The Paper
This subject combines reading, writing, and thinking skills across different topics.
What is the General Paper?
The General Paper assesses your ability to explain and analyze, also known as this skill.
What is critical thinking?
The General Paper exam has this many papers.
What are two papers?
Essays must demonstrate awareness of this, showing the student understands issues beyond their own country.
What is a global perspective?
One strategy for success is reading these regularly to stay informed about global issues.
What are newspapers (or current affairs sources)?
The General Paper is assessed at this level.
What is AS Level?
In addition to evaluating arguments, students must also show this skill in their essays.
What is communication?
Paper 1 focuses on this type of writing task.
What is essay writing?
Students are expected to balance breadth of knowledge with this.
What is depth of analysis?
Students are encouraged to practice this form of writing to improve structure and timing.
What is timed essay writing?
The subject encourages students to read widely, think critically, and write with clarity.
What are the aims of the General Paper?
The course requires students to demonstrate these two types of comprehension.
What are literal and inferential comprehension?
Paper 2 emphasizes comprehension and this other type of task.
What is argumentative writing (or application of ideas)?
Accuracy in spelling, punctuation, and grammar falls under this assessed area.
What is language use?
Keeping a journal of facts, quotes, and examples is recommended to build this.
What is a bank of knowledge?
Students are required to demonstrate understanding of current global issues as well as this kind of knowledge.
What is general knowledge?
One key writing skill is crafting a sustained argument with this quality.
What is coherence (or logical flow)?
Essays in Paper 1 are chosen from questions grouped under three broad topics. Name one of the topics.
What are science & technology, culture & society, and politics & the environment?
Candidates should avoid writing essays that are purely this, instead supporting points with evidence.
What is opinion?
Students should evaluate their work critically by checking for these three elements: clarity, coherence, and this.
What is relevance?
The paper develops transferable skills that benefit both academic study and this area of life.
What is everyday life?
Students must use these to support their ideas, showing they can connect evidence with arguments.
What are examples (or supporting details)?
In total, how many marks can be earned for Paper 1?
What is 30?
Successful candidates show the ability to adapt their writing for different audiences and this.
What is purpose?
Developing this skill helps students respond thoughtfully to different perspectives.
What is open-mindedness (or consideration of multiple viewpoints)?