{"id":12207,"date":"2023-02-22T12:46:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T07:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/docs\/your-guide-to-language-literature-in-the-dp\/course-essentials\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T19:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:13:56","slug":"course-essentials","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/docs\/your-guide-to-language-literature-in-the-dp\/course-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Course essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This section will help you design a class your students will love. The first section, <strong>reading, critical thinking, and writing<\/strong>, focuses on three essential areas of student growth. <strong>Course concepts &amp; principles<\/strong> looks at the terminology that is unique to the course: Areas of Exploration, the Seven Concepts, Global Issues, and so on. <strong>Three approaches to course design<\/strong> offers some perspective on selecting texts and building a syllabus. Finally, <strong>bodies of work<\/strong> considers what constitutes a non-literary body of work for the purposes of the individual oral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In language and literature, there are three areas of exploration: Readers, writers, texts | Time and space | Intertextuality. <br>While executing the course, a balance is recommended between the three areas. Below you will find the IB recommended number of hours teachers spend focused on each of the areas of exploration. These hours for each area are neither prescriptive nor restrictive. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-1024x448.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-1024x448.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-1200x525.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-24x11.png 24w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-36x16.png 36w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1-48x21.png 48w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Group-8846-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The course is structured around literary works and non-literary bodies of work. In the table below, you will find specific IB requirements for both. Most of these apply only to literary works, except for the last one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibpublishing.ibo.org\/prl\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-1024x502.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-1536x752.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-2048x1003.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-1200x588.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-1980x970.png 1980w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-24x12.png 24w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-36x18.png 36w, https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Frame-4429-1-48x24.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":12206,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12207","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Course essentials - Toddle Learn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Course essentials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This section will help you design a class your students will love. 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