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SirrMichaelrBarberr(Chair) ProfessorrLeerSingrKong
ChiefrEducationrAdvisor,rPearsonrplc Director,rNationalrInstituterofr
Education,rSingapore
BahramrBekhradnia ProfessorrJonathanrOsborne
President,rHigherrEducationrPolicyrInstitute StanfordrUniversity
DamerSallyrCoates ProfessorrDrrUrsularRenold
Principal,rBurlingtonrDanesrAcademy FederalrInstituterofrTechnology,r
Switzerland
ProfessorrRobinrConingham ProfessorrBobrSchwartz
Pro-VicerChancellor,rUniversityrofrDurham HarvardrGraduaterSchoolrofrEducation
DrrPeterrHill
FormerrChiefrExecutiverACARArA
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Literature
r r r
r Specification
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in English Literature (9ET0)
r r r r r r r r r
First teaching from September 2015
r r r r
First certification from 2017
r r r Issue 7
r
,AboutrPearson
Werarertherworld’srleadingrlearningrcompanyroperatingrinrcountriesrallraroundrtherworl
d.rWerprovidercontent,rassessmentrandrdigitalrservicesrtorlearners,reducationalrinstitut
ions,remployers,rgovernmentsrandrotherrpartnersrglobally.rWerarercommittedrtorhelpi
ngrequiprlearnersrwithrtherskillsrtheyrneedrtorenhancertheirremployabilityrprospectsran
drtorsucceedrinrtherchangingrworldrofrwork.rWerbelieverthatrwhereverrlearningrflourish
esrsordorpeople.
Referencesrtorthirdrpartyrmaterialsrmaderinrthisrspecificationrarermaderinrgoodrfaith.rP
earsonrdoesrnotrendorse,rapproverorracceptrresponsibilityrforrthercontentrofrmaterials,
rwhichrmayrbersubjectrtorchange,rorranyropinionsrexpressedrtherein.r(Materialsrmayrin
cludertextbooks,rjournals,rmagazinesrandrotherrpublicationsrandrwebsites.)
Allrinformationrinrthisrspecificationrisrcorrectratrtimerofrpublication.
Originalrorigamirartwork:rMarkrBolitho
Origamirphotography:rPearsonrEducationrLtd/NakirKouyioumtzis
ISBNr978r1r446r94481r3
Allrthermaterialrinrthisrpublicationrisrcopyright
©rPearsonrEducationrLimitedr2022
,Summary of Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE inEn
r r r r r r r r r
glish Literature specification Issue 7 changes
r r r r r
Summaryrofrchangesrmaderbetweenrpreviousrissuerandrthisrcurrentris Pagern
sue umber
Componentr1rDrama:rOtherrDrama
Werwillrberremovingrtherfollowingrpost-1900rtexts:
● TherHomerPlace,rBrianrFriel
● TherPitmanrPainters,rLeerHall
TherlastrassessmentropportunityrforrthesertextsrwillrberSummerr2023.rTh
esertwornewrpost-1900rtextsrhaverbeenradded:
6,r12
● LesrBlancs,rLorrainerHansberry andr54
● Sweat,rLynnrNottage
ThesernewrtextsrwillrberforrfirstrteachingrfromrSeptemberr2022randrfirstrassess
mentrinrSummerr2024.
Werhaverremovedrthertragedy/comedyrlabelsrforrotherrdramartextsr(thes
erstillrremainrinrplacerforrtherShakespearertexts).
Learningroutcomesr–
rtherfollowingrhasrbeenrremovedrfromrthisrsectionrasrconnectionsrarernotrreq
uired:
11
showrknowledgerandrunderstandingrofrarrangerofrliteraryrtextsrandrmakerco
nnectionsrandrexplorertherrelationshipsrbetweenrtexts
Componentr2rProse
Werwillrberremovingrtherfollowingrpost-1900rtexts:
● ArPassagertorIndia,rErMrForsterr(ColonisationrandritsrAftermath)
● TherMurderrRooms,rPrDrJamesr(CrimerandrDetection)
TherlastrassessmentropportunityrforrthesertextsrwillrberSummerr2023.rTh 7,r15
andr54
esertwornewrpost-1900rtextsrhaverbeenradded:
● HomerFire,rKamilarShamsier(ColonisationrandritsrAftermath)
● TherCuttingrSeason,rAtticarLocker(CrimerandrDetection)
ThesernewrtextsrwillrberforrfirstrteachingrfromrSeptemberr2022randrfirstrassess
mentrinrSummerr2024.
