This textbook offers complete support for both the examined and Controlled Assessment units.

GCSE English Language and English for CCEA Second Edition Student's Book offers a wealth of source material and opportunities to practice helping students gain confidence and improve their language skills. It has been written by a team of experienced teachers and senior examiners who have been involved in the development of CCEA's latest GCSE specifications for English Language and English.

- Matches the latest CCEA GCSE English Language specification, improving skills for each examined and controlled Assessment unit
- Offers step-by-step guidance on unpacking specimen questions and tasks, and includes practice papers
- Includes tasks to help students produce their best work in controlled conditions
- Provides clear direction for students to develop their reading and writing skills
This title is accompanied by Teacher's resource written by senior examiner involved in the development of the new specification.

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Hodder Education .

* Aidan Lennon, Board Officer with SELB, Assistant Chief Examiner for GCSE English for CCEA Pauline Wylie is a Senior Examiner and Head of English at Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College * John Andrews, Chair of Examiners for GCSE English for CCEA Jenny Lendrum is an Examiner and teacher of English at Grosvenor Grammar School

This book has the following chapters: Introduction * Welcome to GCSE English Language and English for CCEA * English Language: At a glance * English: At a glance Unit 1 English Language and English Section A: Personal Writing * 1 Planning * 2 Using an Appropriate Form of Writing * 3 Structuring your Writing * 4 Editing Tips * 5 Personal Writing: Exam Success Unit 1 English Language and English Section B: Reading Multi-Modal Texts * 1 Multi-Modal Texts * 2 Key Terms in Analysing Media and Non-Fiction Texts * 3 Presentational Devices in Multi-Modal Texts * 4 Language Devices in Multi-Modal Texts * 5 Persuasive Language Techniques * 6 Analysing a Multi-Modal Text * 7 Analysing a Pair of Multi-Modal Texts * 8 Reading Multi-Modal Texts: Exam Success Unit 2 English Language and English Section A: Functional Writing * 1 Writing Effectively * 2 Using Appropriate Forms and Techniques * 3 Expressing Ideas and Information * 4 Selecting Vocabulary * 5 Accurate Functional Writing * 6 Functional Writing: Exam Success Unit 2 English Language and English Section B: Reading Non-Fiction * 1 Non-Fiction Texts * 2 Tackling An Unseen Non-Fiction Text * 3 Style, Language and Structure * 4 Reading Non-Fiction: Exam Success Unit 3 English Language and English Speaking and Listening * 1 'I Can Speak and I Can Listen. ' * 2 Individual Presentation * 3 Group Discussion * 4 Role Play * 5 Speaking and Listening: Controlled Assessment Success Unit 4 English Language Task 1: The Study of Spoken Language * 1 The Skills of Spoken Language * 2 Techniques Used in Spoken Language * 3 The Characteristics of Spoken Language * 4 Standard English * 5 Rhetoric * 6 Types of Spoken Language * 7 Spoken Language: Controlled Assessment Success Unit 4 English Language and English Task 2: The Study of Written Language/Literature Tasks 1-3: The Study of Literature (English) * 1 Controlled Assessment in Unit 4 * 2 Drama * 3 Prose * 4 Poetry * 5 Writing Responses to Literary Texts * 6 Study of Written Language: Controlled Assessment Success Unit 4 English Language and English Task 3: Writing Creatively (English Language) Tasks 4-5: Writing creatively (English) * 1 What is the 'Writing Creatively' task? * 2 Beginnings and Endings * 3 Creating Narrative * 4 Creating Characters * 5 Creating Setting * 6 Creating Dialogue * 7 Creating Empathy * 8 Selecting an Appropriate Form * 9 Writing Creatively: Controlled Assessment Success Exam Practice * Exam papers * Mark schemes