English Language GCSE

English Language GCSE

Qualification: 1 year resit course

Course type: Level 2 (pre advanced)

Entry requirements:
As required by your main AS/A2/BTEC/Diploma course - plus a committed and enthusiastic attitude towards improving your English Language skills!

Head of Department: Mr Robert Jones

Course assessment:
A two part coursework folder - Speaking and Listening plus Reading and Writing - along with two examinations in the summer term which further test your Reading and Writing skills.

What can this course offer me?
So many different things! Hopefully by the end of the course you will have found a new sense of understanding, ability and confidence within English Language and you will be able to use these skills throughout your academic programme at KGV.
The course is split into two main sections, one dealing with preparing a coursework folder the other dealing with preparing for your final exams.

What will I learn?
First you will produce a coursework folder, including written and oral pieces which will focus both on texts you will read in class - such as Macbeth, and Of Mice And Men - along with aspects of Media and creative pieces. Speaking and Listening will focus on improving presentation, discussion and evaluative skills and you will make individual and group contributions that will be assessed.

The second part of the course will focus on preparation and practice for the final summer exams.

If you are a student who received a grade C or above for the coursework folder you produced at your previous school, then you also have the opportunity to re-sit your exams earlier in the year, either in November or January.

What Makes a good English Language student?
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Future Opportunities
FE/HE courses and employers regard English GCSE as a vital qualification and so it will be an important addition to your CV whatever you want to do next. Increasing your ability and confidence with English will also help you to read, write and communicate effectively within other areas too.

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