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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Examination Board: AQA

Assessments

All texts in the examination will be previously unseen.

Paper 1: Explorations in Paper 2: Writers’ Non – examination
Creative Reading and Viewpoints and Assessment: Spoken
Writing Perspectives Language

What’s assessed What’s assessed What’s assessed
Section A: Reading Section A: Reading • presenting
• one literature fiction • one non-fiction text • responding to
text and one literary non- questions and
fiction text feedback
Section B: Writing • use of Standard
• descriptive or narrative Section B: Writing English
writing • writing to present a
viewpoint

Assessed Assessed Assessed
• written exam: 1 hour 45 • written exam: 1 hour 45 • teacher set
minutes minutes throughout course
• 80 marks • 80 marks • marked by teacher
• 50% of GCSE • 50% of GCSE
Separate endorsement
(0% weighting of GCSE)

Questions Questions
Reading (40 marks) (25%) Reading (40 marks) (25%)
- one single text - two linked texts
• 1 short form question (1 • 1 short form question (1
x 4 marks) x 4 marks)
• 2 longer form questions • 2 longer form questions
(2 x 8 marks) (1 x 8, 1 x 12 marks)
• 1 extended question (1 x • 1 extended question (1 x
20 marks) 16 marks)

Writing (40 marks) (25%) Writing (40 marks) (25%)
• 1 extended writing • 1 extended writing
question (24 marks for question (24 marks for
content, 16 marks for content, 16 marks for
technical accuracy) technical accuracy)

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