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Content overview 
Reading 
Questions to test understanding of an unprepared reading passage and a passage from

Section A of the Edexcel Anthology for International GCSE and Certificate Qualifications in English Language and Literature.

All students will be required to demonstrate an ability to: 
(i) read and understand texts with insight and engagement 
(ii) develop and sustain interpretations of writers’ ideas and perspectives 
(iii) understand and make some evaluation of how writers use linguistic and structural 
devices to achieve their effects. 
 

Writing 
A short task based on the topic of the Section A reading passage, and a task to test writing to inform, explain and describe.
 

All students will be required to demonstrate an ability to: 
(i) communicate clearly and appropriately, using and adapting forms for different readers 
and purposes 
(ii) organise ideas into sentences, paragraphs and whole texts using a variety of linguistic 
and structural features 
(iii) use a range of sentence structures effectively, with accurate punctuation and spelling. 

Assessment overview 

• The assessment of this unit is through a two-hour and 15 minute examination paper (including reading time), set and marked by Edexcel. 

• Single tier of entry. 

• Three sections on the paper — Section A, Section B and Section C. 

• The total number of marks available is 60.