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Higher English
The Higher English Course provides learners with the opportunity to develop listening, talking, reading and writing skills that will enable them to understand and use language. Building on literacy skills, Learners will develop their understanding of the complexities of language by studying a wide range of texts and building on their literacy skills. The course also develops high levels of analytical thinking and understanding of the impact of language.
The examples here can be viewed in web-page format where questions, marking instructions, responses and commentaries are grouped together: see Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation - Scottish Text - Critical Essay - Portfolio. Alternatively, all content is available to view or download from the PDF files page.
Performance-spoken language
February 2025
The 2017 candidate evidence (videos) with commentaries and checklists for spoken language (Login details required) have been moved to the SQA Secure site, you can access these through your SQA Coordinator. This material is for teachers, lecturers, and assessors only and must be kept securely.
