{"id":3446,"date":"2026-04-12T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/french-b\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:14:36","slug":"french-b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/ibdp-subjects\/french-b\/","title":{"rendered":"French B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

COURSE STRUCTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SL or HL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 5 French or equivalent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclusions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

None<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

The IB DP language B course provides students with the opportunity to acquire or develop an additional language and to promote an understanding of other cultures through the study of language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language B is designed for students who possess a degree of knowledge and experience in the target language. Those learning a language B at higher level should be able to follow university courses in other disciplines in the language B that is studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coursework<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Group 2:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>French B Standard Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td>Recommended Teaching<\/strong><\/span><\/td>French B Higher Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td>Recommended Teaching<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Components<\/strong><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>150<\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>240<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Five Prescribed Themes<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n
    \n
  • Identities<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Experiences<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Human ingenuity<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Social organisation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Sharing the planet<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
 <\/span><\/td>\n
    \n
  • Identities<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Experiences<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Human Ingenuity<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Social organisation<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Sharing the planet<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
 <\/span><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> <\/td> <\/span><\/td>Literature<\/span>\n
    \n
  • Read 2 works of literature<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main Topics Covered<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n

Year 11<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Personal identities<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lifestyles<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Beliefs and values<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Health and wellbeing<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Leisure activities<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Holidays and travel<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Life stories<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Year 12<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • Entertainment<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Communication and media<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Technology<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Social relationships<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The world of work<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The environment<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Globalisation<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Year 11<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      Type of Assessment<\/strong><\/span><\/td>Format of Assessment <\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
      Paper 1<\/span><\/td>Written productive skills through a series of writing exercises relating to topics studies.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
      Paper 2<\/span><\/td>Listening and responding to a range of multiple choice and short answer questions. Reading and responding to a range of multiple choice and short answer questions.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
      Individual Oral<\/span><\/td>Individual and oral presentations based on visual stimulus relating to topics studied.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Year 12<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      Group 2:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>French B Standard Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>French B Higher Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td><\/tr>
      Type of Assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Format of assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Time (hours)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Weighting of final grade (%)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Format of Assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Time (hours)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Weighting of final grade (%)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
      External<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td> <\/strong><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>75<\/span><\/strong><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>75<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
      Paper 1<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>Written productive skills through 1 writing exercise, draw from the five themes.<\/span><\/td>1.5<\/span><\/td>25<\/span><\/td>Written productive skills through 1 writing exercise, draw from the five themes.<\/span><\/td>1.5<\/span><\/td>25<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
      Paper 2<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>Text handling exercises on three audio passages and three written texts, drawn from all five themes.<\/span><\/td>1.75<\/span><\/td>50<\/span><\/td>Text handling exercises on three audio passages and three written texts, drawn from all five themes.<\/span><\/td>2.0<\/span><\/td>50<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
      Internal<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td> <\/strong><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>25<\/span><\/strong><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/strong><\/td>25<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
      Internal<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Oral work<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>Individual oral<\/strong> presentation of 12-15 minutes based on a visual stimulus.<\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>25<\/span><\/td>Individual oral presentation of 12-15 minutes, based on one literary work studied in class. <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>25<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Course Description COURSE STRUCTURE SL or HL Prerequisites: Stage 5 French or equivalent Exclusions: None The IB DP language B course provides students with the opportunity to acquire or develop an additional language and to promote an understanding of other cultures through the study of language. Language B is designed for students who possess a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":3403,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3446"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4130,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3446\/revisions\/4130"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}