Cambridge Pre-U Literature in English offers opportunities to explore a range of texts and approaches to them. Teachers can foster interest and enjoyment in the subject by selecting syllabus content from Chaucer to contemporary literature. The course emphasises breadth as well as depth of teaching and learning, providing scope to cover key areas of the canon while also following areas of individual interest. The linear assessment structure means that you are tested at the end of the two-year course. This allows you to approach the examination in a mature and confident way with time to formulate your viewpoints and develop your knowledge, understanding and skills. By the end of the course, you will have had time to consider and revisit texts after studying a wide range of literature. The syllabus encourages literary debate and discussion. It raises questions which elicit your independent, supported views, judgements and comparisons. You are rewarded for offering informed independent views which result from genuine engagement with the study of literature. The question papers promote wide reading, developing skills in responding to writers’ use of language, form and style. The Personal Investigation enables you to pursue a topic which engages your interests and imagination. The word limit enables you to work in depth, but at the same time requires you to discriminate in your choice of supporting evidence and to develop economy in writing. a critical and informed response to texts in a range of forms, styles and contexts the use of knowledge and understanding of individual texts to explore comparisons and connections between texts, informed by an appreciation of the traditions of English literature an understanding and appreciation of the ways in which writers use form, structure and language to shape meaning and effect.
Name: Pre U Certificate in Literature in English Qualification title: Pre-U Certificate in Literature in English (Principal) Qualification type: Assessment Paper 1 Poetry and Prose 2 hours examination. 25% weighting. Written paper, externally set and marked, 50 marks Paper 2 Drama 2 hours examination. 25% weighting. Written paper, externally set and marked, 50 marks Paper 3 Comment and Analysis 2 hours 15 minutes examination. 25% weighting. Written paper, unseen texts, externally set and marked, 50 marks Paper 4 Personal Investigation Coursework. 25% weighting. Externally marked project, 25 marks Aims Awarding Cambridge International Examinations Created 20150814 14:05:50 Updated 20150814 14:07:36
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Chesham Grammar School
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White Hill Town: Chesham
Title: Pre-U Certificate in Literature in English (Principal) Qualification: Pre-U Certificate in Literature in English (Principal) Classification: Languages, Literature and Culture