Eduqas GCSE English Language  

Component 1: 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing  

Written examination 1 hour 45 minutes

80 marks

40% of GCSE qualification

Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions

Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles

Component 2: 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional/Persuasive Writing

Written examination  2 hours

80 marks

60% of GCSE qualification

Section A (30%) – Reading Understanding of two extracts (about 900-1200 words in total) of high-quality non-fiction writing, one from the 19th century, the other from the 21st century, assessed through a range of structured questions

Section B (30%) – Writing Two compulsory transactional/persuasive writing tasks

Component 3: Spoken Language

Non-exam assessment

Unweighted

One presentation/speech, including responses to questions and feedback Achievement in Spoken Language will be reported as part of the qualification, but it will not form part of the final mark and grade.

Eduqas GCSE English Literature

Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry

Written Examination: 2 Hours

40% Qualification

Section A (20%) Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing (2019 – 2021)

Macbeth (2020 – 2022)

One extract question and one essay question based on the reading of a Shakespeare text from the above prescribed list. Learners are not permitted to take copies of the set texts into the examination.

Section B (20%) Poetry from 1789 to the present day Two questions based on poems from the WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology, one of which involves comparison. Learners are not permitted to take a copy of the anthology into the examination.

(The Eduqas Poetry Anthology is not being examined in 2021)

Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry

Written examination: 2 Hours and 30 Minutes.

Section A (20%) Post-1914 Prose/Drama

An Inspector Calls (Priestley)

One source-based question on a post 1914 prose/drama text from the above prescribed list.

Learners are not permitted to take copies of the set texts into the examination.

Section B (20%) 19th Century Prose

A Christmas Carol (Dickens)

One source-based question on a 19th century prose text from the above prescribed list. Learners are not permitted to take copies of the set texts into the examination.

Section C (20%) Unseen Poetry from the 20th/21st Century Two questions on unseen poems, one of which involves comparison.