GCSE English Language Launch and Support 2017.ppt

GCSE English Language Launch and Support 2017.ppt

1. Launch & Support
GCSE English Language
February 2017

2. Agenda
Revision of GCSE Qualifications
(for first teaching September 2017)
•Introduction
•Overview of new Specification
•Specimen Assessment Materials (SAMs)
•Support Materials
•Q&A

3. Regulatory Framework
General Conditions of Recognition
CCEA will ensure that each qualification offered is fit for
purpose
Accreditation Process
•N Ireland GCE and GCSE Qualifications Criteria
•Two-stage process
–Stage 1: submission of qualification strategies for
approval
–Stage 2: submission of qualification materials for review
and accreditation

4. Qualification Strategies
CONTENT - Rationale for the proposed:
•inclusion of internal assessment, where relevant
•weighting of internal and external assessment
•wording and weighting of assessment objectives
•assessment of mathematical skills : Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Business Studies
•assessment of QWC and
•subject content
ASSESSMENT – Rationale for the:
•subject content for Specimen Assessment Materials (SAMs)
•content in assessments ensuring full coverage over the lifetime of the qualification
•duration of examination papers
•allocation of marks in examination papers, where appropriate
•number and type of questions in examination papers, where appropriate
•word limit or time limit for internal assessment and
•allocation of marks for internal assessment

5. Specification
and
Specimen Assessment Material (SAMs)
Northern Ireland Regulator will carry out:
•an administrative review
•a subject-specific review
•a review of regulatory requirements

6. Collaborative Approach to the Revision
•Desk top Research
•Writing Teams
–Teachers
–Higher Education
•Consultation
–Existing Specifications
–Draft Specifications
•Consultation with students
–Relevant content
–Prepared for further study/work

7. Quality Assurance
•Higher Education - Higher Education Panel and
Subject Advisory Team
•Industry - Industry Panel and Subject Advisory Team
•Teachers - Subject Advisory Team
•Equality Panel - Access for all
•Final CCEA Quality Assurance panel - Review of
consultation comment logs and comment logs
associated with all QA panels

8. Quality Assurance
•Equality Panel
–Access for all
•Final CCEA Quality Assurance panel
–Review of consultation comment logs
–Review of comment logs associated with all QA panels
Only when CCEA Quality Assurance panel is satisfied that all issues
raised have been appropriately addressed will the Specification
and Sample Assessment material be submitted for accreditation

9. GCSE English Language
Unique features Employability
•Opportunities for students to apply
reading, writing and oral skills in real-
life contexts
•It is a unitised specification so there
is flexibility in entering for a unit and
each unit can be re-sat individually
•Embedded assessment of Speaking
and Listening skills
•It is linked with GCSE English
Literature so texts studied in the
Literature course can be used as
stimulus for Controlled Assessment in
English Language.
•This qualification helps students
develop their skills of critical analysis
and creativity whilst also giving them
opportunities to develop their ability to
present cogent arguments
•Potential pathway into a range of
careers, for example: teaching, law,
marketing, Public Relations, media,
journalism, etc.

10. Specification at a glance
Content Assessment
•Unit 1: Writing for Purpose and
Audience and

Reading to Access Non-
Fiction
and Media Texts

•Unit 2: Speaking and Listening

•Unit 3: Studying Spoken and Written
Language
•Unit 4: Personal or Creative Writing

and Reading Literary and
Non-Fiction Texts

•External paper – 1 hour 45 mins


•Controlled assessment
•Controlled assessment
•External paper – 1 hour 45 mins

11. GCSE English Language
Unit 1: Writing for Purpose and Audience and
Reading to Access Non-Fiction and Media Texts
Content Assessment WeightingAvailability
External written
examination
1 hour 45 mins
30% Summer from
2018 and
January 2019
•Section A:
Writing for Purpose

and Audience

•Section B:
Reading to Access
Non-Fiction
and Media Texts
•Section A:
ONE written task
•Section B:
FOUR tasks
based on stimuli
(including images)

12. GCSE English Language
Unit 2: Speaking and Listening
Content Assessment WeightingAvailability
•Task 1:
Individual
Presentation and
Interaction

•Task 2:
Discussion
•Task 3:
Role Play
Controlled
Assessment
Teachers assess the
tasks and then CCEA
moderate the
outcomes
20%
Summer from
2018 and
January 2019

13. GCSE English Language
Unit 3: Studying Spoken and Written Language
Content Assessment WeightingAvailability
•Task 1:
The Study of
Spoken Language

•Task 2:
The Study of
Written Language
Controlled
Assessment
1 hour to complete
the piece for final
assessment of each
task
Teachers assess the
tasks and then CCEA
moderate the
outcomes
20%
(10% for
each task)
Summer from
2019 and
January 2020

