EDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9–1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE A

1 EDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AStudent BookRoger Addison, Samantha Brunner, David Foster, Peter Inson, Robert O Brien, Pam Taylor, Manjari TennakoonEDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AStudent Book Roger Addison, Samantha Brunner, David Foster, Peter Inson, Robert O Brien, Pam Taylor, Manjari INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE A STUDENT BOOKP earson EDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE A prepares students for the new 2016 INTERNATIONAL GCSE (9 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE A specification.

2 This book provides comprehensive coverage of the specification and is designed to supply students with the best preparation possible for the examination: Written by a team of highly experienced INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH teachersand authors Chapters are mapped closely to the specification to provide comprehensivecoverage and are enhanced by targeted reading and writing skill sections Learning is embedded with differentiated exercises and exam practicethroughout, including summary sections to review learning Signposted transferable skills Maps to the Pearson Progression Scale Reviewed by a LANGUAGE specialist to ensure the book is written in a clear andaccessible style for students whose first LANGUAGE may not be ENGLISH Glossary of key ENGLISH LANGUAGE terminology eBook included Teacher support materials available onlineFor EDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE specification A (4EA1) for first teaching 124/10/2016 13:31 CONFIDENTIAL.

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7 Pearson Education Limited 2016 Edited by Lauren Bickley, Fleur Frederick and Andrew LoweTypeset by Phoenix Photosetting, Chatham, KentOriginal illustrations Pearson Education Limited 2016 Cover design by Pearson Education LimitedThe rights of Roger Addison, Samantha Brunner, David Foster, Peter Inson, Robert O Brien, Pam Taylor and Manjari Tennakoon to be identified as authors of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act published 201619 18 17 1610 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryISBN 978 0 435 18256 4 Copyright noticeAll rights reserved.

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