IB Language Orals -- How much do they count for your score?

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<p>How much does the oral affect your overall grade? I just had my French IB SL oral (oh, the relief of having it over with!) but I'm also a little worried because I did not do as well as I hoped. </p>

<p>I misunderstood one of the questions she asked me (and it was an easy question too, I don't know how I completely bombed it). I also paused a lot...I couldn't find the right words to use at all during the interaction cuz I sort of just, freaked out. Having the mic in front of me did not help my nerves at all.</p>

<p>Is it possible to still get a 6 or a 7 as my overall grade if I didn't do well on the oral? What is the requirement for getting a 5, 6, or 7 on an SL language exam? (like getting 90% of the points for the IAs + written exam) Anyone know?</p>

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<p>Isn’t it 20% IA and 80% EA?</p>

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<p>its standard level, so 30% oral, 40% paper1 and then 30% paper2.</p>

<p>i had my mine too. it was fun.</p>

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<p>i actually dominated my higher level spanish oral. And I don’t speak a word of spanish.</p>

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<p>Ask your teacher. IB doesn’t publish that info as far as I know.</p>

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<p>^It sure does. It’s in the syllabus for each subject.</p>

<p>To the OP, the grade boundaries for each grade is different for every subject and changes every exam session.
But in most cases, 85+ will get you a 7.
In the more difficult subjects (e.g. Physics/Math HL), you might only need 75+.</p>

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<p>Tell me how to find these syllabi then, because I would freaking love to have that information.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure the boundary for a 7 is higher than a 75% in Math HL. I think it hovers around 80% most years. Physics is lower, too.</p>