European Baccalaureate Other National Language (ONL) study guide
European Baccalaureate Other National Language (ONL) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The European Baccalaureate (EB) is the school-leaving qualification of the European Schools and of schools accredited by their Board of Governors; the source states that the name belongs solely to the European Schools, which have held a monopoly on its use in all official languages of the European Union since their establishment. The cycle covers the final two secondary years, s6 and s7, and is built on a comprehensive multilingual curriculum: pupils must always combine language, humanities and scientific subjects, with part of the programme taught through more than one language. The European Baccalaureate Other National Language (ONL) study guide has 5 sections and about 1,955 words.
01Language 1 - written and oral examination
Language 1 (L1) is the student's dominant language and the subject in which the European Baccalaureate expects the most mature analytical writing. The examination has two parts: a written paper and an oral.
421 words, about 2 min02Language 2 - written and oral examination
L2 tests functional communicative competence: reading comprehension, lexical and grammatical control, written production in a specified text type, and oral interaction. The written paper usually combines comprehension questions on one or more texts, language exercises (transformation, gap-fill, rephrasing) and a guided writing task.
384 words, about 2 min03Mathematics - compulsory written examination
Mathematics is a compulsory written examination. It tests the ability to select and apply methods across the syllabus: functions and graphs, limits and derivatives, integration, sequences, vectors and geometry, and probability and statistics, with the exact balance depending on the course variant.
387 words, about 2 min04History or Geography taught through L2 - compulsory oral examination option
In this option the candidate is examined orally in history or geography through L2. The examination therefore assesses two things at once: command of the subject's knowledge and concepts, and the ability to explain, argue and respond in L2.
368 words, about 2 min05Other optional and complementary subjects (ONL, sciences, philosophy, economics)
Optional subjects vary widely - ONL (Other National Language), sciences, philosophy, economics and others - but they share a purpose: to test depth of understanding in a chosen discipline and the ability to use its methods independently. ONL examinations test literary and linguistic analysis in that language, with written and oral components.
395 words, about 2 min