School-Supported Self-Taught Language A: Literature (SL)

The IB and Dulwich College Seoul firmly encourage and support the study of mother tongue languages. Students whose first language is not English and who have experience studying literature written in their mother tongue may wish to consider the school supported self-taught literature programme (SSST). This is a study of literature written in the student’s mother tongue. The course is offered at Standard Level Literature only and as the name suggests it involves the students studying independently with the support of experienced Language A: Literature teachers at Dulwich College Seoul who will act as the SSST supervisor. Students will also have a tutor in the students first language who can assist in areas where the SSST supervisors cannot.

Course Aims

This course aims to help students:

• See how the literary works are relevant to the students' world and their experiences.

• Make connections between works studied in the course.

• Make connections with Theory of Knowledge (ToK), the approaches to learning and international mindedness.

• Make connections with other subjects.

• Become a flexible and critical reader.

Course Content

The course is organised into three areas of exploration which blend together while each providing a focus of investigation:

• Readers, writers and texts introduces the notion of literature, its purposes and the ways in which texts can be read, interpreted and responded to.

• Time and space draws attention to the fact that texts are not isolated entities, but are connected to space and time.

• Intertextuality: connecting texts focuses on the connections between and among diverse texts, traditions, creators and ideas.

Assessment Outline

SL Assessment Component

External Assessment (3 hours)

• Paper 1: Unseen text (1 hour 30 minutes)

• Paper 2: Essay (1 hour 30 minutes)

Alternative Oral Examination (15 minutes)

For Further Advice

Contact Rebecca Gardner, Assistant Head of Senior School (IB Diploma Coordinator) and ToK Teacher: Rebecca.Gardner@dulwich-seoul.kr