English Language study guides

A complete overview of Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 1 (20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing): Section A reading on one unseen 20th-century literary extract (AO1, AO2 and AO4), Section B creative prose writing (AO5 and AO6), the skills each rewards, and how to study them.

A complete overview of the Section A non-fiction reading on Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 2: reading two unseen texts from the 19th and 21st centuries, retrieving and synthesising for AO1, analysing language for AO2, comparing the two writers' perspectives for AO3, and evaluating critically for AO4.

A complete overview of the core reading skills for Eduqas GCSE English Language: inference and deduction, language techniques and terminology, structural features, tone, mood and register, and using textual evidence, the transferable skills that underpin the reading questions on both components.

A complete overview of the core writing skills for Eduqas GCSE English Language: planning and structuring, sentence variety and punctuation, vocabulary and spelling, crafting openings and endings, paragraphing and cohesion, and proofreading for accuracy, the transferable skills that underpin the writing tasks on both components.

A complete overview of the Eduqas GCSE English Language Spoken Language endorsement: the formal individual presentation (AO7), responding to audience questions (AO8) and using spoken Standard English (AO9), how it is reported separately as Pass, Merit or Distinction, and how to prepare for it.

A complete overview of transactional and persuasive writing for Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 2 Section B: what transactional writing is, matching form, purpose and audience, using rhetorical devices to persuade, and managing the two compulsory writing tasks for AO5 and AO6.