GCSE English - Level 2

GCSEs

What does the course include?

This course had a 100 per cent pass rate in 2011/2012.

GCSE English is divided into three areas:

• Speaking and Listening (an oral assessment)

• Reading (the study of selected poems, a Shakespeare play and a novel)

• Writing (a range of tasks, including short-story and autobiographical assignments)

Our evening classes are primarily for adult students although we can accomodate 16-18s if appropriate in our evening classes and adult students in daytime classes.

If you would like to find out more information about this course and speak to the course tutors, please come along to one of our Plumstead Centre Open Days.

What do I need to get on this course?

A previous grade D in English Language and a free writing assessment. If you are taking GCSE English for the first time, you will be required to take a literacy diagnostic test, as well as the free writing assessment.

How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed through external examination (60%), written and oral coursework (40%).

In addition the written and oral coursework will be compiled under controlled conditions.

Where does it lead?

With a selection of other GCSEs at grade C or above, GCSE English can lead to advanced-level study or to further employment opportunities.