Assessment overview
| Component |
Marks |
Duration |
Weighting |
insert text |
Reading
|
40 |
70 mins |
40% |
|
Writing
|
40 |
70 mins |
40% |
|
Spoken language
|
20 |
10 mins (suggested time) |
20% |
|
Students must complete all three parts which make up 100% of the assessment.
Content overview
Reading
Students complete two tasks:
Understanding a non-fiction text. Students read a range of non-fiction text types, such as:
- newspaper/magazine articles
- letters
- information/advice booklets
- persuasive texts (e.g. advertisements, charity appeals)
- reviews
Understanding a literary text. Students read a range of literary texts, such as:
- short stories/narratives
- descriptive texts
- autobiography
Writing
Students complete two writing tasks:
Informative writing. This could take a variety of forms including:
- a letter
- an advertisement
- a personal statement
- a speech
- an information leaflet
- an article
- an opinion piece
- a review
Imaginative writing. This could take a variety of forms including:
- a short story/narrative
- the opening of a story
- introducing a character
- a descriptive piece
Spoken language
Students complete one task for Spoken language:
Students participate in either a discussion or a role-play activity.
Discussions could take a variety of forms such as a planning exercise, a discussion of an issue of local or national interest or of the particular interests of a group of students. It could derive from a text that students have been studying.
Role-play could include a practical scenario such as a telephone conversation requesting or complaining about a service or arranging to visit a relative, or it could be based on an imaginary scenario such as interviewing a favourite celebrity.