14. GCSE English Language
Unit 4: Personal or Creative Writing and
Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts
Content Assessment WeightingAvailability
External written
examination
1 hour 45 mins
30% Summer from
2019 and
January 2020•Section A:
Personal or
Creative Writing
•Section B:
Reading Literary
and Non-Fiction
Texts
•Section A:
ONE written task
(choice of two)
•Section B:
THREE tasks
based on stimuli

15. Quality of Written Communication
•QWC is assessed in every Unit and Section as each
require extended writing
•Students should:
–ensure that text is legible and that spelling,
punctuation and grammar are accurate so that
meaning is clear;
–select and use a form and style of writing that suit their
purpose and complex subject matter; and
–organise information clearly and coherently, using
specialist vocabulary where appropriate.

16. Terminal Assessment Rule Reminder
Students must take at least 40% of the
assessment at the end of the course

17. GCSE English Language
What has changed?
No tiers
40% controlled assessment; 60% exam
Unit 3: two written tasks
New exam paper structure; longer exam
time
Functional English elements in discrete
Units (1 and 2)

18. GCSE English Language
Unit 2: Speaking and Listening (AO1)
Candidates must:
i. speak to communicate clearly and
purposefully; structure and sustain talk,
adapting it to different situations and audiences;
use standard English and a variety of techniques
as appropriate;
ii. listen and respond to speakers’ ideas and
perspectives, and how they present meaning;

19. GCSE English Language
Unit 2: Speaking and Listening (AO1)
Candidates must:
iii. interact with others, shaping meanings
through suggestions, comments and questions
and drawing ideas together; and
iv. create and sustain different roles.

20. GCSE English Language

21. GCSE English Language
Unit 3: Studying Spoken and Written Language
•Study of Spoken Language (AO2)
Candidates must:
i. understand variations in spoken language,
explaining why language changes in relation to
contexts; and
ii. evaluate the impact of spoken language
choices in their own and others’ uses.

22. GCSE English Language
Unit 3: Studying Spoken and Written Language
•Studying Written Language (AO3)
Candidates must:
i. read and understand texts, selecting material
appropriate to purpose, collating from different
sources and making comparisons and cross
‐
references as appropriate;

23. GCSE English Language
Unit 3: Studying Spoken and Written Language
•Studying Written Language (AO3)
Candidates must:
ii. develop and sustain interpretations of writers’
ideas and perspectives; and
iii. explain and evaluate how writers use
linguistic, structural and presentational features
to achieve effects and engage and influence the
reader.

24. GCSE English Language
Unit 3: Controlled Assessment
•Controls
–Planning and prep work can be done under
limited supervision – i.e. can be homework,
group work
–Direct/formal supervision of production of final
piece (i.e. piece being marked and available for
moderation). This means candidates must be
in direct sight of the supervisor at all times. Use
of resources and interaction with other
candidates is tightly prescribed

25. GCSE English Language
Unit 3: Controlled Assessment
•Controls (continued)
-1 hour time limit given for final write-up (final
production) – doesn’t all have to be in one sitting;
work must be stored securely after each sitting
-Students must not have access to work completed in
between controlled sessions and no feedback can be
given in between sessions
•Please ensure you are familiar with the Joint Council for
Qualifications(JCQ) document Instructions for Conducting
Controlled Assessments, available at www.jcq.org.uk

26. GCSE English Language
Units 1 & 4
External assessment units

27. GCSE English Language
•Studying Written Language (AO3) Reading
Candidates must:
i. read and understand texts, selecting material appropriate to purpose,
collating from different sources and making comparisons and cross
‐
references as appropriate;
ii. develop and sustain interpretations of writers’ ideas and perspectives; and
iii. explain and evaluate how writers use linguistic, structural and presentational
features to achieve effects and engage and influence the reader.

28. GCSE English Language
•Writing (AO4)
Candidates must:
i. write to communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively using
and adapting forms and selecting vocabulary appropriate to task
and purpose in ways that engage the reader;
ii. organise information and ideas into structured and sequenced
sentences, paragraphs and whole texts, using a variety of linguistic
and structural features to support cohesion and overall
coherence; and

29. GCSE English Language
•Writing (AO4)
Candidates must:
iii. use a range of sentence structures for clarity,
purpose and effect, with accurate spelling,
punctuation and grammar.

