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English Language 5030
4 sections available · 22 chapters available
Free English Language 5030 revision notes for CCEA GCSE students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
Unit 1: Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts
Writing for purpose and audience
Writing form, vocabulary and precise expression
Accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation
Reading to access non-fiction and media texts
Language choices and interpreting writers' ideas
How writers use linguistic, grammatical and structural features
Unit 2: Speaking and Listening
Individual presentation and interaction
Discussion
Role play
Standard English and adapting talk to audience
Unit 3: Studying Spoken and Written Language
The study of spoken language
Characteristics of and influences on spoken language
How language varies in different contexts
The study of written language
How meaning is constructed in texts
Comparing and cross-referencing sources
Unit 4: Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-fiction Texts
Personal or creative writing
Organising ideas to support coherence
Sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect
Reading literary and non-fiction texts
Language choices, patterns and readers' perspectives
Linguistic and presentational features that sustain interest
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