IGCSE English Language
Course Aims
This Edexcel IGCSE course aims to enable learners to:
- read a wide range of texts fluently and with good understanding
- read critically and use knowledge gained from wide reading to inform and improve their own writing
- write effectively and coherently using Standard English appropriately
- use grammar correctly, punctuate and spell accurately
- acquire and apply a wide vocabulary alongside 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. Spoken language will be reported as a separate grade on the learner’s certificate.
Modular courses retain the same content as the existing linear specifications, but the content is divided into two separate units.
Instead of sitting exams covering all of the course content at the end of the two-year course (as with linear specifications), learners will sit them at the end of each unit.
The modular assessment structure offers learners the flexibility to sit examinations when they are ready and provides opportunities to resit individual unit assessments before receiving an overall qualification grade.
Unit 1: Non-fiction Texts and Transactional Writing
Unit code: 4WEA1/01*
Written examination: 2 hours 15 minutes
Availability: June and November
90 marks
60% of the total
Content overview
- The contemporary non-fiction texts from Part 1 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology.
- Develop skills to analyse how writers use linguistic and structural devices to achieve their effects.
- Explore links and connections between writers’ ideas and perspectives.
- Develop transactional writing skills for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately.
Unit 2: Poetry and Prose Texts and Imaginative Writing
Unit code: 4WEA2/01*
Written examination: 1 hour 30 minutes
Availability: June and November
60 marks
40% of the total
Content overview
- The poetry and prose texts from Part 2 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology.
- Develop skills to analyse how writers use linguistic and structural devices to achieve their effects.
- Develop imaginative writing skills to engage the reader.
- Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately.
Things to Know
Course Name: International GCSE English Language A (Modular)
Course Code: 4XEA1
Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel
Examination Type: In-person or online
Course Duration: 2 years
Course Delivery: Online Lessons (live) and access to course materials at all times
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