The following are the changes affected to the SEC 2022 Language syllabus:

• a reduction in the types of writing tasks that may feature in Paper 2A and 2B. Writing tasks may include:
  • email
  • report
  • short story
  • article
  • film/book review
• The speaking component will be assessed in the SEC 2022 examination.
• The SEC 2022 Language syllabus can be accessed here.

The following are the changes affected to the SEC 2022 Literature syllabus:

• Six of the twelve set poems have been identified as core and the first two of three questions will focus only on these. Candidates may prepare only these six poems.
• The six core poems are:
  1. My Parents Kept me from Children who were Rough
  2. Sea Fever
  3. The Discovery
  4. The Lesson
  5. We are going to see the rabbit
  6. Wind
• Changes in Paper 2 include the following:
  • no questions will be set on form and style in the Drama and Prose sections.
  • two of the three questions set for the Poetry section will focus on the six poems identified as core for the 2022 examination only.
  • the third question of the set will be thematic with a possibility for candidates to focus on poems other than the ones identified as core.
• The SEC 2022 Literature syllabus can be accessed here.