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Overview

All learners beginning a new course of GCSE English will need to be working towards the new specifications. The QCA criteria for English see the introduction of a third GCSE: English, English Language and English Literature. All three GCSE English specifications have been designed to be enjoyable and inspiring and to allow you to make the most of your passion for English. They all provide good links to further study.

Benefits

This is a new specification that's being introduced by all awarding bodies. It's been designed to be taken alongside English Literature which is 75% exam assessed and requires learners to study six texts. 80-90%* of the content is the same as English, with the main differences between the two being:

• Introduction of Spoken Language
• Unit weighting
• Learners study one text instead of three, from a set text list chosen by you.

Other features include:

• The co-teachability between English and English Language and the common exam between the two.
• The generic tasks offered in the Extended Literary Texts and the Reading Literary Texts which allows centres to choose their own texts.
• The accessibility of the Foundation questions in the one exam unit in English and English Language.
• The link between the Spoken Language study and Speaking and Listening activities for the former.
• The easy progression from KS3 to KS4.