Malpractice
Theremailraddressrgivenrunderrthercandidatermalpracticersectionrhasrbeenrup 38
datedrandrtherpostalraddressrunderrtherstaff/centrermalpracticersectionrhasrb
eenrremoved.
Ifryourneedrfurtherrinformationronrtheserchangesrorrwhatrtheyrmean,rcontactrusrviarourr
websiterat:rqualifications.pearson.com/en/support/contact-us.html.
, FromrPearson’srExpertrPanelrforrWorldrClassrQualifications
Mayr2014
“theTheeducation
r
r
reform of the qualifications system in England is a profoundly important change to
r r r r r r r r
system. Teachers need to know that the new qualifications
r r r r r r r
r r
r r
r r r r
willrassistrthemrinrhelpingrtheirrlearnersrmakerprogressrinrtheirrlives.
WhenrtheserchangesrwererfirstrproposedrwerwererapproachedrbyrPearsonrtorjoinranr‘Exp
ertrPanel’rthatrwouldradviserthemronrtherdevelopmentrofrthernewrqualifications.
Werwererchosen,reitherrbecauserofrourrexpertiserinrtherUKreducationrsystem,rorrbeca
userofrourrexperiencerinrreformingrqualificationsrinrotherrsystemsraroundrtherworldra
srdiverserasrSingapore,rHongrKong,rAustraliarandrarnumberrofrcountriesracrossrEuro
pe.
WerhaverguidedrPearsonrthroughrwhatrwerjudgertorberarrigorousrqualificationrde
velopmentrprocessrthatrhasrincluded:
● extensiverinternationalrcomparabilityrofrsubjectrcontentragainstrtherhighest-
rperformingrjurisdictionsrinrtherworld
● benchmarkingrassessmentsragainstrUKrandroverseasrprovidersrtorensurerthatrtheyrar
eratrtherrightrlevelrofrdemand
● establishingrExternalrSubjectrAdvisoryrGroups,rdrawingronrindependentrsubject-
rspecificrexpertisertorchallengerandrvalidaterourrqualifications
● subjectingrtherfinalrqualificationsrtorscrutinyragainstrtherDfErcontentrandrOfqualrac
creditationrcriteriarinradvancerofrsubmission.
Importantly,rwerhaverworkedrtorensurerthatrthercontentrandrlearningrisrfutureroriented.
rTherdesignrhasrbeenrguidedrbyrwhatrisrcalledranr‘EfficacyrFramework’,rmeaningrlearner
routcomesrhaverbeenratrtherheartrofrthisrdevelopmentrthroughout.
Werunderstandrthatrultimatelyritrisrexcellentrteachingrthatrisrtherkeyrfactorrtorarlearn
er’srsuccessrinreducation.rAsrarresultrofrourrworkrasrarpanelrwerarerconfidentrthatrwerh
aversupportedrtherdevelopmentrofrqualificationsrthatrareroutstandingrforrtheirrcohere
nce,rthoroughnessrandrattentionrtordetailrandrcanrberregardedrasrrepresentingrworld
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”
SirrMichaelrBarberr(Chair) ProfessorrLeerSingrKong
ChiefrEducationrAdvisor,rPearsonrplc Director,rNationalrInstituterofr
Education,rSingapore
BahramrBekhradnia ProfessorrJonathanrOsborne
President,rHigherrEducationrPolicyrInstitute StanfordrUniversity
DamerSallyrCoates ProfessorrDrrUrsularRenold
Principal,rBurlingtonrDanesrAcademy FederalrInstituterofrTechnology,r
Switzerland
ProfessorrRobinrConingham ProfessorrBobrSchwartz
Pro-VicerChancellor,rUniversityrofrDurham HarvardrGraduaterSchoolrofrEducation
DrrPeterrHill
FormerrChiefrExecutiverACARArA
llrtitlesrcorrectrasratrMayr2014
