Level 2 English GCSE AQA

Level 2 : English GCSE (AQA)

Who is the course for?
A single year re-take GCSE course in English Language designed to develop and improve your current grade and reading/writing/

speaking and listening skills.

This course is designed primarily for students who have studied at Key Stage 4 and have achieved a grade D.

Content outline
This course is aimed at providing students with a new opportunity to improve and develop their communication skills (writing/reading/speaking and listening). Students will read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts both pre- and post-1900. They will write for different audiences and purposes as well as continuing to develop their speaking and listening skills.

This course comprises: one folder of coursework which can be assessed for both Language and Literature components; one written examination paper for Literature and two written papers for Language.

Coursework folder (20% for Language; 30% for Literature)

The folder consists of 5 written pieces:

1. Personal writing - fiction

2. Personal writing - non-fiction

3. Shakespeare text

4. Pre-1900 prose text

5. Post-1900 poetry

Speaking and Listening activities (20%)

A variety of interesting and challenging speaking and listening activities will be set throughout the year.

English Language written papers (60%)

Two written papers based on pre-release materials covering media texts, non-fiction texts and texts from other cultures and traditions.

English Literature written paper (70%)

One paper exploring understanding and individual responses to drama, prose and poetry texts.

Method of assessment
This course comprises: one folder of coursework which can be assessed for both Language and Literature components; one written examination paper for Literature and two written papers for Language.