English B HL/SL Preparation Course
- Paper 1: All writing styles with the relevant vocabulary, structural patterns and the appropriate conventions (features). 25%
- Paper 2: Practice on the pages and deciding the weakness and practicing the strategies and techniques to deal with these weakness. 25%
- Internal HL: Analyzing the novels and highlighting themes, characters, plots and language.
- Listening: Practice listening exercises with questions based on the extracts. 25%
- Internal SL: Practicing describing pictures on the different 5 core topics. 25%
Extended Essay English B:
- Choosing the topic out of the categories stated in the guide.
- Deciding on the topics to be investigated with the proper vocabulary, language, structure and proper citation of 4000 words. (Proper citation has to be provided)
Theory of knowledge:
A. TOK presentation 40% Deciding on the knowledge question involving 2 ways of knowing with two AKOK and providing real life situation with 2 claim and counters claims.
B. TOK essay: once titles are announced by the IB you choose the title that you are most familiar with. The essay has to be of maximum 1600 words providing real life situations, claims and counter claims investigation negotiating the title involving 2 WOKs and 2 AOKs, ending with conclusion. Proper citation has to be provided. The essay has to start with a breaking down of the title in relevance to TOK before starting negotiating the title.
Business preparation course
Discussing and practicing the following topics:
- Introduction to business management
- Types of organizations
- Organizational objectives
- Stakeholders
- External environment
- Growth and evolution
- Organizational planning tools (HL)
- Functions and evolution of human resources management
- Organizational structure
- Leadership and management
- Motivation
- Organizational corporate culture (HL)
- Sources of finance
- Costs and revenues
- Break even analysis
- Final accounts
- Profitability and ratio analysis
- Efficiency ratio analysis
- Cash flow
- Investment appraisal
- Budgets
- The role of marketing
- Marketing planning
- Sales forecasting
- Market research
- The four P’s (product, price, promotion, place)
- The extended marketing mix (HL only)
- International marketing (HL only)
- E-commerce
- The role of operations management
- Production methods
- Lean production and quality management (HL only)
- Location
- Production planning (HL only)
- Research and development (HL only)
- Crisis management and contingency planning (HL only)
- Concept based learning: Introducing the CUEGIS concepts
- Internal assessment
- Theory of Knowledge
- Extended essay
- Exam technique
- Business internal (HL)
- Business external (SL)