Edexcel igcse English Language B

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I'm Doing it x_x
Many people on my side of the world are doing it. Teachers say English B is Easier than English A, and that the reason we are doing it is because the certificate for doing any one of them is the same and that they each carry the same academic credit xD

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Original post by Jithvan

I'm Doing it x_x
Many people on my side of the world are doing it. Teachers say English B is Easier than English A, and that the reason we are doing it is because the certificate for doing any one of them is the same and that they each carry the same academic credit xD

I didn't know that and I'm doing this exam for the second time! I really don't know what the exam is going to be like no matter how many past papers I do. I checked the grade boundaries as well the other day and they are quite reasonable but still a little high.

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Original post by holly1798

I didn't know that and I'm doing this exam for the second time! I really don't know what the exam is going to be like no matter how many past papers I do. I checked the grade boundaries as well the other day and they are quite reasonable but still a little high.

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Study the Mark Schemes, and adapt your answers based on the audience.
The best thing to do right now is read the mark-schemes and create a plan containing the structure of your answer for each question.

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Original post by Jithvan

Study the Mark Schemes, and adapt your answers based on the audience.
The best thing to do right now is read the mark-schemes and create a plan containing the structure of your answer for each question.

when you say mark schemes do you mean old ones from a few years ago? they are just available on the website right?

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Original post by holly1798

when you say mark schemes do you mean old ones from a few years ago? they are just available on the website right?

yep

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does nayone know what came up in section b in January 2015, was it a speech?????

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Original post by popeye123

does nayone know what came up in section b in January 2015, was it a speech?????

I haven't got a clue! The only bits I've seen is the ones that are on the website,I'm having to teach myself most of it because I am re sitting a lot of year 11 exams as an external candidate

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Has anyone been given predictions for any of the questions yet?

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10 days till the exam and I'm so not ready for it still

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We can never be ready xD

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Does anyone have any tips for the second B part of the exam?

I have the section A covered to a T at this point but I'm so worried about section B wit it carrying so many marks and I need to try and get a B in the exam for my course I want to do and such else.

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Original post by holly1798

Does anyone have any tips for the second B part of the exam?

I have the section A covered to a T at this point but I'm so worried about section B wit it carrying so many marks and I need to try and get a B in the exam for my course I want to do and such else.

just remember to get as many relevant points for section b to cover the three bullet points - plan it. Then adapt appropriate tone depending on the audience and purpose.
section c - be v careful about grammar /sentence construction and spelling.

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Original post by popeye123

just remember to get as many relevant points for section b to cover the three bullet points - plan it. Then adapt appropriate tone depending on the audience and purpose.
section c - be v careful about grammar /sentence construction and spelling.

I know that spelling is the thing that is going to let me down in section C :frown:

I've been putting revising and doing section C style question these past months so I should probably be stressing over that more than section B.

Which option would you say would be better for C? They seem to always do like a writing prompt one (give you the tittle and then you write), going over the texts and then a third option.

I'm trying to aim for around the 66 or so marks judging by old mark schemes and such. :smile:

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helloitsmee

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OMG guys finally found some people doing this!

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Original post by holly1798

10 days till the exam and I'm so not ready for it still

How are you revising? :smile:

So glad to finally find people I can discuss the exam with!

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