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Course Outline

Our GCSE and iGCSE English Literature courses are designed to help students improve the skills they need to read, understand and analyse a wide range of texts and to write clearly, coherently and accurately using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures, to get the best results in their exams. The tutors will show students how to construct model answers to questions, explain what the examiners are looking for and encourage the students to drop their own particular texts into the answers, before giving them feedback.

Skills We Focus On

The course will focus on the skills that you individually want to develop and those that commonly cause all students difficulty, as follows:

Reading and Comprehension

• Exploring aspects of plot, characterisation, events and settings
• Distinguishing between what is stated explicitly and what is implied
• Explaining motivation, sequence of events and the relationship between actions or events
• Identifying theme and distinguishing between themes
• Supporting a point of view by referring to evidence in the text
• Recognising the possibility of and evaluating different responses to a text
• Using understanding of writers’ social, historical and cultural context to inform evaluation
• Making an informed personal response that derives from analysis and evaluation of the text
• Analysing and evaluating how language, structure, form and presentation contribute to quality & impact
• Using linguistics and literary terminology for such evaluation
• Comparing and contrasting texts studied referring where relevant to theme, characterisation, context, style and literary quality

Writing

• Producing clear and coherent text
• Writing effectively about literature for a range of purposes such as; describe, explain, summarise, argue, analyse and evaluate
• Discussing and maintaining a point of view
• Selecting and emphasising key points
• Using relevant quotation and using detailed textual references
• Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar

Expert Tutors

All our tutors are experienced and qualified teachers and most are examiners which means they have an excellent insight into what the exams actually ask of students. Chosen for their enthusiasm and empathy, they also have an in-depth knowledge of the entire subject area.

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Book GCSE English Literature Revision Courses and Tuition

To register your interest or book, please use our online course search & book form, call one of our Course Advisors on 01727 744340 or email enquiries@justincraig.ac.uk