Group 1

The group 1 subjects in IB diploma is a language group. Students will study about the literature and usually it refers to the student's first language. The group 1 courses provide Language A: literature, Language A: language and literature and an interdisciplinary subject, Literature and performance[1]. In Stella Maris, there is only the Language A Literature and actually they have many different options of language from the IB but in Stella Maris, they only provide 3 subjects which are :


 * English A Literature


 * Indonesian A Literature


 * Korean A Literature

All of these subject has both standard and higher level of study. These 3 subject has the similar Internal assessment, the different is only the language. In this group 1 courses, students are expected to develop :


 * A personal appreciation of language and literature
 * Skills in literary criticism
 * An understanding of the formal, stylistic and aesthetic qualities of texts
 * Strong powers of expression, both written and oral
 * An appreciation of cultural differences in perspective[2].

Assessment
In Group 1, they have 2 Internal Assessment and 3 External Assessment. The Internal Assessment are :


 * Individual oral commentary (SL & HL: 20 minutes preparation & 10 minutes delivery) and discussion (HL only: additional 10 minutes)


 * Individual oral presentation (10 to 15 minutes presentation of a literary work)

The External Assessment are :


 * Paper 1: Guided literary analysis (SL: 1 hour 30 minutes)/Literary commentary (HL: 2 hours)


 * Paper 2: Essay (1 hour and 30 minutes for SL, 2 hours for HL)


 * Written assignment (writing a 1200 to 1500-word analytical literary essay on a topic generated by the candidate, based on a work studied in part 1)[1].