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How important is coursework in English?

Basically i just saw that i got a mixture of High to low As in English controlled assessments. Anyone know how important they are for the overall grade and can I still get the A*s? thanks
Original post by theconfusedman
Basically i just saw that i got a mixture of High to low As in English controlled assessments. Anyone know how important they are for the overall grade and can I still get the A*s? thanks


It really depends on the UMS, which can worked out if you know how many marks you got all together out of 80.

I got 70/80 in my controlled assessments and usually the A* mark is 72/80

So can't really say..

They are really important, equating to 40% of your actual grade

NOTE: I'm presuming your exam board is AQA.
(edited 8 years ago)
English language its worth around 40% English lit its worth about 60% so pretty damn important. Coursework is very important but you eally need to nail exam performance im about to do an exam style mock tomorrow and im bricking it
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Original post by Federerr
It really depends on the UMS, which can worked out if you know how many marks you got all together out of 80.

I got 70/80 in my controlled assessments and usually the A* mark is 72/80

So can't really say..

They are really important, equating to 40% of your actual grade

NOTE: I'm presuming your exam board is AQA.


I do AQA english lit and Im confused why your CA mark is out of 80...
I did my controlled assessment a month or two ago and I got 38/40.
Original post by asox
I do AQA english lit and Im confused why your CA mark is out of 80...
I did my controlled assessment a month or two ago and I got 38/40.


Oh I was talking about language which is out of 80.


Well done on the mark for literature! I got 35/40, but i'm sure I deserve more hoping to get it moderated by another teacher :smile:
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Original post by Federerr
Oh I was talking about language which is out of 80.


Well done on the mark for literature! I got 35/40, but i'm sure I deserve more hoping to get it moderated by another teacher :smile:


Oh thats what confused me as I did english language with CIE and it was out of 50 not 80 - it makes sense now.

Also, do you know what % the CA for lit is worth (AQA) as I'm hoping my 38/40 will pull up my expected lower marks on the papers.
Original post by asox
Oh thats what confused me as I did english language with CIE and it was out of 50 not 80 - it makes sense now.

Also, do you know what % the CA for lit is worth (AQA) as I'm hoping my 38/40 will pull up my expected lower marks on the papers.


Same here! As far as I'm aware it worth 25% i'm not sure tho.
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Original post by Federerr
Same here! As far as I'm aware it worth 25% i'm not sure tho.


Thats really frustrating! I wish it was higher..
What makes up the other 75% because that can't be equally split over the other two papers?
Original post by asox
Thats really frustrating! I wish it was higher..
What makes up the other 75% because that can't be equally split over the other two papers?


Exactly what I'm thinking :s-smilie:
Original post by asox
Thats really frustrating! I wish it was higher..
What makes up the other 75% because that can't be equally split over the other two papers?


Just double checked. It is 25% for LIT coursework.
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Original post by Federerr
Just double checked. It is 25% for LIT coursework.


http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-9715/spec-at-a-glance

yeah i was just looking at it on here^
Original post by Federerr
It really depends on the UMS, which can worked out if you know how many marks you got all together out of 80.

I got 70/80 in my controlled assessments and usually the A* mark is 72/80

So can't really say..

They are really important, equating to 40% of your actual grade

NOTE: I'm presuming your exam board is AQA.


Original post by Steampunk_Turtle
English language its worth around 40% English lit its worth about 60% so pretty damn important. Coursework is very important but you eally need to nail exam performance im about to do an exam style mock tomorrow and im bricking it


Im doing Edexcel, is this what you're talking about?
At GCSE, I had the AQA exam board. Coursework was worth 40% to my knowledge.
Original post by theconfusedman
Im doing Edexcel, is this what you're talking about?


Nope this is for AQA.
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