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International GCSE English Language
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Additional past paper resources
View and download past papers for AQA’s UK GCSE English Language qualification to test your students’ understanding of key areas of English Language. As these papers are aligned to the AQA English Language specification, please note there may be content or contexts not included in the OxfordAQA specification. Teachers should ensure they have checked each past paper for suitability before use in teaching.
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AQA Past Papers: GCSE English Language
International GCSE English Language
Assessment
Candidate record forms
We produce candidate record forms for all coursework and controlled assessment components. They are for students and teachers to authenticate the work, and teachers to record their assessments and supporting information.
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International GCSE English Language
Planning
CEFR equivalency grid
CEFR is an internationally recognised benchmark for language proficiency, used by educational institutions and employers across the world. Students can use our International GCSEs in English Language and English as a Second Language as evidence of English proficiency, with the grades they receive being equivalent to specific CEFR levels.
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International GCSE English Language
Assessment
Centre declaration sheets
Centre declaration sheets are for schools/colleges to authenticate students' internally-assessed work and confirm the internal standardisation of marking.
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International GCSE English Language
Teaching
Classroom activity sheets
Access worksheets developed by teachers for teachers, providing a useful set of practical resources to use in the classroom.
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Making Links Between Texts
Creative Writing: Challenges
Creative Writing: Setting and Atmosphere
EARS Paragraphs: Sentence Stems
Information Retrieval: Emma by Jane Austen
Argumentative and Persuasive Techniques
International GCSE English Language
Teaching
Command words
Make sure your students understand what skills they are expected to demonstrate in each exam question.
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International GCSE English Language
Assessment
Data Insights
Let Data Insights do your analysis and reporting for you. Access Data Insights as soon as you receive your exam results and throughout the year. Featuring updated graphs and visualisations for quicker and easier trend analysis, Data Insights enables you to dig deeper into your learners’ results.
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English Language and English Literature training
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International GCSE English Language
Assessment
Marked exemplars
Prepare your students in exam technique with the help of exemplar student answers and examiner commentaries that show how examiners interpret the mark scheme.
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Exemplar Responses
Writing: Teaching Guidance and Exemplar Responses
NEA Exemplar Responses
Additional Specimen Questions and Exemplar Responses: Paper 1, Section A (literary non-fiction)
Exemplar Responses with Commentary: Paper 1 (literary non-fiction and composition)
Exemplar Responses with Commentary: Paper 2 (source-based reading and directed writing)
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