New+Language+B+2015+writing+assignment+description

=Written assignment new for 2015=

Based on the **core** subject areas **(Communication & Media, Global Issues, Social Relationships).**
 * Written assignment: Receptive and written productive skills 20% **
 * Written assignment SL: ** Students are required to produce a ** rationale of 150–200 words maximum **, plus a task of ** 300–400 words ** (excluding bibliography). Work falling significantly beneath the required word count is unlikely to meet the stated requirements of the task and is therefore likely to receive low marks. If the word limit is exceeded, the assessment will be based on the rationale and the first 400 words of the task.


 * 1) **Communication and media**: How people interact, transmit and gather data for the purposes of information and entertainment.Possible contexts include: include advertising, bias in media, censorship and sensationalism in media.
 * 2) **Global issues aspects**: Current matters and things to come that have an impact at a regional, national and/or international level, bearing in mind that they need to be addressed from the perspective of the target culture. Possible contexts include: energy, food and water, climate change, natural disasters, globalization, migration, poverty and famine, racism, the environment and sustainability.
 * 3) **Social relationships:** How people interrelate and behave as members of a community, individually and in groups. Possible contexts include: language and identity, minorities, multilingualism, nationalism, relationships, religious and non-religious celebrations, social and political structures and groups, social behaviors and stances, taboos and what is socially acceptable.

The assessment of the task emphasizes content and organization over format. The student should demonstrate understanding of the subject matter of the written assignment, as well as the ability to organize and use the information from the sources.

The student should:


 * demonstrate understanding of the core topic
 * organize the information from the sources in a manner appropriate to the text
 * use the information from the sources to form a new text without copying
 * use language appropriate to the text type and purpose.

Formal guidelines

 * The subject of the written assignment must be the choice of the student in consultation with the teacher, based on the three sources selected by the student.
 * This assignment should be written in the second year of the course and must be completed during school hours under teacher supervision.
 * The written assignment and the rationale must be in the target language and handwritten.
 * It must be the independent work of the student (with the teacher’s guidance).
 * Source material must be originally written in the target language and available online. This information will be entered on the coversheet. The teacher must keep a hard copy of the three sources used for this assignment, which may be requested by the IB.
 * The use of a paper dictionary and reference material is permitted.
 * The suggested time to complete the task is three to four hours, which does not need to be in one sitting. This timing includes the reading of the sources, the writing of a draft and of the final text and rationale. If the assignment will not be completed in one sitting, the teacher must collect the work after each session and return it to the students at the beginning of the next one.
 * The written assignment will be accompanied by:
 * a coversheet signed by both student and teacher. On this coversheet the student will provide the web address for any source material that is available online or a bibliography, the titles of the sources and a brief summary of each
 * a rationale.