English Language & Literature study guides

An overview of the reading skills in WJEC GCSE English Language Units 2 and 3: retrieval, inference, language and structure analysis, non-continuous texts, synthesis and comparison, critical evaluation and the editing task, mapped to the assessment objectives and the unseen exam texts.

An overview of the writing tasks in WJEC GCSE English Language Units 2 and 3: description, narration and exposition in Unit 2, and argumentation and persuasion in Unit 3, plus matching form, purpose and audience, communication and organisation, and technical accuracy, mapped to AO5 and AO6.

An overview of the drama study in WJEC GCSE English Literature: a post-1914 or literary heritage play examined by an extract question and a whole text question, with guidance on extract analysis, dramatic method and staging, character and theme, context and answer technique mapped to the assessment objectives.

An overview of the poetry study in WJEC GCSE English Literature: a studied anthology of Welsh Writing in English compared in the assessed task, and unseen poetry compared in the exam, with guidance on analysing language, form and structure, building idea-led comparisons, and answer technique mapped to the assessment objectives.

An overview of the prose study in WJEC GCSE English Literature: a different cultures novel and a 19th century or literary heritage novel, each examined by an extract question and a whole text question, with guidance on close reading, theme, characterisation, context and answer technique mapped to the assessment objectives.

An overview of the Shakespeare study in WJEC GCSE English Literature: one play studied in full and examined by a question that engages the whole play, with guidance on extract analysis, dramatic method, character and theme, context and essay technique mapped to the assessment objectives.

An overview of the WJEC GCSE English Language Unit 1 oracy assessment: the two tasks (individual researched presentation and group discussion), how the credit splits between content and spoken language, the role of register and Standard English, and how to prepare for the top band (AO1).