About the Author

Hello, and welcome to the English Language and Literature Blog. I am Ali Awan, a Language and Literature student part of the English community of the IB and writer of this blog. Language is spoken and utilized around the world for various reasons, and it is important to learn to analyze and understand the different ways in which language is represented in our daily lives. This is just a snapshot of why I decided to enroll myself within this course as well as the purpose behind the creation of this blog, although before I carry on, I should provide some background details about myself.

Born on the 13th of August 2000, I was brought up in the city of Karachi, Pakistan for the first 4-5 years of my life. I soon moved to the UAE with my parents, which is where I currently stand, and throughout these 11 years (in the UAE), I have found some great individuals, including friends, peers, teachers and family who have had a significant effect on my development up till this point. Personally, I enjoy following and taking part in the game of cricket, which is cherished as a popular sport within our nation, and have found computer programming, which is a very recent interest, to my liking, thus looking forward to blossom this hobby into a future career. As for this year, I look forward to the exciting, yet rigorous framework of the IB Diploma, aiming to score the highest points and produce the best of outcomes I am capable of, for each of my subjects, keeping intentions close to the core of the Diploma, which is a requirement, presenting 3 vital points to the overall score. In future terms, I would consider the acceptance to a top tier university, and work upwards to a competitive position in job circumstances, as a programmer.

A programming quote that inflicts emphasis upon well

structured planning and the amount of work and effort

it saves later on during the actual process. 

Referring back to the first paragraph, language is a major component of communication. Without language there would be no street signs, no names for objects or people and no code for programmers to write. Programming itself consists of numerous languages used for a variety of distinct purposes and situations, as most of those languages primarily contain English or Latin words, such as “document. writeln” or “console.log”. Reading comprehension, group work discussions and inductive reasoning are also other key skills applied during software development and are therefore well distributed throughout the language and literature curriculum. Hence it is crucial to study language as it plays valuable roles in most cases nowadays. Language barriers are seen as one of the downsides of learning one specific language, yet with the help of modern day technology, many people are able to access and grasp many languages with ease, and small gadgets like google translate can further elaborate on these issues. Overall, I think this course will display many insights and allow me to gain enough experience to prepare myself for university and professional life ahead, and this blog will be a productive way to record my progress and keep up to date with the subject along the way.