AQA GCSE English Language for post-16
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Product details
- ISBN 9780008209339
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 192 x 265mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2017
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
- Age Group: Ages 12+
Exam Board: AQA
Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Language
Next exams: November 2026
Revised for the AQA GCSE English Language updates for 2026 exams onwards.
Help post-16 students achieve Grade 5 with resources to develop and practise the skills for each question in the AQA GCSE English Language exams from 2026.
- Pick up and teach with this readymade 1 year course. Organised into 30 weeks and structured by exam question, the Student Book provides complete coverage of Paper 1 and Paper 2 as well as preparation for the Spoken Language endorsement.
- Help students to build and apply the key skills for each question with a carefully designed learning sequence, a step-by-step methodology for responding and plenty of opportunities to practise the question in focus.
- Assess progress and build confidence for the exams with half-term progress tests, end-of-term mock exams and two further practice papers for revision.
- Show students how to improve their work, with annotated sample responses to exemplify the Level 3 mark scheme criteria, and regular self- and peer-assessment activities.
- Save time searching for texts with a fantastic selection of fiction and non-fiction extracts from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
- Engage 16–19 year old and adult learners with texts and topics chosen to interest students in post-16 contexts.
- Trusted support from Jo Heathcote, a GCSE English Language assessment expert and an experienced teacher of GCSE and A-level.
Jo Heathcote is a highly experienced former English teacher in Manchester, former Principal Examiner and Principal Moderator for two examination boards and the writer of numerous textbooks, resources and study guides for major educational publishers. Jo is currently a Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education (PGCE Secondary English) at the University of Manchester.
