The English Department Website

IGCSE English Literature Courseguide 

for examination in May 2007

There are 2 parts to your IGCSE English Literature Programme: Examination & Coursework

The examination is worth 70%, Coursework 30%

The examination

For the examination, you will study 3 texts & answer one question on each. There are 3 questions to choose from for each text. One of the questions will be passage-based, one an essay & one an empathetic response (except for poetry which has 2 essays and one passage-based question).

You MUST answer AT LEAST one passage-based question

You will bring the exam texts into the examination room but they must NOT contain any annotation, underlining or highlighting

The 3 exam texts:

You will be tested on the following:

Coursework

You must produce 2 pieces each of about 600-800 words

Each must be on a different text, although one may be on a Paper 1 text

The essays do NOT have to be on different genres

If writing on poetry or short stories, you need to refer to at least 2 poems or stories though you do not need to compare them.

One assignment may be used for both English Language & English Literature although the assessment will be different for each folder

What are examiners looking for?

Below are characteristics of work at grades A, C & E