Book excerpt: Exam Board: WJEC Level: GCSE Subject: English First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2017 Endorsed by WJEC Ensure that every student develops the reading, writing and oracy skills they need to fulfil their potential with this confidence-boosting, skills-focused Student's Book that contains a rich bank of stimulus texts and progressive activities designed specifically for the new WJEC specification in Wales. - Guides you and your students through the 2015 English language requirements, mapping the core content thematically to support teaching and learning - Enables students of all ability levels to build and boost their English language skills by working through a variety of developmental activities supported by extension tasks to stretch high achievers - Includes a range of engaging literary and non-fiction texts that aid comprehension, encourage synthesis and comparison, and provide effective models for students' own writing for different purposes and genres - Prepares students for examination by providing numerous opportunities to practise the new question types and sample student answers that show clearly how they could be improved - Offers trusted, skills-focused advice from an author team with extensive teaching and examining experience