European Baccalaureate Language 2 case studies
European Baccalaureate Language 2 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The European Baccalaureate (EB) is the school-leaving credential of the European Schools and of schools accredited by their Board of Governors; the name belongs solely to the European Schools. The cycle covers the final two secondary years, s6 and s7, and is built on a multilingual curriculum: pupils combine language, humanities and scientific subjects, with some subjects taught through a second language. The European Baccalaureate Language 2 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,415 words.
1The missing summative and the medical certificate
At the February s7 review, the L2 English team at a European School opens Ines's file. The school's agreed preliminary-mark scheme weights formative assessment at 20%, two summative unit tests at 30% (15% each) and the Pre-Baccalaureate examination at 50%.
810 words, about 4 min2Two parallel groups and an eight-point gap
Two parallel L2 English groups in the same European School, with 24 and 22 students, follow an identical preliminary-mark scheme. In June the subject coordinator compares the two teachers' records: Group A's mean is 71 and Group B's is 63; six students in A are above 85 and none in B.
907 words, about 5 min3The elegant essay that answers a different question
The L2 written examination includes a writing paper marked with a grid that separates task achievement (10) from language (10). The task asked candidates to argue for or against making school uniforms compulsory, referring to two of the three documents supplied.
886 words, about 4 min4The essay the invigilator noticed
During the L2 written examination, invigilators note that Tomas begins writing at minute two without planning and produces about 400 words in 35 minutes, then sits idle for the remainder. His essay on the benefits of volunteering contains a paragraph that a corrector recognises from a mock examination script Tomas wrote in December, and two other candidates at the same school have produced paragraphs that are almost identical to each other, though not to Tomas's.
908 words, about 5 min5The three-second pause and the helpful examiner
The L2 oral examination consists of three papers marked independently by two examiners: (1) reading aloud and summarising a short unseen text; (2) a commentary and discussion on its topic; (3) a general interaction. Sofia reads fluently, but in her summary reports the author as praising the new transport policy when the text is clearly ironic.
904 words, about 5 min