CCEA GCSE English Language, Third Edition Student Book
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Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
9781471888663
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Unit 1
Section A: Writing for purpose and audience
Introduction to writing for purpose and audience
Planning for the task
What are you writing?
Why are you writing?
Whom are you writing for?
Getting the form right
Using appropriate techniques
Emotive language
Persuasive language
Fact and opinion
Counter-arguing
Structuring effectively
Linking ideas
Sentence structures and forms
Punctuation
Getting the right tone
Ensuring accuracy
Check your writing to get the best possible mark
Writing for purpose and audience: target success
Practice question: writing for purpose and audience
Writing for purpose and audience: key to success
Section B: Reading to access non-fiction and media texts
Introduction to reading to access non-fiction and media texts
Non-fiction and media texts
Why are things written?
How are things written?
Analysing language closely
Point. Evidence. Explain.
Focusing on words and phrases
Responding to autobiographical writing
Analysing language techniques
Analysing structure
Choice of tense
Using sequence and time
Effect of sentence structures
Extracting meaning
The extracting meaning task
Supporting interpretations
The supporting interpretations task
Putting it into practice: reading to access non-fiction texts
The ‘Analyse’ task
The ‘Extracting and interpreting meaning’ task
Responding to media texts
Identifying purpose and audience
Analysing presentational devices
Colour
Layout
Images
Font
Analysing language
Promotional language
Media texts structure
Tone
Putting it into practice: reading to access media texts
Reading to access non-fiction and media texts: target success
Practice question: reading to access non-fiction texts
Practice question: reading to access media texts
Reading to access non-fiction and media texts: key to success
Unit 2
Speaking and listening
Introduction to speaking and listening
‘I can speak and I can listen…’
Preparing to speak
Preparing to listen
Individual presentation and interaction
Presenting
Interacting
Discussion
Chairing a discussion
Participating in a discussion
Role play
Getting the best from role play
Speaking and listening: controlled assessment: target success
Assessing speaking and listening tasks
Unit 3
Task 1: The study of spoken language
Introduction to the study of spoken language
The skills of spoken language
The characteristics of spoken language
Spoken and written language
Factors affecting spoken language
Spoken language terms
Idiolect
Accent and dialect
Context and register
Your idiolect
Formal vs informal speech
Standard English
Spontaneous vs scripted speech
Prosodic features
Contexts for spoken language
Interviews
Commentaries
Presentations
Occupational talk
Analysing spoken language texts
The study of spoken language: controlled assessment: target success
The study of spoken language: key to success
Task 2: The study of written language
Introduction to the study of written language
Drama
The key features of drama
Prose
The key features of prose texts
Point. Evidence. Explain.
Insight into characters
Language and style
Themes
Poetry
Poetic language and structure
Analysing a poem
Key features of poetic techniques
Writing about literary texts
The study of written language: controlled assessment: target success
The study of written language: key to success
Unit 4
Section A: Personal or Creative Writing
Introduction to Personal or Creative Writing
Planning for writing
The three Ws
Why plan?
How to plan effectively
Using an appropriate form of writing
Structuring your writing
Personal Writing
Introducing your Personal Writing essay
Developing your Personal Writing and adding interest
Concluding your Personal Writing
Creative Writing
Selecting an appropriate form
Selecting an appropriate perspective
Beginnings and endings
Creating narrative
Creative characters
Creating dialogue
Creating empathy
Creating setting
Creating atmosphere
Writing a theme-based narrative
Editing tips
Personal and Creative Writing: target success
Practice question: Personal Writing
Practice question: Creative Writing
Personal and Creative Writing: key to success
Section B: Reading literary and non-fiction texts
Introduction to reading literary and non-fiction texts
Literary and non-fiction texts
Why are things written?
How are things written?
Writer’s craft
Style
Linguistic techniques
Studying words and phrases
Studying sentence structure and punctuation
Tone
Comparing literary texts
Language to compare and contrast
Responding to literary and non-fiction texts
Point. Evidence. Explanation.
Putting it into practice: reading literary texts
The comparative question
Putting it into practice: reading non-fiction texts
Reading literary and non-fiction texts: target success
Practice question: reading literary fiction
Practice question: reading non-fiction
Reading literary and non-fiction texts: key to success
Exam practice: putting your skills into practice
Mark schemes
Acknowledgements
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