Longridge High School

Exam Board

EDUQAS C700QS

Qualification

GCSE English Language

Suitable For

GCSE English is a compulsory subject for all pupils.

Contact/Curriculum Leader

Mrs S. Mason

Assessment

100% terminal examination at the end of Year 11.
Component 1: 20th Century Reading and Creative Prose Writing
Written Examination: 1 hour 45 minutes (40% of qualification)

• Section A (20%) – Reading
  Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th Century
  assessed through a range of structured questions.
• Section B (20%) – Prose Writing
  One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.
  Component 2: 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional/Persuasive Writing
  Written Examination: 2 hours (60% of qualification)
• Section A (30%) – Reading
  Understanding of two extracts (about 900-1200 words in total) of high-quality non-fiction
  writing, one from the 19th Century, the other from the 21st Century assessed through a range
  of structured questions.
• Section B (30%) – Writing
  Two compulsory transactional/persuasive writing tasks.

Course Content

• Prose extracts from 20th Century Literature.

• Structure questions to include – find and locate/list/thoughts and
  feelings/impressions/how/evaluate.
• Creative Writing.
• Non-Fiction extracts from the 19th Century and the 21st Century.
• Structured questions to include – find and locate/evaluative/how/comparison.
• Transactional writing formats to include – formal letters, informal letters, guides, articles,
  reports, reviews, speeches, and talks.

Post 16 Pathways

All Post 16 pathways require a high degree of competency in English.

Post-16 study of English Language as an A Level.

Career linked to English Language include:

• Primary/Secondary teaching
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language
• Journalism
• Writing
• Marketing
• Public Relations