National Curriculum Key Stage 4 (Bk.4) (Oxford English programme)

by etc. (Author), Celeste Flower (Author), Paul Roberts (Author), John O'Connor (Author), Celeste Flower (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $3.25

  Designed as part of a programme which takes students through the levels of attainment appropriate for GCSE within Key Stage 4 of the National Curriculum, this student's text contains three modules that cover speaking, listening, reading and writing, along with features and activities. The book uses a range of non-literary forms to introduce the skills and processes of productive language. Module 1 features material on the development of English, 18th century debate, an accent and dialect section including Creole and regional dialects, idioms, and spoken versus written English. Module 2 concentrates on developing students' skills in writing for a range of audiences and purposes. The final module examines different forms of non-literary writing, such as newspapers and advertising.

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.76

  Designed as part of a programme which takes students through the levels of attainment appropriate for GCSE within Key Stage 4 of the National Curriculum, this student's text contains three modules that cover speaking, listening, reading and writing, along with features and activities. The book investigates a wide range of forms within the genres of narrative, poetry and drama. Module 1 provides material on autobiographical writing, journals, diaries, letters, travel writing, myths, legends and folk tales, short stories, picture stories and novels. Module 2 covers ballads, lyric verse, dramatic monologues, syllabic verse, free verse, sonnets and limericks. The final module contains information on radio plays, screenplays, TV scripts, improvisation and directing.