If by “IA/EE feedback??” you are asking whether someone can review your IB English B coursework, the short answer is yes, but within strict boundaries. Feedback may identify weaknesses, interpret assessment criteria, ask questions, and suggest areas for independent revision. It must not become rewriting, repeated editing, or the creation of material that you submit as your own.
The distinction between the two components matters. In English B, the internal assessment (IA) is an individual oral, not a written essay, whereas the extended essay (EE) is an independent research paper of up to 4,000 words. The permitted feedback process therefore works differently for each.
What IA and EE feedback can legitimately do
Useful feedback diagnoses your work without taking control of it. A teacher, tutor, peer, or digital tool can explain why an argument is unclear, identify underdeveloped analysis, point you toward a criterion, or ask you to reconsider your evidence. You must decide how to respond and write or speak the improved version yourself.
| Appropriate feedback | Inappropriate assistance |
|---|---|
| “Your explanation of this quotation is mainly descriptive.” | Writing the analysis that should follow the quotation |
| “How does this example answer your research question?” | Supplying a new argument and inserting it into the essay |
| Identifying recurring grammatical problems | Rewriting sentences throughout the submission |
| Explaining an assessment descriptor | Promising an official mark or guaranteed grade |
| Suggesting that citations be checked | Correcting the complete bibliography for the student |
This boundary protects authorship and authenticity. The IB expects assessed work to demonstrate the student’s own language, reasoning, research decisions, and ability. The IB academic integrity guidance emphasizes that students must produce genuine work and acknowledge ideas or material taken from elsewhere.
Feedback on the English B internal assessment
The English B IA is officially called the individual oral assessment. It is internally assessed by your teacher and externally moderated by the IB, contributes 25% of the final subject result, and lasts 12 to 15 minutes. Both SL and HL students complete three stages: an initial presentation, a follow-up discussion, and a broader discussion connected with the course themes.
At SL, the presentation begins from a visual stimulus connected to one of the five prescribed themes. At HL, it begins from an extract of up to approximately 300 words taken from one of the literary works studied in class. SL students receive 15 minutes of supervised preparation, while HL students receive 20 minutes, according to the current Language B guide.
What feedback is allowed before the oral?
Your teacher can explain the format and criteria, organize practice activities, and provide feedback on mock orals. You can practise presenting unfamiliar stimuli, answering spontaneous questions, using thematic vocabulary, and maintaining interaction. For HL, you can practise analysing passages from the studied works, but you should not know which extracts will appear in the final assessment.
The final assessed oral must not be rehearsed. A teacher cannot disclose the final stimulus or extract in advance, script your presentation, pre-arrange answers, or repeatedly practise the exact assessment with you. This restriction matters because the oral is intended to measure your ability to communicate and interact spontaneously in English.
English B oral feedback should address the actual criteria:
- Criterion A: Language, including vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, intonation, and clarity.
- Criterion B1: Message, focusing on the initial presentation.
- Criterion B2: Message, focusing on the follow-up and general discussions.
- Criterion C: Interactive skills, including comprehension, relevant responses, and sustained interaction.
A comment such as “use better vocabulary” is too vague. More useful feedback might explain that you repeatedly used general words such as good, bad, and important, then recommend building a theme-specific vocabulary bank. The student should select and practise the vocabulary rather than memorizing a supplied script.
You can use the RevisionDojo English B resources, English B revision notes, and English B Questionbank to strengthen the underlying language skills revealed by oral feedback. HL students can also use the Language B HL individual oral grader for an indicative criterion-based review of practice performances. Such estimates are advisory, not official IB marks.
Feedback on an English B extended essay
The EE is a compulsory Diploma Programme core component and an externally assessed piece of independent research. It has an upper limit of 4,000 words, and students complete required reflection sessions with a supervisor. The official IB extended essay overview explains its purpose, while the applicable guide and school deadlines should always be confirmed with your coordinator.
An English B EE falls within language acquisition. It must be grounded in the target language and its relevant linguistic, cultural, literary, or social context rather than becoming a general essay that happens to use English-language sources. A strong research question creates space for analysis and a sustained argument, not merely a summary of a novel, film, advertisement, or cultural issue.
