1.Understanding What Counts as a Global Issue
Global issues are universal concerns affecting societies—like climate change, identity, inequality, or migration. In IB English A essays, connecting texts to such issues demonstrates awareness of broader relevance. Read our guide on Effective Study Techniques for IB English A: Language and Literature to see how global issues are integrated into Textual Analyses.
2. Choosing the Right Texts and Issues
Select texts that deal with themes like environmental justice, power, or cultural change. Your chosen global issue should:
- Appear explicitly or implicitly in the text’s themes or conflicts
- Be relevant across different cultural or temporal contexts
RevisionDojo’s Preparing for IB English A: Literature Exams resource provides templates to map texts to global issues effectively.
3. Structure Your Argument Around the Issue
Use this simple framework:
- Introduce your global issue and define its scope.
- Link it to the text’s context—author background, genre, setting.
- Use examples and analysis—quotes, narrative devices, character decisions—that illustrate the issue.
- Reflect on implications: what does the text reveal about the issue on a global scale?
RevisionDojo’s note templates in Effective Study Techniques show modeled paragraphs using this structure.
4. Use Jojo AI Prompts to Deepen Insight
Leverage Jojo AI prompts that guide targeted exploration, such as:
“How does the author’s representation of injustice reflect broader global power dynamics?”
