Key Changes Scheme of assessment GCSE English language will be a linear specification: all assessments must be taken at the end of the course, which will usually be in May or June. There will be a re-sit opportunity in November each year. There will be three assessment components as follows: Unit 1: Oracy (non-examination assessment) Unit 2: Reading and Writing (external assessment) Unit 3: Reading and Writing (external assessment) Although performance against each of the three assessment objectives will be reported upon separately, reading and writing will be assessed in both external examinations. All assessment components will cater for the full range of ability and will be untiered.
Unit 1: Non-examination assessment Oracy 20% Task 1 (10%) Individual Researched Presentation (40 marks) One individual, researched presentation, which may include responses to questions and feedback, based on WJEC set themes. Year 10 Task 2 (10%) Responding and Interacting (40 marks) One group discussion to written and/or visual stimuli provided by WJEC to initiate the discussion. Year 11 For both tasks, half of the available credit for AO1 will be awarded for the choice of appropriate register, grammatical accuracy and range of sentence structures with the remainder for content and organisation. An electronic recording of all candidates responses must be made.
Unit 1: Oracy Task 1 Individual Researched Presentation Candidates should choose from the five themes set for this assessment and present individually information on any aspect or aspects relating to one of the following themes: 1. Wales 2. Leisure 3. The World of Work 4. The World of Science / Technology 5. Citizenship.
Unit 1: Oracy Task 1 Individual Researched Presentation Candidates have one week prior to the assessment to research their topic. Candidates are permitted to investigate the topic by using the internet, reading newspapers / magazines or listening to the news. Cannot be scripted. It must be emphasised that this is not a reading task, but rather an oral presentation prepared by the candidate. Information technology such as PowerPoint may be used, only as a resource to facilitate the presentation. An individual presentation should last between five to seven minutes and may include responding to any questions the audience may have on the presentation.
Unit 1 Oracy Task 2 Responding and Interacting Group task 3, 4 in a group Material can be shown to the candidates one week before they complete the task. Candidates are allowed to research the topic by using the internet, reading newspapers / magazines or listening to the news. Candidates should express their opinions on the topic with other members of the group and give reasons for their opinions. Candidates are allowed to use brief notes only with the stimulus material when they complete the task. The task should last 10 minutes.
Unit 2: External assessment Reading and Writing: Description, Narration and Exposition 40% (2 hours) Section A (20%) Reading (40 marks) Understanding of at least one description, one narration and one exposition text, including continuous and non-continuous texts, assessed through a range of structured questions. This section will also include an editing task focusing on understanding short texts at word, sentence and text level (2.5% of qualification total). Section B (20%) Writing (40 marks) One writing task to be selected from a choice of two that could be either description, narration or exposition. This section will also include one proofreading task focusing on writing accurately (2.5% of qualification total). Half of the marks for this section will be awarded for communication and organisation (meaning, purpose, readers and structure) and the other for writing accurately (language, grammar, punctuation and spelling).
Unit 3: External assessment Reading and Writing: Argumentation, Persuasion and Instructional 40% (2 hours) Section A (20%) Reading (40 marks) Understanding of at least one argumentation, one persuasion and one instructional text, including continuous and non-continuous texts, assessed through a range of structured questions. Section B (20%) Writing (40 marks) One compulsory argumentation writing task and one compulsory persuasion writing task. Half of the marks for this section will be awarded for communication and organisation (meaning, purpose, readers and structure) and the other half for writing accurately (language, grammar, punctuation and spelling).
Types of text TEXT A TEXT A shows information from the Australian Tourism Board. Visitor profile to Australia in 2012 47% repeat visitors 68% of total arrivals are for leisure 45-59 years largest demographic $7,036 average spend 47 nights average stay Oct-Jan and May-Jun peak booking period Dec-Feb and Jul-Aug peak travel period
TEXT A A1. What percentage of visitors have been to Australia before?... [1] A2. The information refers to demographic. Select one definition from the list below that best defines a demographic? [1] a)a graph showing changes b)time spent away from home c)a way of grouping people d)period spent travelling A3. Explain what is meant by peak booking period and peak travel period. [2]....
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SECTION B: 40 marks B2. In this section you will be assessed for the quality of your writing skills. 20 marks are awarded for communication and organisation; 15 marks are awarded for writing accurately. You should aim to write about 350-500 words. Choose one of the following for your writing: [35] Either, (a) Write about a memorable journey you have made. Or, (b) It is really important that kids spend as much time travelling and learning as possible from a young age. (Sir Richard Branson) Write an essay to explain the extent to which you agree with this view, giving clear reasons and examples. When using information from the texts, you will need to present it in your own words.
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ASSESSMENT SUMMARY UNIT 3 Non-Examination Assessment Up to 2 hours per section 25% of qualification Section A Shakespeare Assessment will be based on a thematic essay question on a Shakespeare play. Section B Welsh Writing in English Assessment will be based on a group of 15 thematically linked poems taken from the Library of Wales anthology, Poetry 1900-2000: One Hundred Poets from Wales (edited by Meic Stephens).