EE MENTORSHIP

Extended Essay Mentorship

Students enrolled in the IB Diploma Programme are eligible to write an extended essay in their mother tongue. Though schools are required to assign a supervisor to all students undertaking an extended essay, this is often not possible when no internal member of staff is able to competently supervise the extended essay process in the student's mother tongue. In this case, the IB allows for students to work with an external mentor who fulfills the role of an extended essay supervisor.

EE Mentorship Service
The comprehensive cost of EE mentorship is $250 annually and includes:

Up to five hours of supervisory and pedagogical support over two years, including the three mandatory reflective sessions.
Discussion of and support with: the nature of the extended essay; the student's chosen subject, topic, and research question; the most appropriate research methods to be used given the subject for which the student is submitting their essay; and the formal requirements for the completion of the task.
Review and feedback on one full draft of the extended essay (though the mentor is not able to edit the draft) completed between the interim reflection session and the final reflection session (i.e., the viva voce).
Final review and confirmation on the authenticity of the student’s work.
Provision of a final supervisory comment, which is used to contextualize the student’s reflections.
A predicted grade for the extended essay.

Group 1 EE Categories
The three approved extended essay categories for studies in language and literature are:

Studies of one or more literary works originally written in the language in which the essay is presented.
Studies of a literary work or works originally written in the language of the essay compared with one or more literary works originally written in another language. (The work originally written in another language may be studied in translation.)
Studies in language based on one or more texts originally produced in the language in which the essay is presented. Texts can be compared with a translated text originally written in another language.

Category 1 and 2 EE Details
An EE in categories 1 and 2 gives students an opportunity to:

study in depth a literary topic
engage in independent literary criticism
engage with established critical comment
develop the ability to put forward their views persuasively and in a well-structured manner, using a register appropriate to the study of literature.

Students must situate their analysis of their chosen text(s) in the wider context of the discipline. This should include other literary texts, or particular critical perspectives or insights. However, this wider discussion should enhance the knowledge and understanding of their chosen texts for the reader, without detracting from the main focus of their research question.

Category 3 EE Details
A category 3 studies in language and literature EE gives students the opportunity to:

demonstrate skills of textual analysis by considering how language, culture and/or context influence the ways in which meaning is constructed in texts
examine critically the different relationships and interactions that exist between texts, audiences and purposes
engage with established (or developing) critical writing, as appropriate
develop the ability to put forward their views persuasively and in a well-structured manner, using a register and terminology appropriate to the subject.

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