YEAR 11–ENGLISH LANGUAGE International GCSE
PORTION for FIRST TERM EXAMINATION – JANUARY 2021
PAPER 1: NON-FICTION and TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
Paper reference: 4EA1/01
TIME: 2hours 15minutes
Total Marks 90
Section A: Reading - Non-fiction (45Marks)
*Students will answer questions on unseen and anthology non-fiction texts
READING WILL FOCUS ON ANTHOLOGY NON- FICTION TEXTS GIVEN BELOW:
The Explorer’s Daughter by Kari Herbert
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Young and Dyslexic? You’ve got it Going on by Benjamin Zephania
A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat by Emma Levine
Explorers or Boys Messing About by Steven Morris
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald
A Passage to Africa by George Alaghia
Section B: Transactional Writing (45 marks)
There will have a choice of two transactional writing tasks linked to a theme from the
reading texts in Section A.
Different aspects of the theme will be reflected in each task
WRITING TASKS WILL FOCUS ON THE FORMS OF WRITING GIVEN BELOW.
Speech
Newspaper article
Magazine article
Diary entries
Letter (formal and informal)
Travelogue
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PAPER 2: FICTION and IMAGINATIVE WRITING
TIME: 1hour 30minutes
Total Marks 60
Section A: Reading (30 Marks)
Questions from the Pearson Edexcel international IGCSE English Anthology
READING WILL FOCUS ON ANTHOLOGY FICTION TEXT GIVEN BELOW:
‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin
‘The Necklace’ by Guy De Maupassant
‘Disabled’ by Wilfred Owen
‘Significant Cigarettes’ by Rose Tremain
‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelo
‘Out Out’ by Robert Frost
‘An Unknown Girl’ by Moniza Alvi
‘The Bright Lights of Sarajevo’ by Tony Harrison
‘Whistle and I’ll come to you’ (From the Woman in Black) by Susan Hill
‘Night; by Alice Munro
Section B: Imaginative Writing (40Marks)
There will be a choice of two imaginative writing tasks linked to a theme from the reading
extract in Section A.
Different aspects of the theme will be reflected in each task
WRITING TASKS WILL FOCUS ON THE FORMS OF WRITING GIVEN BELOW.
Story writing
Personal experience (e.g. memorable event, Unforgettable incident)
(One of the writing tasks may be based on the image/s provided as stimulus.)
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PATTERN OF THE QUESTION PAPERS
YEAR 11 IGCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (9-1)
PAPER 1: NON-FICTION and TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
Paper reference: 4EA1/01
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TIME: 2hours 15minutes
Total Marks 90
*Students must answer questions in section A and one question from a choice of two in section B
Section A: Reading - Non-fiction (45Marks)
Study and analyse selections from a range of non-fiction.
Main Objectives:
Develop skills to analyse how writers use linguistic and structural devices to achieve their
effects.
Explore links and connections between writer’s ideas and perspectives
Q1 and Q2: short response questions.
Q3: describes the situation and nature of events
Q4: requires explanation and analysis of language and structure and the effect
Q5: Requires students to compare the writers’ ideas and how they are presented in the Text
1 and Text 2
Assessment Focus: AO1, AO2, AO3
AO1: Read and understand a variety of texts, selecting and interpreting information, ideas and
perspectives.
AO2: Comment on, explain, and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects
and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views
AO3: Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or
more texts
Section B: Transactional Writing (45 marks)
There will be a choice of transactional writing tasks linked by theme to the reading texts in
Section A.
Students will explore and develop transactional writing skills.
Questions will be scaffolded with suggested points.
The same form (for example a speech, a report, an article) may be present in both tasks in the
same paper but with a different focus / and or audience.
Students are required to write accurately and clearly for different purposes and audiences;
Writing tasks may focus on writing to inform, explain, describe, instruct, argue, persuade, advice
Writing must maintain a consistent point of view
Use of accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar
Main Objectives:
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Develop transactional writing skills (for example, leaflets, articles, report, diary entries) for a
variety of forms, purposes and audiences
Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately
Assessment Focus: AO5 and AO6
Writing tasks will be marked according to the following criteria:
AO4 Communicate effectively and imaginatively, adapting form, tone and register of 27
writing for specific purposes and audiences. marks
AO5 Write clearly using a range of vocabulary and sentence structure, with appropriate 18
paragraphing and accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation. marks
PAPER 2: FICTION and IMAGINATIVE WRITING
Paper reference: 4EA1/02
TIME: 1hour 30minutes
Total Marks 60
There will be two sections on the paper.
Students must answer the question in section A and one question from a choice of three in
section B
Section A: Reading (30 Marks)
Poetry and Prose Texts from Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Anthology
Students will study and analyse selection from a range of fictional poetry and prose texts.
Main Objectives:
Develop skills to analyse how writers use linguistic and structural devices to achieve their effects
Q1: requires evaluation of writer’s choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features
used to effectively present ideas, events, situations, and themes
Assessment Focus: Question will focus on analysis of writer’s use of linguistic and structural
devices to achieve the effect. AO1, AO2
Section B: Imaginative Writing (30Marks)
Students will explore and develop imaginative writing skills
Main Objectives:
Develop imaginative and creative writing skills to engage the reader.
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Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately.
Questions will be scaffolded with suggested points.
Students must write accurately and clearly for different purposes and audiences;
Students must write an imaginative piece.
One of the writing tasks may be based on the image/s provided as stimulus.
Writing tasks will be assessed for:
creative and imaginative skills to engage the reader (AO4)
Accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar (AO5)
Writing tasks will be marked according to the following criteria:
AO4 Communicate effectively and imaginatively, adapting form, tone and register of 18
writing for specific purposes and audiences. marks
AO5 Write clearly using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures, with 12
appropriate paragraphing and accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation. marks