The one-complete-draft rule
A supervisor may read and comment on one complete EE draft but must not edit it. Comments should normally take the form of broad observations and open-ended questions about focus, argument, evidence, methods, organization, or presentation. The student then revises independently, and the next complete version seen by the supervisor should be the final submission.
To make that opportunity useful, submit a genuinely complete draft containing:
- the same research question in the title area, introduction, and conclusion
- a developed line of argument rather than disconnected notes
- integrated evidence and analysis
- citations and a bibliography in a consistent style
- all required structural elements
- a conclusion that directly answers the research question
Do not waste the supervisor review on an unfinished document with missing sections. Feedback on a complete draft can reveal whether the essay works as a whole, whereas feedback on fragments may identify only local problems.
Students assessed in May or November 2027 and later follow the redesigned EE model. The IB’s 2027 extended essay update states that the previous language A and language B categories have been removed and that the criteria have been redesigned, with 30 marks available. Earlier cohorts use the preceding model, which is marked out of 34. Do not combine criterion wording from two different versions of the guide.
How to turn comments into effective revision
Begin by separating feedback into three levels. Global feedback concerns the research question, argument, organization, or overall message. Criterion-level feedback concerns analysis, knowledge, language, interaction, or evaluation. Local feedback concerns individual sentences, citations, transitions, or pronunciation patterns.
Use this revision sequence:
- Copy every comment into a feedback log.
- Translate each comment into a problem you understand.
- Connect the problem to the relevant assessment criterion.
- Decide on an action without asking someone else to compose the answer.
- Revise the highest-impact issues first.
- Check the revised work against the criterion again.
For example, “the paragraph is descriptive” identifies a problem but not the solution. Your action might be to underline every sentence that reports content, add analysis of how the evidence supports your claim, and remove details that do not answer the research question. This process preserves your authorship because you make the analytical decisions.
The RevisionDojo guide to using IA and EE feedback offers a useful framework for organizing comments. You can also compare structural choices with English B coursework exemplars, but you should never copy their wording, arguments, or research design.
Using AI feedback without losing authorship
The IB does not treat AI-produced text as the student’s original work. Its guidance on AI in assessment requires transparency when generated material is used, and your school may impose additional restrictions. Always follow the school’s academic integrity policy before uploading assessed work or using AI-generated suggestions.
A safe prompt asks for diagnosis: “Identify where my argument becomes descriptive and explain which criterion is affected.” A risky prompt asks for replacement: “Rewrite this paragraph at Grade A level.” The first supports reflection; the second transfers authorship.
RevisionDojo’s IB Coursework Grader and Jojo AI can provide criterion-oriented observations, but their output remains unofficial guidance. Verify feedback against your correct guide, reject inaccurate suggestions, and make every substantive revision yourself. Your teacher and the IB examiner, not an AI system, determine official assessment outcomes.
Common feedback mistakes
Students often apply every comment automatically, although feedback can be incomplete or based on the wrong syllabus version. Others focus on grammar because it is easy to edit while ignoring a weak research question, thin analysis, or limited oral interaction. Correcting surface errors cannot compensate for an argument that does not answer the task.
Another mistake is treating a predicted mark as a fact. IA marks can change through external moderation, and the EE is externally assessed. The most useful question is therefore not “What grade is this?” but “What evidence in my work currently matches, or fails to match, each descriptor?”
Conclusion
IB English B IA and EE feedback is valuable when it helps you recognize problems and make your own decisions. Practise the oral format without rehearsing the final assessment, use the EE supervisor’s complete-draft review carefully, and prioritize argument, analysis, language, and interaction before surface polishing. RevisionDojo’s English B resources, Jojo AI, Coursework Grader, and exemplars can support this process, provided you treat their feedback as advisory and preserve your authorship.
Sources and referenced URLs
- IB academic integrity guidance
- IB Language B guide
- IB extended essay overview
- IB extended essay updates for first assessment 2027
- IB guidance on artificial intelligence
- RevisionDojo English B resources
- RevisionDojo English B revision notes
- RevisionDojo English B Questionbank
- RevisionDojo Language B HL individual oral grader
- RevisionDojo IA and EE feedback guide
- RevisionDojo English B coursework exemplars
- RevisionDojo IB Coursework Grader