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English Continued
Standard English
At the end of the course, the student will be assessed for reading and writing in the internationally recognised forms of Standard English: either British or American standard forms are acceptable in the students’ writing. Spelling must be consistent, whether it follows British or American usage.
Why should one take this English course?
Qualifying in this course will support progression to:
- AS GCE and Advanced GCE in English Literature
- AS GCE and Advanced GCE in English Language
- AS GCE and Advanced GCE in English Literature and Language.
Texts of reference
Throughout year 7,8 and 9, the students is exposed to rich and varied sources including fiction and nonfiction texts, functional grammar, diverse writing skills for different purposes and audience.
This builds up to year 10 /11 sources and the learner is pointed to the edexcel specific reference texts, among others.
Anthology texts for English Language
From ‘Touching the Void’ – Joe Simpson
‘Your Guide to Beach Safety’ – RNLI leaflet
‘Climate Change: The Facts’ – (adapted from an article by Kate Ravilious in The Guardian Science Course)
From ‘A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat’ – Emma Levine
From ‘A Passage to Africa’ – George Alagiah
From ‘The Explorer’s Daughter’ – Kari Herbert
‘Explorers, or Boys Messing About’ – Steven Morris (The Guardian)
From ‘Taking on the World’ – Ellen MacArthur
From ‘Chinese Cinderella’ – Adeline Yen Mah
Disabled – Wilfred Owen
Out, Out – Robert Frost
Refugee Blues – W H Auden
An Unknown Girl – Moniza Alvi
Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom – Marcia Douglas
The Last Night (from Charlotte Gray) – Sebastian Faulks
Veronica – Adewale Maja-Pearce
The Necklace – Guy de Maupassant
A Hero – R K Narayan
King Schahriar and his brother (extract from The Arabian Nights)
Methodology of teaching English Language and Literaure
The department’s methods of teaching include but are not limited to the following:
Use of interactive smart board
Slides, Flashcards, Skits,Simulation, Role play, Audio/visual resources, Resource person, Vocabularydrills, Creating own vocabulary lists, Inferences, Anecdotes,Preparation out of class-class time, Word champs- internet(web reader), Reading extensively for Pronunciation drills, Listening comprehensions Ambiguity clearing, hot seating, research and project writing, pictorial interpretations … the list continues.
Suffice to say that the methods are teacher dependent, class dependent and situational demands. The only limiting factor is the teacher’s own creativity.
Information on the Anthology
Students are not permitted to take copies of the Edexcel Anthology for IGCSE English Language
(Specification A) and IGCSE English Literature into the examination with them. Any piece from the anthology referred to in the examination questions will be reproduced on the examination paper.