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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Language A (4EA1)
English Language revision
7 topics across two units. Pick any one to be tested on it, taught it, or to talk it through. This is the course list Zen IQ works from: its tutor, papers and marking all follow it.
Unit 1
- Reading non-fictionUnit 1, retrieving and interpreting explicit and implicit information and ideas in anthology and unseen non-fiction
- Language and structureUnit 1, analysing how a writer uses language, structure and form to achieve effects and influence a reader, with apt quotation
- Comparing textsUnit 1, comparing how two writers present ideas and perspectives, and the methods they use
- Transactional writingUnit 1, letters, articles, speeches, reviews, reports and leaflets, written for a stated audience, purpose and form
Unit 2
- Anthology poetry and proseUnit 2, an essay on how a writer presents a theme, character or idea in a Part 2 anthology text
- Imaginative writingUnit 2, narrative and descriptive writing with a controlled structure, deliberate choices and a clear voice
Both units
- Technical accuracySpelling, punctuation, grammar, vocabulary and varied sentence structures, across both units
How Zen IQ helps with English Language
Papers written in the Edexcel style for English Language, with a mark scheme, marked part by part, crediting an error carried forward the way a real examiner does.
Every topic below turns strong, shaky or weak from your marks and flashcards, so you can see where marks are going. A target test aims straight at the weakest.
Talk a topic through out loud with Zehan or Maya. They answer in a second, you can cut in, and they write it on a board as they explain.
Any topic taught in about four minutes as an animated lesson, or drawn as a mind map where every idea leads to a lesson, a quiz or a call.
Cards that come back just before you would forget them, and study guides in three lengths, ready to print or download for Word.
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