INTERACTIVE ORAL -Saturday 19TH- 10am - 1130am IBSEN/ 12 noon HL CAMUS

The interactive oral is a focused class discussion in which all students and the teacher participate. Each student should be responsible for initiating some part of the discussion in at least one of the interactive orals for one work. Students may participate as a group or individually, and teachers may organize the discussion in a variety of different ways.

The discussions should address the following cultural and contextual considerations.

• In what ways do time and place matter to this work?

• What was easy to understand and what was difficult in relation to social and cultural context and issues?

• What connections did you find between issues in the work and your own culture(s) and experience?

• What aspects of technique are interesting in the work?

Formal requirements

At least one oral must be completed in relation to each work studied in part 1.

The suggested minimum time for discussion of each work is 30 minutes.

Stage 2: The reflective statement

The reflective statement is a short writing exercise and should be completed as soon as possible following the interactive oral. Each student is asked to provide a reflection on each of the interactive orals. The reflective statement on the same work as the student’s final assignment is submitted for assessment.

The reflective statement must be based on the following question.

• How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?

Formal requirements: Length 300–400 words. 

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 "DOLL'S HOUSE"  - 2 KEY QUOTATIONS

*Michael Meyer argues that the play's theme is not women's rights, but rather "the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is and to strive to become that person."

 *In a speech given to the Norwegian Women's Rights League in 1898, Ibsen insisted that he "must disclaim the honor of having consciously worked for the women's rights movement," since he wrote "without any conscious thought of making propaganda," his task having been "the description of humanity.”