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GCSE English Lang · Learn
21 lessons in 4 units, about 22 h 35 min of reading and core practice. Each lesson ends with a quick check.
Specification
Unit 1
The reading assessment objectives every board tests on unseen texts: AO1 retrieval, inference and synthesis; AO2 analysis of language and structure; AO3 comparison; AO4 critical evaluation. Reading is 50% of the grade on England’s boards.
10 lessons · 11 h 20 min of study · ≈54% of the test
Unit 2
The writing assessment objectives: AO5 content and organisation (communicating clearly, effectively and imaginatively for purpose and audience) and AO6 technical accuracy (vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation). Writing is 50% of the grade on England’s boards.
9 lessons · 9 h 45 min of study · ≈43% of the test
Unit 3
Separately endorsed speaking assessments, coursework and controlled assessment, and the anthology-based papers of Edexcel International GCSE A.
1 lesson · 45 min of study · ≈1% of the test
Unit 4
Timing, reading the question, mark-to-minute budgeting and checking: the habits that turn skill into marks.
1 lesson · 45 min of study · ≈3% of the test
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Reading: understanding and analysing unseen texts · Lesson 1 of 10
Locating and selecting explicit information quickly and precisely: list questions, true-statement questions, “identify” items and short comprehension answers.
45 min of study≈4% of the test
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