Q-08 · Qualifications
AQA English Language & Literature.
What's actually examined in AQA's two English GCSEs, the speaking complication that catches home-educating families off guard, the set-text decisions for Literature, and when IGCSE is the smarter choice.
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Language + Literature
AQA 8700 / 8702
Two qualifications
English Language and Literature are separate GCSEs.
The first thing to understand about GCSE English is that there are two entirely separate qualifications — English Language and English Literature — with different specifications, different papers, different skill sets, and different set-text…
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With an account you get every remaining section, in full — the same headings you see here, written through to the end.
- 02Reading, writing, and the speaking problem.
- 03Set texts, two papers, and how to choose well.
- 04What to confirm before you commit.
- 05What works — and what English specifically needs.
- 06Related guides in the library.
