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AS and A-level English Literature A

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  1. PDF Teaching guide: Non-exam assessment

    Theory and independence. This resource provides guidance on the non-exam assessment (NEA) requirements for A level English Literature B and should be read in conjunction with the NEA requirements set out in the specification. This teaching guide develops and exemplifies the NEA requirements and is wholly consistent with the specification.

  2. AQA

    AS and A-level English Literature B. 7716, 7717. Find all the information, support and resources you need to deliver our specification. Teaching from: September 2015. Exams from: 2016 (AS), 2017 (A-level) QAN code: 601/5257/6, 601/5328/3.

  3. PDF English Literature B AS and A-level Specification

    1.1 Why choose AQA for AS and A-level English Literature B 5 1.2 Support and resources to help you teach 6 2 Specification at a glance 8 2.1 AS 8 2.2 A-level 9 3 Subject content - AS 13 ... You can attend a course at venues around the country, in your school or online - whatever suits your needs and availability. Find out more at ...

  4. PDF Teaching guide: Non-exam assessment

    Independent critical study: Texts across time. This resource provides guidance on the non-exam assessment (NEA) requirements for A-level English Literature A and should be read in conjunction with the NEA requirements set out in the specification. Example student responses and detailed moderator commentaries accompany this guidance.

  5. AQA

    Assessments. Paper 1: Literary genres. What's assessed. Choice of two options. Option 1A: Aspects of tragedy. Option 1B: Aspects of comedy. Study of three texts: one Shakespeare text; a second drama text and one further text, of which one must be written pre-1900. Assessed. written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes.

  6. English Literature B

    4.3 Theory and independence. This component is designed to allow students to read widely, to choose their own texts (if appropriate) and to understand that contemporary study of literature needs to be informed by the fact that different theoretical and critical methods can be applied to the subject. This area of the course provides a ...

  7. PDF Notes and guidance: NEA

    a language investigation (2,000 words, excluding data and quotations) a piece of original writing and commentary (750 words each, excluding quotations) Overall, the NEA forms 20% of the overall marks of the A-level. The language investigation is marked out of 50 and the original writing and commentary out of 50 (25 for each).

  8. English Literature B

    1-5 marks. ' Largely irrelevant ' work is shown when students write in an unclear way with only occasional reference to what is required by the question. ' Largely misunderstood ' and ' largely inaccurate ' work is shown when knowledge of the text is insecure, hazy and often wrong.

  9. PDF Welcome to English Literature A Level

    English Literature A Level2020-2022 Exam Board AQA, specification B Y o u w i l l b e p r o v i d e d w i t h y o u r o w n co p i e s o f e a ch t e x t f o r a n n o t a t i o n . Course Content: Texts: Assessment: Year 12 Paper One - Aspects of Tragedy 4 0 % o f f i n a l A l e v e l a wa rd

  10. PDF St Mary's College

    Paper 2: Texts and genres 2B: Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing. Study of three texts: one post-2000 prose text; one poetry and one further text, of which one must be written pre-1900. Exam will include an unseen passage. › Assessed written exam: 3 hours • open book • 75 marks • 40% of A-level.

  11. PDF Making Connections: non-exam assessment guidance

    Making Connections is the non-exam assessment (NEA) component of our A-level English Language and Literature specification. Making Connections focuses on language use in different types of text and requires students to make active connections between a literary text and some non-literary material. The NEA offers students the opportunity to ...

  12. AQA

    The non-exam assessment (NEA) for the A-level specification only is 'Theory and independence', and consists of two essays. Visit aqa.org.uk/7717 for detailed information about all aspects of NEA administration. The head of the school or college is responsible for making sure that NEA is conducted in line with our instructions and Joint Council ...

  13. PDF AQA A Level English Language and Literature Handbook

    A Level English Language and Literature: Course Outline • You will be studying a range of literary (i.e. prose fiction, drama and poetry) and non-literary (i.e. non-fiction, advertising and transcript) texts. You will be studying a range of texts from different periods: some texts from the 19th century and modern literary and non-literary texts.

  14. PDF A Level English Language and Literature Handbook

    expectations, please see the section entitled Expectations of AS and A Level Students. Important Course Specifics: The course will run over two years and will include examinations at the end of years 12 and 13. With this in mind, you must be organised. You will need to create a folder for English Language and Literature in

  15. PDF English Literature A Level AQA

    An overview of the course: AQA English Literature A Level: Specification B Course Content: Texts: Assessment: Year 12/ 13 Paper Two - Elements of political and social protest writing 40% of final A level award Study of three texts: • One post-2000 prose text • One poetry • One further text, one of which must be written pre-1900 Chosen texts:

  16. AQA A Level English Literature

    Past papers. Mark schemes. Exam paper questions organised by topic and difficulty. Our worksheets cover all topics from GCSE, IGCSE and A Level courses. Give them a try and see how you do!

  17. aqa english literature a level coursework word count

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  18. Aqa A Level English Literature Coursework Word Count

    Aqa a Level English Literature Coursework Word Count - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site.

  19. AQA

    AS and A-level English Literature A. 7711, 7712. Find all the information, support and resources you need to deliver our specification. Teaching from: September 2015. Exams from: 2016 (AS), 2017 (A-level) QAN code: 601/5259/X, 601/5327/1.

  20. AQA Lit NEA word limit

    Gwil. 16. The word limit for the AQA English Literature coursework is 2500 words, and I have managed to prune mine down to 2711 (excluding bibliography, quotations, etc.). I keep reading through my essay looking for sentences I could take out, but I have come to a point where removing anything else would upset the structure of my argument.