30. GCSE English Language
Exam Paper New Format
•Booklet Style
•Section A: 1 Writing Task
•Section B:
– Unit 1 - 4 Short Reading Tasks
– Unit 4 - 3 Short Reading Texts

31. GCSE English Language
Specimen Assessment Materials
Unit 1 (Exam Paper)

32. •1 hour 45 minutes
•Total mark for paper = 150
 
•Complete all tasks.
•Spend 55 minutes on Section A and 50 minutes on
Section B.
•Section A Writing - one task – 87 marks
•Section B Reading - four tasks based on two reading
texts – 63 marks
•Write the responses in the booklet.
Unit 1 (Paper 1) Writing for Purpose and Audience
and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts

35. GCSE English Language
Specimen Assessment Materials
Unit 4 (Exam Paper)

36. Unit 4 (Paper 2) Personal/ Creative Writing and
Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts
•1 hour 45 minutes
•Total mark for paper = 150
 
•Complete all tasks.
•Spend 55 minutes on Section A and 50 minutes on
Section B.
•Section A Writing - one task (choice) – 88 marks
•Section B Reading – three tasks based on three reading
texts – 62 marks
•Write the responses in the booklet.

38. New Mark Scheme Format

40. Year Term1 Term 2 Term 3 Targets for the year
Year 11
 
CA
Focus
 
Preparation for and completion
of two Speaking and Listening
tasks for Unit 2 CA (role play and
individual presentation and
interaction).
 
Begin preparation for Unit 3
Spoken Language CA.
Preparation for and completion of
two Speaking and Listening tasks
for Unit 2 CA (group discussion and
individual presentation and
interaction).
Preparation for Unit 3 Spoken
Language CA - ties in with Speaking
and Listening work during terms 1
and 2.
Unit 3 Study of Spoken Language
CA completed at end of Term 2.
Begin preparation for Unit 3
Written Language CA.
Preparation for and
completion of two Speaking
and Listening tasks for Unit 2
CA (role play and an individual
presentation and interaction).
 
Preparations for Unit 3 Written
Language CA to be taken at
end of Term 3.
Begin preparation for Unit 1.
 Six Speaking and Listening tasks
prepared and assessed for
inclusion in Moderation.
 
 Completion of Unit 3 Study of
Spoken Language CA - end of Term
2.
 
 Completion of Unit 3 Study of
Written Language CA - end of Term
3.
 
Year 12
 
Exam
Focus
Preparation for and completion
of two Speaking and Listening
tasks for Unit 2 CA (role play and
group discussion).
Preparation for and taking of
Unit 1 (external assessment) in
January.
Preparation for and completion of
final two Speaking and Listening
Tasks for Unit 2 CA (two group
discussions).
Focused preparation for Unit 4 (the
remaining external assessment).
Completion of Speaking and
Listening Tasks for Unit 2 CA
including preparation for
external Moderation.
Revision of essential skills and
approaches for Unit 4.
 Four more Speaking and Listening
tasks prepared and assessed.
 Unit 2 Speaking and Listening CA
(March).
 Unit 1 taken in January.
 Unit 4 taken in May/June.
Option 3: Unit 2 Speaking and Listening CA tasks are spread across the two years. The focus for Year 11 is on the two
Unit 3 CA tasks: The Study of Spoken and Written Language. The focus for Year 12 is Unit 1 and Unit 4, the two
externally assessed units. Unit 1 is taken in January and Unit 4 at the end of Year 12. This allows for a repeat of Unit 1
at the end of Year 12 if required.

41. Q&A

42. GCSE Support
Type of Support Date
Sample assessment materialsRolling basis from January 2017
Student guides/subject SnapshotsRolling basis from January 2017
Microsites Rolling basis from January 2017
Planning Frameworks Rolling basis from January 2017
Fact files Rolling basis from March 2017
Bespoke Materials Rolling basis from March 2017
Support Events Ongoing

43. Contacts: GCSE English Language
Education Manager: Olivia McNeill
Telephone: [phone] Ext 2963
Email: [email protected]
Subject Support Officer: Joan Jennings
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Specification, sample assessment and support materials
available on the subject microsite at www.ccea.org.uk

44. Why choose CCEA?
We support Learners - 
CCEA puts the learner at the centre of
everything we do. We think about what learners need for life and
work and then build solutions to meet those needs. We do this for the
entire curriculum – from Foundation and Early Years to A level and
beyond.
We are Local - 
CCEA is Northern Ireland’s awarding body. We
understand local needs and we are focused on providing services and
products for learners in Northern Ireland. This also means we’re near
you, should you need help or support.
We are Listening - 
CCEA listens to those who use its products and
services; this means listening to teachers, employers and learners, and
taking action to ensure better outcomes for learners. This approach
ensures that we develop relevant, high quality and innovative
specifications and support.

45. Working with CCEA
The benefits:
–teacher cover provided
–first-hand experience of how the examining system
works
–user insight to the standards required for the
assessment
–opportunity to examine assessments across a range of
abilities
–improved learning and teaching outcomes
–creates links with CCEA personnel/subject officer
–opportunity to network with other professionals
–provides recognition and enhances the professional
development of teachers

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