination comprises two essay papers, one requiring the analysis of a passage of unseen literary text, and the other a comparative response to a question based on two works studied
• Students also perform an oral activity presenting their analysis of two works studied
• HL students comply with an additional written coursework requirement which consists of writing a 1200 - 1500 word essay on one of the works studied

IB ENGLISH A: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

The course introduces the critical study and interpretation of written and spoken texts from a wide range of literary forms and non literary text-types. The formal analysis of texts is supplemented by awareness that meaning is not fixed but can change in respect to contexts of production and consumption. This course is available for study in 17 languages.

The course is organized into three areas of exploration and seven central concepts, and focuses on the study of both literary or non-literary texts. Together, the three areas of exploration of the course allow the student to explore the language A in question through its cultural development and use, its media forms and functions, and its literature. Students develop skills of literary and textual analysis, and also the ability to present their ideas effectively. A key aim is the development of critical literacy.

Skills you will learn:

• Available at higher and standard levels
• Higher level study requires a minimum of 240 class hours, while standard level study requires a minimum of 150 class hours
• Students study 6 works at higher level and 4 works at standard level from a representative selection of literary forms, periods and places
• Students study a range of non-literary texts and bodies of work that include a wide variety of text-types
• Students develop the techniques needed for the critical analysis of communication, becoming alert to interactions between text, audience and purpose
• An understanding of how language, culture and context determine the construction of meaning is developed through the exploration of texts, some of which are studied in translation, from a variety of cultures, periods, text-types and literary forms 
• Students are assessed through a combination of formal examinations and oral and written coursework and oral activities
• The formal examination comprises two essay papers, one requiring the analysis of unseen non-literary text, and the other a comparative response to a question based on two literary works studied
• Students also perform an oral activity presenting their analysis of a literary work and a non-literary body of work studied
• HL students comply with an additional written coursework requirement which consists of writing a 1200 - 1500 word essay on one of the works or bodies of work studied.