Assessment

English Language Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

What's assessed

• Section A: Reading (40 marks).  Students are presented with an extract from a literature fiction text they will not have encountered before.  The questions assess both students’ comprehension of the text and their understanding of how it has been deliberately crafted for effect.

• Section B: Writing (40 marks).  Students write their own creative text (story opening or description).  The question assesses students’ narrative / descriptive skills as well as their technical control of writing.

English Language Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives

What's assessed

• Section A: Reading 40 marks Students are presented with two texts that they will not have seen before: one non-fiction and one literary non-fiction.  The questions assess students’ comprehension of the texts and their understanding of how they have been deliberately crafted for effect.

• Section B: Writing; descriptive or narrative writing 40 marks Students are asked to produce a piece of writing expressing their viewpoint on a given topic.  The question assesses students’ discursive writing skills as well as their technical control of writing.