# Individual Oral

[Question bank](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pAfOmg0KJTqBRtRnBaeRTmed6ibeqt-o/view?usp=sharing)

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[Rubric](https://drive.google.com/file/d/16SGHnFP4e9uFB1WSKRo_47L-zKROO-0q/view?usp=sharing)

[Structure](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CmSqVPXUh2-2ZQ0mx_BawPieJ88RVzCc/view?usp=sharing)

**Duration**: 15 minutes (10 minutes: student delivery of the oral; 5 minutes: teacher questions)\
**Weighting**: 30% for SL, 20% for HL

### Prompt for every IO

Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the works that you have studied.

### **Requirements**

#### **Determining the global issue**

A global issue incorporates the following three properties.\
• It has significance on a wide/large scale.\
• It is transnational.\
• Its impact is felt in everyday local contexts.

The individual oral must be based on a work originally written in the language studied and a work originally written in another language and studied in translation.

The works selected must have a clear connection with the global issue. The individual oral should be a well supported argument about the ways in which the works represent and explore the global issue. Students must select two extracts, one from each work, that clearly show significant moments when this global issue is being focused on. Normally, these extracts should not exceed 40 lines or present an unmanageable\
amount of material to be analysed. The extracts must be continuous: there cannot be an interruption or an ellipsis in an extract. The source of the extracts must also be clearly stated including the names of the works chosen and the names of the authors.

#### Rubric

**Criterion A: Knowledge, understanding and interpretation**\
• How well does the candidate demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the extracts, and of the\
works from which they were taken?\
• To what extent does the candidate make use of knowledge and understanding of the extracts and the\
works to draw conclusions in relation to the global issue?\
• How well are ideas supported by references to the extracts, and to the works?

There is excellent knowledge and understanding of the extracts and of the works and a\
persuasive interpretation of their implications in relation to the global issue.\
References to the extracts and to the works are well chosen and effectively support the\
candidate’s ideas.

**Criterion B: Analysis and evaluation**\
• How well does the candidate use their knowledge and understanding of each of the extracts and their\
associated works to analyse and evaluate the ways in which authorial choices present the global issue?

Analysis and evaluation of the extracts and their works are relevant and insightful.\
There is a thorough and nuanced understanding of how authorial choices are used to\
present the global issue.

**Criterion C: Focus and organization**\
• How well does the candidate deliver a structured, well-balanced and focused oral?\
• How well does the candidate connect ideas in a cohesive manner?

The oral maintains a clear and sustained focus on the task; treatment of the extracts and\
works is well balanced. The development of ideas is logical and convincing; ideas are connected in a cogent\
manner.

**Criterion D: Language**\
• How clear, accurate and effective is the language?

The language is clear, accurate and varied; occasional errors do not hinder communication. Vocabulary and syntax are varied and create effect. Elements of style (for example, register, tone and rhetorical devices) are appropriate to the task and enhance the oral.

Criterion A - Knowledge, understanding and interpretation - 10 marks\
Criterion B - Analysis and evaluation - 10 marks\
Criterion C - Focus and organization - 10 marks\
Criterion D - Language - 10 marks\
**Total 40 marks**


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