Extended Essay Viva Voce 2023

On the 6th of February 2023, the students of DP 2 started their Extended Essay Viva and they presented it to their peers, students of DP 1 and some of the teachers in our DP program. This was very important for the DP 2’s because the recording of their presentation would be sent to IB and they would ask many questions regarding their Extended Essay. This was definitely one of the harder moments in the whole DP program.

The Extended Essay Viva is also really important for the students of DP 1 because they can understand how the structure of the Extended Essay will be, not exactly for writing the final report, but for what to focus on in their research question. The students of DP 1 were also able to hear the feedback that was given to their seniors, so they know what to look out for when they work on it.

The Extended Essay is an integral part of the IB diploma and is not an easy task. It is very important that students get an early idea of how to form it, because time management will be difficult. As the students of DP 2 advised, start the Extended Essay as early as possible, because it is not easy.

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