Identities (HL)
Higher-level reading, including an original literary extract, and extended writing on identity and belief.
- Language and identity
- Health and wellbeing
- Subcultures and lifestyles
Practice scope and availability
Practice betaUnofficial selected-topic practice, not rights-cleared exam-board material. Marking points are guidance, not a certified answer key. 30 questions and 30 marking-analysis activities. 60 activities in total.
ENG B HL · Learning hub
English B: Higher Level
Practice for the five prescribed themes: Paper 1 writing tasks with a self-check based on the three criteria, and Paper 2-style reading on original texts. Listening and the individual oral are not covered. Selected topics only, not full syllabus coverage. HL writing tasks are 450–600 words, and HL reading includes original literary extracts.
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Topic practice
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Unofficial selected-topic practice · self-marked progress.
Paper 1: conceptual understanding
Text types and register (HL)
Not startedMatching text type, register and tone to complex Paper 1 tasks at HL (criterion C).
Personal texts · Professional texts · Mass media texts
Start here10 activities available
Theme: ExperiencesExperiences (HL)
Not startedHigher-level reading and extended writing on migration, rites of passage and travel.
Holidays and travel · Customs and traditions · Migration and life stories
Start here10 activities available
Theme: Human ingenuityHuman ingenuity (HL)
Not startedHigher-level reading and extended writing on scientific innovation, media and the arts.
Technology · Communication and media · Artistic expressions
Start here10 activities available
Theme: IdentitiesIdentities (HL)
Not startedHigher-level reading, including an original literary extract, and extended writing on identity and belief.
Language and identity · Health and wellbeing · Subcultures and lifestyles
Start here10 activities available
Theme: Sharing the planetSharing the planet (HL)
Not startedHigher-level reading and extended writing on climate, globalization and human rights.
The environment · Globalization · Equality and human rights
Start here10 activities available
Theme: Social organizationSocial organization (HL)
Not startedHigher-level reading and extended writing on education, law and the working world.
Education · Community and social engagement · The working world
Start here10 activities available
Key concepts
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Experiences (HL)
Higher-level reading and extended writing on migration, rites of passage and travel.
- Holidays and travel
- Customs and traditions
- Migration and life stories
Human ingenuity (HL)
Higher-level reading and extended writing on scientific innovation, media and the arts.
- Technology
- Communication and media
- Artistic expressions
Social organization (HL)
Higher-level reading and extended writing on education, law and the working world.
- Education
- Community and social engagement
- The working world
Sharing the planet (HL)
Higher-level reading and extended writing on climate, globalization and human rights.
- The environment
- Globalization
- Equality and human rights
Text types and register (HL)
Matching text type, register and tone to complex Paper 1 tasks at HL (criterion C).
- Personal texts
- Professional texts
- Mass media texts
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Connect methods, justify assumptions and evaluate unfamiliar contexts.
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Help with this topicSyllabus coverage
Current Language B guide; the revised course (first assessment May 2029) keeps the same assessment model
30 original questions · 30 teaching explanations. Derived marking activities are counted separately.
View areas, gaps and official sources
Area-level mapping, not a complete syllabus checklist. “Partial” means selected practice exists, not that every requirement is covered.
- Theme: IdentitiesPartial practice
- Theme: ExperiencesPartial practice
- Theme: Human ingenuityPartial practice
- Theme: Social organizationPartial practice
- Theme: Sharing the planetPartial practice
- Text types and registerPartial practice
- Partial area-level mapping to the five prescribed themes and the written components, not coverage of every recommended topic or an official assessment judgement.
- The assessment structure was checked against a school's published English B course outline reproducing the guide and the IB's public Language B pages; the subscriber-only guide itself was not consulted.
- Paper 2 listening needs audio passages and the individual oral is a live conversation with a teacher; neither is supplied.
- Writing tasks give a self-check list built on criteria A, B and C, not IB band scores; no teacher marks the writing.
- All passages, extracts and texts are original and written for SubjectScout; HL literary extracts are not from studied literary works.
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This is unofficial practice under accuracy, provenance, and rights review. Use the latest official subject guide to confirm syllabus coverage and examination requirements.