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There was also a "small switch" of students to IGCSEs (international GCSEs), which retained the speaking and listening element of exams, he said.
There was also a "small switch" of students to IGCSEs, a GCSE alternative, which retained the speaking and listening element of exams, he said.
"The key drivers are that stronger students took the exam in the winter season, which was the last opportunity for schools and colleges to sit English with the speaking and listening element.
Andrew Hall, head of the exam board AQA, said: "Stronger students took the exam in the winter season, which was the last opportunity for schools and colleges to sit English with the speaking and listening element.
The pass rate for students sitting GCSE English has fallen for the first time in 20 years, after the removal of the "speaking and listening" element of the exam.
In addition, because of changes to GCSE English – in particular the scrapping of the speaking and listening element of the syllabus – a proportion of middle-ability students were put in for the alternative iGCSE.
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The year 10 group eventually used the soap to support the speaking and listening elements of their GCSE English coursework.
The maths, reading, spelling, vocabulary and punctuation tests should continue to be externally assessed, while the speaking and listening elements should still be marked internally, Bew said.
If you feel out of your element listening to a hip-hop song about flying around the world and cleaning out minibars, you can still enjoy the shape of Azalea's song by listening to "Handy".
It was a steamy, still night in Alley Pond Park, in Queens, and Mr. Feller, New York City's chief naturalist, was in his element, listening to the comb-scratching song of the katydids and looking for anything that slithered or fluttered or scurried.
Aging may affect the ability to process large amounts of information, a difficulty that may require additional strategies when applying concurrent tasks, such as listening and manipulating elements [ 47].
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