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English Language and English Literature IGCSE CIE
All pupils entering the 4th Form begin a two year course in IGCSE English Language and Literature. The Cambridge IGCSE enables us to personalise a course according to our students’ individualised needs; as such, the Department’s approach varies from student to student, and set to set, year on year.
Characteristics Common Across the Sets
• Examinations: All students will be entered to sit the English Language and Literature IGCSE at the end of their 5th form, put forward, in the first instance, at the Higher Tier (A*-E). Candidates in need of greater support can, at the discretion of the Department, be entered for solely the English Language IGCSE or be entered at the Foundation Tier (C-G).
• Coursework: Coursework is a key element, endowing the students with writing and working skills befitting future study at A-Level, as well as targeting core skills such as independent working, time management, and personal organisation.
• English Language: The Language course covers Summary and Directed Writing; Composition Skills; Evaluation of Literary Devices; Argumentative, Discursive, and Descriptive Writing.
• English Literature: Students will learn how to appreciate how writers achieve their effects, and be able to place Literature within its contexts, creating and sustaining informed personal arguments.
Programme of Study: Approach
As close to a 50:50 combination of exam and CWK assessment is generically used to spread assessment over the two years of study. Alterations to this proportion are at the discretion of the teacher of the set.
For English Language IGCSE, students submit one coursework portfolio in the Spring term of the 5th form and take one examined paper in May:
• Paper 2: Extended Reading Passages – 2 hour exam, 50% of marks
o Candidates answer 3 questions derived from 2 passages of 700-800 words
• Component 4: Coursework Portfolio – 3 written assignments, 50% of marks
o Each essay is between 500-800 words, based on core skills and writing triplets
For English Literature IGCSE, students submit one coursework portfolio in the Spring term of the 5th form and take two examined papers in May.
• Component 1: Poetry and Prose Set Texts, Closed Book – 1 hr 30 minute exam, 50% of marks
o Candidates study two different genres, one poetry set text and one prose set text.
o Students answer one question on each, two overall, in the exam.
o There is a choice of two questions for each text (one passage, one essay)
o Set Prose Texts are: one from a selection of novels or short stories, such as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson or the anthology Stories of Ourselves; poetry selected from Thomas Hardy or the anthology Songs of Ourselves
• Component 3: Play Set Texts, Open Book – 45 minute exam, 25% of marks
o Candidates answer one question on one text.
o There is a choice of two questions (one passage, one essay)
o Set Play Texts are: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde or An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley
• Component 5: Coursework Portfolio – 2 coursework essays due, each of 600-1000 words, 25% of marks
o Candidates submit a piece of coursework based on one of their examined texts in Components 1 or 3 (crossover), and one further new text (additional).
o Additional Texts range from an Anthology of Selected Poetry (Love Poetry Through the Ages) to 20th Century Drama (Journey’s End), to American novellas (Of Mice and Men) and more. The choice is often made in discussion with the class, their preferences and aptitude.
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