Wednesday 11 April 2012

Tips on writing a good Economics commentary

Internal Assessment in IB Economics holds a very important place.
Internal assessment in economics enables students to demonstrate the application of their knowledge and understanding of economic theory to real-world situations.As per the new Economics syllabus , Economics IA has 20% weightage.
Here are a few tips on how to write a good commentary.

First of all the most important aspect is choosing a good article. The following tips will help
  • The articles may be from a newspaper, a journal or the internet, but must not be from television or radio broadcasts.
  • Avoid choosing long articles.
  • Articles should be raw piece of news and should not have too much of analysis done by the author. The article should be more in a reporting style.
Here is a presentation which briefs you with the further details.