Preparing for the IB Oral Interviews dates and times will be scheduled on a first come first choice basis. In order to schedule an interview students must provide me with an approved topic. In adherence with IB stipulations, an IB oral topic must meet the following criteria: • As it’s origin, there must be a tangible stimulus – a book, a film, a poem, an object, an image, a song, a piece of music, a magazine article, a web page, an historical record, a painting, etc. • The stimulus must meet the test of a credible relationship to France, its language, its culture, its people, including francophone culture around the world. • As an example, a student could not talk about Lance Armstrong per se, unless it was in the context of “Le Tour de France” and the student could provide as a stimulus some tangible thing – an article they read in a magazine or on the internet, which actually “stimulated” an interest in the topic. • As an example, a student could talk about basketball if he or she chose to talk about French players in the NBA as the focus, and provided as a stimulus, let us say, the program from a game with perhaps an article about Tony Parker. The IB oral interview is a 10-minute conversation, broken into 3 parts. 1. Student presentation on topic of choice (about 3 minutes) 2. Follow-up questions on the topic (about (3 minutes) 3. Questions of a general nature on subjects that concern teens and teen life in American culture; e.g., drug use among peers, leisure activities, anxiety about the future, pressure to get “grades,” student involvement or non-involvement in social justice issues like Haiti or Darfur, etc, (about 3 minutes) The student oral presentation should be prepared in advance, and presented from notes. Students may speak from an outline or notes on a 3 x 5 note card. THIS IS NOT A PREPARED SPEECH. THIS IS NOT TO BE READ. STUDENTS ARRIVING WITH WRITTEN REMARKS TO BE READ WILL BE DISMISSED TO RESCHEDULE AT A LATER DATE. You should remember, the purpose of an IB interview is to evaluate how naturally conversant a candidate is in the second language, not how well you read in the second language. The interviewer is present to help make the conversation flow, but you should certainly choose a topic that you are comfortable talking about, whose vocabulary you are familiar with, and about which you feel comfortable answering questions. So consider carefully when you choose your topic!

Interviews dates and times will be scheduled on a first come first choice basis. In order to schedule an interview students must provide me with an approved topic. In adherence with IB stipulations, an IB oral topic must meet the following criteria:

•As it’s origin, there must be a tangible stimulus – a book, a film, a poem, an object, an image, a song, a piece of music, a magazine article, a web page, an historical record, a painting, etc.

•The stimulus must meet the test of a credible relationship to France, its language, its culture, its people, including francophone culture around the world.

•As an example, a student could not talk about Lance Armstrong per se, unless it was in the context of “Le Tour de France” and the student could provide as a stimulus some tangible thing – an article they read in a magazine or on the internet, which actually “stimulated” an interest in the topic.

•As an example, a student could talk about basketball if he or she chose to talk about French players in the NBA as the focus, and provided as a stimulus, let us say, the program from a game with perhaps an article about Tony Parker.

The IB oral interview is a 10-minute conversation, broken into 3 parts.

1.Student presentation on topic of choice (about 3 minutes)

2.Follow-up questions on the topic (about (3 minutes)

3.Questions of a general nature on subjects that concern teens and teen life in American culture; e.g., drug use among peers, leisure activities, anxiety about the future, pressure to get “grades,” student involvement or non-involvement in social justice issues like Haiti or Darfur, etc, (about 3 minutes)

The student oral presentation should be prepared in advance, and presented from notes. Students may speak from an outline or notes on a 3 x 5 note card. THIS IS NOT A PREPARED SPEECH. THIS IS NOT TO BE READ. STUDENTS ARRIVING WITH WRITTEN REMARKS TO BE READ WILL BE DISMISSED TO RESCHEDULE AT A LATER DATE. You should remember, the purpose of an IB interview is to evaluate how naturally conversant a candidate is in the second language, not how well you read in the second language. The interviewer is present to help make the conversation flow, but you should certainly choose a topic that you are comfortable talking about, whose vocabulary you are familiar with, and about which you feel comfortable answering questions. So consider carefully when you choose your topic!