5 IB English IO Mistakes That Cost Marks (And How to Avoid Them)

Are you losing marks in your IB English Individual Oral without realising it?

In this video, IB English examiner and tutor Dexter Haywood breaks down the five most common IB English IO mistakes that limit marks — and explains exactly how to avoid each one.

These are the patterns examiners hear repeatedly during assessment, and they often separate mid-band responses from top-band performances.

In this lesson, you’ll learn:

• What IB English IO examiners are really listening for
• Why analysing only the start of your extract immediately caps your mark
• How to stop summarising and start analysing authorial choices
• How to keep your global issue clear and sustained across both texts
• Why repeating the same argument across works weakens Criterion C
• How to finish your IO with synthesis instead of summary

If you’re preparing for the IB English Language & Literature Individual Oral (SL or HL), this video will help you structure your analysis more precisely and protect valuable marks.

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⏱ Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
00:38 Why These Five Mistakes Matter
01:10 Mistake 1: Only analysing the beginning of the extract
02:21 Mistake 2: Summarising instead of analysing
03:20 Mistake 3: Weak or inconsistent global issue links
04:21 Mistake 4: Repeating ideas across texts
06:08 Mistake 5: Ending without synthesis
07:18 Recap
08:05 Get in touch

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