The coursework component allows you the freedom and scope to improve your writing skills over a period of time (rather than in timed exam conditions), choose topics of personal interest to you, and to edit, revise and correct your work independently so that you are able to submit something of the highest possible quality.
You will complete three written assignments and your portfolio as a whole is worth 80 marks. Each assignment should be about 500-800 words in length, and consist of:
- Assignment 1: Writing to discuss, argue or persuade in response to a text or texts
- Assignment 2: Writing to describe
- Assignment 3: Writing to narrate
The marks are broken down as follows:
- Total marks for writing = 65
- Total marks for reading = 15 (Assignment 1 only)
Your work can be handwritten or word-processed, and your portfolio must include the first draft of one of the three assignments submitted. The portfolio must also include the text(s) used for Assignment 1.