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Aims and Learning Outcomes
Courses based on this specification should encourage students to develop knowledge and skills in reading, writing and critical thinking. Through literature, students have a chance to develop culturally and acquire knowledge of the best that has been thought and written. Studying IGCSE English Literature should encourage students to read widely for pleasure, and as a preparation for studying literature at a higher level.
Courses based on this specification should also encourage students to:
- read a wide range of classic literature fluently and with good understanding, read in depth, critically and evaluatively, so that they are able to discuss and explain their understanding and ideas
- develop the habit of reading widely and often
- appreciate the depth and power of the English literary heritage
- write accurately, effectively and analytically about their reading, using Standard English
- acquire and use a wide vocabulary, including the grammatical terminology and other literary and linguistic terms they need to criticise and analyse what they read
Assessment Objectives
Assessment objectives (AOs) are set by Ofqual and are the same across all IGCSE English Literature specifications and all exam boards. The exams will measure how students have achieved the following assessment objectives.
- maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response
- use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
Students should be able to:
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