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[@yusr0111]

Did AQA for the first time ever (I am an immigrant, fluent in English but not as a subject) after having been 'taught' it for around 4 months. Never once have I understood how that exam worked, and I hated it with passion; got a 3. Then I look at 2.0 for my resit (new school) in November and I knew I liked it better on first sight. Less than a month of studying, and with your AQA help and my new teachers, I scored an 8. I have you to thank for that, because you taught English more than anything.

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

What an awesome success and comment

[@ianyoung101]

I’ve been teaching 2.0 for two years and it’s definitely the future.

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Glad to hear I am coming to a good party

[@porcupine460]

Totally agree - I’m in Y11 now and doing AQA for English, French and sciences and almost all the questions are terribly worded with nonsensical mark schemes that require you to be so specific in how you set out a question without telling you how to set it out in the question - therefore it doesn’t really matter how much subject knowledge you actually have. I do Edexcel for Maths and History and find it so much more relaxing and enjoyable

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Good luck

[@aysebegummm]

I watched your videos to prepare for the November resits and I went from grade 5 to 7 in Eng Lang. thank you so much 👏

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Awesome!

[@shirleanna6492]

Congratulations, Mr S! Look forward to the many 2.0 videos to come! 🎉😉

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

A few! Not many viewers will watch them

[@shirleanna6492]

@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Yes, they will! As far as I know, there isn't a KZbinr who is covering the 2.0. Huge gap in the market to fill!!! Very few resources, too. Just those from Edexcel. More schools and colleges are turning to the 2.0. Come on, Mr S! Opportunity knocks! 😃👍😊✨️

[@yeety1208]

I did the CCEA specification in summer as I live in Northern Ireland. They still use the old letter grading system. Your videos still helped me get halfway between an A and A* in English Language and 1 mark off an A* in English Lit!

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Sounds as though standards in Northern Ireland are very high!

[@CL4SSiCS]

​@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Yeah, the standards are quite high, I'm aiming for at least an A in my English in May.

[@chazthelad1407]

I remember I hated a lot of the specifics mentioned here about AQA during my GCSES, to the point where for my year ten speech I made a half hour long piece on why I hated the AQA English Language GCSE haha. What you've shown here does seem to be a great improvement. Also as someone who was constantly told to make a plan for the big questions but never did, hearing you affirm my thoughts that it was a bad idea was very vindicating lol.

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Glad you are vindicated!

[@nevin6318]

i went from a 4 to my 8 on my actual 2.0 exam. This exam is acc soo good and ngl i waffled half of it

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Well done!

[@aidanprentice1807]

Congrats on 159/160!

[@MontagelifeTM]

I sat my gcses two years ago and i’m still watching your videos 😂😂

[@Marsha-sm4mq]

My son got a grade 7 in EdExcel igcse eng language B He watched all your videos and followed your techniques! It’s paid off. Thank you!

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Brilliant

[@hamzasherasmat6593]

But the teachers will still prefer AQA due to it being hard - I hope future students are lucky and get Edexcel paper because AQA is hell.

[@hamzasherasmat6593]

@@samreid2041 Maybe

[@newportdragon19mufc]

Im in my 30s and decided to do my GCSEs this year. My friend, an English tutor told me to do AQA because it was "easier". I unfortunately didn't have time to research the different boards as the time for me to purchase courses was running out. I live abroad and didn't know Wales actually used Edexcel. Oh well. We'll see how this goes.

[@JohnJohnson-zt3bv]

@@newportdragon19mufc Wales DOES NOT use edexcel. Wales uses a branch of eduqas called WJEC

[@newportdragon19mufc]

@@JohnJohnson-zt3bv My apologies! I got them mixed up. My mistake

[@hamzasherasmat6593]

@Alex-id8ed It is so random, I got a 3 in June mock in Y10, and this november I got a 6, despite being more confused in november.

[@dobby101]

Well done! Edexcel should pay you; what a persuasive vlog. 😊

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Maybe one day!

[@Saddafa-p1q]

Sir i hope so you make edexcel videos now . ​@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish

[@stevenanderson5811]

What a legend this man was for me in school

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Thanks for watching!

[@stevenanderson5811]

As always boss man

[@abilol8861]

You helped me get a grade 6 in English lit, thanks Mr Salles!

[@SimpleDevotion.]

I sat my english language and lit in 2023 summer and did AQA. I got a 6 and 8 respectively and can say from what I remember I did not enjoy AQA english but that could be because I never really enjoyed english much anyway

[@tramcrazy]

This does seem like a really cool exam; I unfortunately still have to do AQA though! 😂

[@helloiamsamuel]

I sat 2.0 when it was first sat in summer 2022, my school had switched to it whilst I was in year ten. My teachers had zero clue on how to actually answer the questions, top-level students under previous exam boards were struggling to scrape a pass! Furthermore, at this time there were no revision resources avaliable, as Edexcel's revision guide was yet to be finished. Therefore, us students were left to guess how to actually answer the questions, as neither the exam board nor our teachers were any help. I got a 7 in my English Language GCSE, and I am glad I never have to do it again.

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

I’m sorry to hear that!

[@Celeste_51]

Thank you , you helped me so much with my English GCSE and now I’m doing my A level English literature this year!

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Best of luck!

[@adamdevlin9342]

Is it possible that you could start make edexcel 2.0 videos so i could start using them and the book at the same time rather than just the book?

[@coldcactus35]

Thanks for helping me get my grade 8 last summer!

