IBDP Lang & Lit: Core Concepts & Assessment

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**Intertextuality**

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The relationship between texts, especially literary ones, where one text references, mimics, or responds to another. It connects texts through shared themes, structures, or literary devices, allowing new meanings to emerge through the reader's recognition of these connections.

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**Global Issue**

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An issue of transnational significance that affects all stakeholders. In the Individual Oral, students must select a global issue (e.g., inequality, climate change, censorship) that connects both a literary and a non-literary work, demonstrating how the texts treat this issue differently or similarly.

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**Context**

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The circumstances surrounding the production and reception of a text, including historical, social, cultural, and personal factors. IB assessment requires analyzing how context influences the author's choices and how different audiences may interpret the text based on their own contextual background.

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**Assessment Objective 1: Knowledge & Understanding**

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Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the text type, genre, and specific conventions. This involves understanding the context of the text and how the author utilizes those conventions to achieve their purpose.

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**Assessment Objective 2: Analysis**

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The ability to identify and examine the effects of form, style, structure, and language on the text. Students must deconstruct how specific textual features (e.g., diction, imagery, tone) contribute to the overall meaning.