ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
MR L CONNER
CAMBRIDGE FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH (FCE) PEARSON IGCSE IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (IGCSE ESL)
WHAT WILL I LEARN ON THE CAMBRIDGE FCE COURSE? You will continue to be taught the five skills of reading, writing, use of English (grammar), listening, and speaking. EAL provides valuable support to you in your other subjects at school by helping you to improve your confidence and proficiency in the language so that you are able to get the most from your studies at GCSE, especially English, and be in a good position to cope with the linguistic demands of subjects at A Level.
EAL is offered in Years 10 and 11 as the Modern Foreign Language for pupils whose mother tongue is not English and who have not taken French, German or Spanish in their first three years of secondary education. It is taught during those periods on the timetable when the rest of the year group is doing a modern European language. Pupils will take the Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) when they are in Year 10. This certificate has widespread recognition in commerce and industry. It is taken by candidates throughout the world in about 100 countries and corresponds to level B2 of the Common European Framework for Reference of Languages. In Year 11, EAL pupils have the option to sit the Pearson IGCSE English as a Second Language examination if their English is not sufficient to be entered for the English Language GCSE.
WHICH SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE MUST I HAVE BEFORE EMBARKING ON THIS CAMBRIDGE FCE COURSE? You should already have reached an Intermediate
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