[@jackjones549]

I sat my English gcse last year and my school did Edexcel 2.0 and it was a nightmare to find resource however I really enjoyed doing these exams for some reason 😅

[@SirGoole-dz6kw]

this is genuinely impressive, I hope more schools take on this exam

[@sammywd8449]

Congratulations! I truly hope you will make more Edexcel videos.

[@studywave-h4z]

I do edexcel as well ! Will you be doing more edexcel videos?

[@hamzasherasmat6593]

Are you doing normal or 2.0? If you are doing 2.0 you are lucky and goodluck!

[@studywave-h4z]

@@hamzasherasmat6593 I’m doing normal! But they’re both very similar, I think there just a difference in some of the the questions wording

[@hamzasherasmat6593]

@@studywave-h4z You're lucky, extremely lucky, AQA makes up stories and doesn't give us prompts. Fortunately, I do History Edexcel which has the same features like your english paper.

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Yes

[@JasonWong-m3c]

Thank you!@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish

[@AuroraButterflyx]

I failed my English gcse aqa in the summer of 2018 with a 3 with 10 marks off a 4, I always found the question pretty confusing and remember I never did them properly (been years now so can’t remember what would’ve been a good answer, but yeah never liked the structure question). When I retook it at college in November of 2018 I discovered pretty quickly that they did edxcel, so I had to learn whole new exam board and so, in a matter of a few months I got an extremely high 4 (pretty sure if I remembered I would’ve just gotten a 5 if I did the paper in the summer). I found edxcel questions were easier to understand and I love how they gave you two options for section B on second paper on the creative writing bit (still remember doing absolutely horrible on aqa one as I hated the topic on sports and still find it interesting it’s been 5 years and still remember the horrors 😂😂). Can’t really remember everything as it been 5 years, but I so much prefer edxcel layout and I probably would’ve gotten a 5 or 6 if I had bit more time. Still I don’t regret it and was able to go to university so worked out well in the end.

[@Marsha-sm4mq]

Congratulations!

[@connormccabe6038]

aqa is fine - put the effort in and you will get the reward

[@m2.hx1]

Do you have any edexcel English language question books I could follow?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

No

[@20faiza]

Please can you make more videos about edexcel eng lang 2.0. I meant how to score high in writing and reading I am an adult student and there isn't much help on the Internet. Thanks

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Yes, I am planning that.

[@Relay692]

do you think Edexcel IGCSE english lang b is similar to AQA or edexcel 2.0?

[@NataliaWoodward]

Are there 2 papers for edexcel that students would need to take to gain the qualification, 2.0 and another paper?

[@my21stcenturygirl]

If I subscribe to your Substack course, would you mark Pearson 2.0 essay questions for my son?

[@davidc4408]

Maths students laughing . We only accept 100%.

[@hamaad9247]

This is the problem with gcse English, it’s the only subject where even an English qualified teacher can never always get full marks compared to other subjects like maths and science where they always get full marks

[@davidc4408]

@@hamaad9247 even at university I took Electrical engineering degree - basically an applied maths degree , and many exams where I got some 100% on. STEM degree, A level and GCSE are factual. 1+1=2. No BS needed.

[@Lena-bq2ui]

English is harder than maths, as an engineer

[@davidc4408]

@@Lena-bq2ui not even remotely close 😂

[@Lena-bq2ui]

@@davidc4408 you trying to tell an engineer what is more difficult is hilarious lmao

[@MianFamilyTV]

Hi, im also doing 2.0 for my GCSES this year. Is it possible for you to make videos on it for the time until the exam? Im currently at a grade 3 and wanting to be at a 5 or 6. Thanks

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

Yes

[@MianFamilyTV]

@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishHi, when?

[@lt_7933]

What do you think of the eduqas paper? My school switched recently and im not sure what to think of it

[@yasink331]

My school did Edexcel language and AQA literature. Maybe this is why?

[@johng.1703]

you don't need to use the word 'inform' to inform a reader of the thing you are informing them of. you have been informed of your exam results and it doesn't use the word 'inform' at all. oh and you can have something that is both informative and interesting, although that can be in the mind of the reader. a two page essay can be both informative and interesting if the reader is also interested in the subject, no matter how interesting a writer makes an essay about TV soaps, I'm not going to be interested in it, nor am I likely to be informed by it either, because I am just not interested in TV soaps.

[@just_moon--]

Hahaha nice one wish i could get those grades in english if only

[@samuelspeakman2783]

the GOAT himself

[@AlexAshton-x1m]

Legend

[@SurprisedBoaSnake-tk7il]

Me salles i have a question. J have my gcse in 1 year. If i plagirise an essay memorise it and write it out will the examiner check if its plagirised. Or do they just mark

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

I think they will just mark

[@SurprisedBoaSnake-tk7il]

@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish appreciate it sir

[@quillettee]

Don't plagiarise. It can be spotted and could lead you to no marks as it is copied, which is highly likely to lead you to be disqualified.

[@SurprisedBoaSnake-tk7il]

@@quillettee listen mate markers dont have time to check if you plagirise. They mark 400 papers. Anyway i dint plagirise as it is pointless

[@samuelspeakman2783]

what a guy :)

[@jack0bin]

Why is English so hard with dyslexia

[@Ben-jn7lx]

he talks like an english teacher

[@nightcore2846]

probably because he is?

[@studywave-h4z]

There’s edexcel normal and edexcel 2.0, have you tried the normal one?

[@MrSallesTeachesEnglish]

No

[@MohamedAli-ks5qy]

AQA Exam is artificial

[@SK-kd7th]

your not onto aqa