Teaching English - spring 2019 update
Get the latest news on training and support for teaching English GCSE, International GCSE, A level and International A level.
GCSE
November 2018: results, assessment materials and post-results services
November 2018 results day is 17 January 2019.
Secure mock for 1EN0: input marks by 8 February
Use our secure mock service, including standardisation scripts and training video to get an accurate picture of where your Y11 cohort are in relation to their targets.
Summer 2019: submitting your Spoken Language Endorsement grades and recordings by 15 May 2019
Book your free online support sessions:
28 February |
4-5pm |
Going over the practical aspects of delivering the Spoken Language Endorsement for GCSE English Language |
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28 March |
4-5pm |
How to submit recordings & marks for the Spoken Language Endorsement |
Spring networks
Join us at a free local or online network where we’ll be looking at:
- improving achievement in AO3 comparison (question 7b Language Paper 2)
- the AO2 analysis of language and structure question, including exemplars
- strategies to inject creativity into KS3.
Top 10 skills
Have you seen this free, great-looking set of tips on how to do key aspects of GCSE English Language?
Changes to Paper 2 of GCSE English Language 1EN0 02: 6 papers available
1ET0 Changes to Wendy Cope poem
Ordering free anthologies
International GCSE
January exam series
Summer 2019: submitting your coursework and Spoken Language Endorsement grades and recordings by 15 May 2019
Book your free online support sessions:
7 March |
4-5pm |
Going over the practical aspects of delivering the Spoken Language Endorsement for Int GCSE English Language A & B |
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21 March |
4-5.30pm |
How to submit coursework marks, grades for the Spoken Language Endorsement and send your sample to your moderator (4EA1, 4EB1 and 4ET1) |
Pre-recorded exam feedback from the summer 2018 exam series
If you want to hear detailed analysis of areas of strength and weakness in the summer 2018 exams and to access additional exemplars, please reserve a departmental meeting to work through the training provided for 4EA1, 4EB1 and 4ET1.
Ordering free anthologies
Please note, students do not require clean copies of anthologies for exams. For 4EA1, texts are reproduced in the question paper. For 4ET1, the question paper contains an insert of all the Part 3 poems.
A level
Summer 2019 coursework submission 15 May 2019
Book your free online support session:
4 April |
4-5pm |
Going over the practical aspects of entering marks & getting your sample ready to send to your moderator |
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Free local and online spring term networks
Book your place on a Literature network:
Interrogate student responses, identifying how to:
- Progress students from understanding and explaining (level 3) to analysing (level 4) of writer’s craft (AO2)
- Improve planning for the integration of connections between texts (AO1, AO4)
- Support the integration of critical interpretations (AO5)
Book your place on a Language and Literature network:
- Improve how their students approach unseen texts
- Ensure you’re taking a fully language and literature integrated approach to textual analysis
- Encourage students to adopt a ‘critical’ perspective on texts
Free coursework marking training
Do book onto a free coursework marking training event in January/February 2019 for English Literature, English Language or English Language and Literature.
Changes to 9ET0 02 and 03 for summer 2019
9EN0 03 pre-release materials and support session
With your Edexcel Online login, you will be able to access the following:
Ordering free anthologies
Subject advisor
Clare Haviland
English
