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EnglishStandard Grade(0860 01)

English

Course outline

The Course is designed to enrich the experience of candidates through the study of language and literature, and to develop the skills of understanding and communicating.

Course assessment

The assessable Elements of the Course are Reading, Writing and Talking. 

The Elements Reading and Writing are assessed externally by means of a folio and question papers. 
For each candidate, a folio of work containing five pieces, in terms of the specification laid down by SQA,must be submitted for external assessment. The duration of the question papers and the grades available are as follows:

Reading

Foundation level 50 minutes assessing grades 6 and 5
General level 50 minutes assessing grades 4 and 3
Credit level 50 minutes assessing grades 2 and 1

Reading questions will require either a short answer (a few words), or a restricted response (a few sentences or a paragraph).

Writing

Foundation level one hour 15 minutes assessing grades 6–1
General level one hour 15 minutes assessing grades 6–1
Credit level one hour 15 minutes assessing grades 6–1

Writing questions will require an extended response.

The Talking Element, which involves the candidate in discussion and individual talk, is assessed internally by the teacher/lecturer.

For each of Reading and Writing, there is equal weighting for performance in the examination and in the folio. The overall award for the subject is the mean of the Element grades for Reading, Writing and Talking, each Element having equal weighting.

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