Section A : What do I need to know about the exam? CCEA GCSE English Content Assessment Weighting Availability Unit 1: External examination 20% Every summer Personal writing and Reading Foundation and Higher (beginning in 2011) Multi-Modal Texts Tiers. Every January 1 hour and 30mins ( beginning in 2013) Unit 2: External examination 20% Every summer Functional writing and Reading Foundation and Higher (beginning in 2012) Non-Fiction Tiers. Every January 1 hour and 30mins ( beginning in 2013) Unit 3: Controlled assessment 20% Every summer Speaking and Listening (beginning in 2012) Every January ( beginning in 2013) Unit 4: Controlled assessment 40% Every summer Studying Spoken and Written (beginning in 2012) Language and Writing Creatively Every January Task 1: ( beginning in 2013) The study of Spoken Language Task 2: The study of written Language Task 3: Writing Creatively.
Section A : What do I need to know about the exam? CCEA GCSE English Content Assessment Weighting Availability Unit 1: Personal writing and Reading Multi-Modal Texts External examination Foundation and Higher Tiers. 1 hour and 30mins 20% Every summer (beginning in 2011) Every January ( beginning in 2013) Unit 2: Functional writing and Reading Non-Fiction External examination Foundation and Higher Tiers. 1 hour and 30mins 20% Every summer (beginning in 2012) Every January ( beginning in 2013) Unit 3: Speaking and Listening Controlled assessment 20% Every summer (beginning in 2012) Every January ( beginning in 2013) Unit 4: Studying Spoken and Written Language and Writing Creatively Task 1: The study of Spoken Language Task 2: The study of written Language Task 3: Writing Creatively. Controlled assessment 40% Every summer (beginning in 2012) Every January ( beginning in 2013)
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