European Baccalaureate Language 2 Advanced

Candidates sit five written examinations and three oral examinations. L1, L2 and Mathematics are compulsory written examinations. The compulsory oral examinations are L1, L2 or a subject taught through L2, namely History or Geography. You therefore have to show written and oral proficiency in at least two languages.

At the end of s7 pupils receive a preliminary mark accounting for 50% of the final mark, reflecting formative and summative assessment during the year. The other 50% comes from double correction of the written and oral examinations. Within that examination part, the five written examinations account for 35% and the three oral examinations for 15%.

The overall pass mark for the European Baccalaureate is 5 out of 10, that is 50 out of 100. The source does not publish a separate pass threshold for individual examinations, so treat every component as contributing to one overall result rather than as separately pass/fail.

Both written and oral examinations are marked by your own teachers and by external examiners, and the final mark is the average of the two. If the disagreement exceeds two points, a third external corrector is brought in and, after analysing the earlier corrections, sets a final mark between the highest and lowest of the two.

The main risk is treating s6 as a warm-up. Each examination covers the entire s7 syllabus but also assesses competences acquired in previous years, especially s6, so gaps carry forward. A second common error is neglecting the preliminary mark, which is half the result and rewards regular classwork, participation and progress tests.

The source page does not state a retake policy for the European Baccalaureate, so no answer can be given here with confidence. Ask your school's Baccalaureate coordinator or consult the official texts and the European Baccalaureate Regulations directly before making plans that depend on a resit.

There is no published allocation, so plan from weighting. The written examinations carry 35% of the examination part across five subjects, and the orals 15% across three, while the preliminary mark carries the remaining half. Give sustained weekly time to every written subject and reserve focused blocks for oral fluency in your L2-taught subject.

Start with the s7 syllabus for your five written subjects, because each examination covers it in full, then revisit s6 competences that feed into it. Build oral practice in parallel rather than at the end, since orals are compulsory in L1, L2 or History or Geography taught through L2. Finish with timed practice under examination conditions.

You must demonstrate written and oral proficiency in at least two languages. History and Geography are taught through a language different from the dominant one, in French, English or German, and can never be taken in L1. A subject taught through L2, such as History or Geography, can serve as your compulsory oral examination.

Yes. The diploma certifies completion of secondary studies in a European School or an accredited school and is officially recognised as an entry qualification for higher education in all European Union countries and a number of others. Holders enjoy the same rights as nationals with equivalent qualifications when seeking university admission.