12. Guillermo Duff - Language A Curriculum Manager - The Hague

Guillermo is Curriculum Manager for Language A in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and is based in The Hague. Today’s episode was released slightly earlier in the week as I believe that what Guillermo has to offer may help with any Language A teachers currently reviewing the course for next term.We discuss:The one literary text or writer that continues to provide Guillermo with a passion for education. The Language A curriculum’s recent shift from designated Parts to greater school autonomy and its success thus far.The possibility of a ‘Bodies of Work’, Prescribed Reading List for language in the same way we have one for literature.The types of language text that are better suited to Bodies of Work in Guillermo’s opinion. The reason why the Individual Oral asks for students to focus on ‘Global Issues’ whilst the HL Essay is concerned with the course’s ‘Key Concepts’. The inclusion of rhetoric in the final delivery of the Individual oral and how far students are expected to go with this. And finally, the Learner Portfolio and how Guillermo sees its role in the course.Many thanks to Guillermo for speaking so passionately and in-depth about topics hotly debated on forums and in English department staff rooms around the world! I wish him well with his continued leading of the course.