The Language A: language and literature course is divided into three areas of exploration.  While the course is divided into three areas of exploration, they are not meant to be entirely discrete parts.  This is also true of the literary works and non-literary texts that are taught; there is integration of both within each area of exploration. 

Overlap between areas and between literary works and non-literary texts is expected and in most cases, this overlap is highly encouraged by the IB.  That is why in the guide, the model for studies in language and literature is a set of concentric circles: the teaching and learning that occurs will often be circular too.

Although the areas of exploration are not taught in isolation, they do have defining qualities about them that make them unique and different from each other.  The guiding conceptual questions in the guide are a great starting point for understanding those defining qualities.

Time and space