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English Language

Exam board AQA
What will I do You will have 4 lessons of English a week (in Y10/Y11). You will be
on this course? developing the skills you will need to help you in the exam. Some of the
course will develop your reading skills, such as inference and

deduction. You will also develop your writing skills exploring a range of
different styles. In addition, there will be opportunities for you to
develop your speaking and listening skills through group work,
individual presentations and drama activities.
How am I This GCSE will be assessed entirely by exams which you will take at the
assessed? end of Y11. You will also be awarded a mark for ‘speaking and listening’
which will be recorded separately.

There are two exam papers for English Language, each worth 50%:
• Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
• Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives
What skills do You will need to be able to:
I need? • read fluently, and with good understanding, a wide range of texts
from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, including literature and
literary non-fiction as well as other writing such as reviews and
journalism
• evaluate texts critically and make comparisons between texts
• summarise information or ideas from texts
• use knowledge gained from wide reading to inform and improve
your own writing
• write effectively and coherently using Standard English
appropriately
• use grammar correctly and punctuate and spell accurately

• acquire and apply a wide vocabulary, alongside a knowledge and
understanding of grammatical terminology, and linguistic
conventions for reading, writing and spoken language

• listen to and understand spoken language and use spoken Standard
English effectively.
What are the If you are successful on this course, you can then study either A Level
progression English Language or English Literature at Sixth Form. A good GCSE grade
routes? in English is also essential for a majority of post 16 courses.

Where do I Miss Ciccone (Head of English) or your English teacher.
find out more
information?

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