Grade Boundaries for AQA GCSE English Language (Explained for Students)

Here’s how to grade boundaries for AQA GCSE English Language yourself. Figuring out how to convert a mark into an actual grade can be very confusing! We’ve broken it down here for you so that it’s clearer and more manageable to see how you’re doing on practise questions and papers. Here are a few things […]

How to Answer Language Paper 2, Question 4: Comparative Essay

How to answer English Language Paper 2 Question 4 Comparative Essay

This question is a tough one! I think it’s probably the hardest on the whole paper. It counts for 16 marks, which is 20% of your overall score for this paper. So, make sure you know how to do it! A lot of my students get a bit intimidated by the idea of having to […]

English Language Paper 2 (AQA GCSE) – How to Approach It

Lots of my students struggle to understand English Language Paper 2, at first it seems less straightforward than Paper 1 as you could be given a whole range of different texts and types of writing: articles, blogs, interviews, letters, diary entries, or speeches. However, the key to understanding this paper is in the title: PAPER […]