AQA GCSE English Language for post-16: Student Book

Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Language First teaching: September 2015 Next exams: June 2023 Help post-16 students achieve Grade 5 with resources to develop and practise the skills for each question in the AQA GCSE English Language exams. Pick up and teach with this readymade course. Organised into 30 weeks and structured by exam question, the Student Book provides complete coverage of Paper 1 and Paper 2 as well as preparation for the Spoken Language endorsement. Help students to build and apply the key skills for each question with a carefully designed learning sequence, a step-by-step methodology for responding and plenty of opportunities to practise the question in focus. Assess progress and build confidence for the summer exam with half-term progress tests, end-of-term mock exams and two further practice papers for revision. All are supported with marking guidance and a wealth of annotated sample responses in the Teacher Guide. Show students how to improve their work, with annotated sample responses to exemplify the Level 3 mark scheme criteria, and regular self- and peer-assessment activities. Save time searching for texts with a fantastic selection of fiction and non-fiction extracts from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Engage 16-19 year old and adult learners with texts and topics chosen to interest students in post-16 contexts. Trusted support from Jo Heathcote, a GCSE English Language assessment expert and an experienced teacher of GCSE and A-level.