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| The GCSE course enables boys to develop an understanding and appreciation of the language, literature and civilisation of classical Greece. Greek and Latin are the only language GCSEs which require a literature text to be studied, and it is through this study that a deeper appreciation of the cultural achievement of the ancient Greeks can be developed. There are a variety of papers in the final exam, but our policy is that boys take the language paper (50%), the verse text paper (30%), and the prose literature paper (20%). There is no coursework.
Throughout the two years, the emphasis is on reading and working with the language in a number of different ways, not only to bring the level of competence in language work up to GCSE level but also to ensure that the set text can be approached as a piece of literature rather than merely a linguistic exercise. The aim is to read the literature in the context of Greek society and history, and for this reason plenty of background work on relevant topics is also undertaken. Further details of the OCR syllabus can be found at: www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/classical_Greek/index.html During the course of his GCSE studies, a boy would ordinarily have the opportunity to visit Greece on one of our regular study tours. |
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