Exam Skills

Revise with the Bitesize English Language Exam Skills series which helps GCSE students develop the key skills needed to succeed in their English Language exams.

Presented by writer and historian Jean Menzies and journalist Carl Anka, each episode offers practical guidance on how to approach different question types and write confident, well-structured responses under exam conditions. Across the series, listeners learn how to decode exam questions, understand command words, analyse writers' language choices, explore text structure and write creatively and persuasively. Step-by-step methods, clear examples and high-impact sentence starters give students tools to express ideas precisely and avoid common pitfalls.

This series was made in collaboration with the National Theatre. Actor Nina Cassell, who works with the National Theatre, contributes a performance-based perspective on interpreting language and intention. Whether revising at home or preparing for the exam hall, this series provides straightforward, repeatable strategies to improve performance and boost exam confidence. Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR.

Presenters: Jean Menzies and Carl Anka Producer and Sound Design: Marc Rigg Executive Producer: Becky Green.

This series is an Audio Always production.