The course enables students to build on the skills developed at GCSE, by engaging creatively and critically with a wide range of texts as well as introducing students to a wealth of new technical and grammatical understanding. You’ll use exciting and relevant text and data-based sources that enable you to look at how language works in the real world and its impact.
NON-EXAMINED-ASSESSMENT 20% of the A Level is coursework-style assessment which provides opportunities for students to pursue their own areas of interest through a Language investigation and develop personal and independent learning skills. In addition, there is a piece of original writing which encourages students to develop their own sense of style and creativity. In addition, there are 2 external exams, comprising 40% of the total A Level each: PAPER 1 ‘EXPLORING LANGUAGE’ Section A: ’Language Under the Microscope’ - The focus of this section is on the effect of lexical choices and grammatical features in a short written text. Students are asked to micro-analyse a short text with a discreet focus on parts of the language. The terminology required for this question covers parts of the mark scheme across all other questions. Section B: ‘Writing about a topical language issue’ - This section focuses on an issue or concept related to language in use. Engaging with a variety of texts and contexts in Section A will help to prepare learners to emulate these styles in this section. This section assesses students on their creative writing, as well as an understanding of concepts across Language study. Section C: ‘Comparing and contrasting texts’- Building on Section A, learners will also be expected to show knowledge and understanding of how language levels can be applied to a range of contexts for language use, including geographical, social, and individual varieties of English; aspects of language and identity. PAPER 2 ‘DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION’ Section A: ‘Child Language Acquisition’ - The focus of this section is on children’s acquisition of spoken language. Students are expected to write a discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written, or multimodal language. Section B: ‘Language in the Media’- This section is synoptic and will require learners to draw together their understanding of these different language concepts and issues, alongside the contextual aspects of a media text, in order to effectively analyze and evaluate language use in media texts. Section C: ‘Language Change’ - The focus of this section is on the analysis of historical varieties of English. The analysis will be based on drawing connections and comparisons between two texts from different times. Students will study the ways that the English language has developed and changed over time, including methodologies for the study of language change.
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | West Berkshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Love Lane, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2DU |
The course enables students to build on the skills developed at GCSE, by engaging creatively and critically with a wide range of texts as well as introducing students to a wealth of new technical and grammatical understanding. You’ll use exciting and relevant text and data-based sources that enable you to look at how language works in the real world and its impact.
NON-EXAMINED-ASSESSMENT 20% of the A Level is coursework-style assessment which provides opportunities for students to pursue their own areas of interest through a Language investigation and develop personal and independent learning skills. In addition, there is a piece of original writing which encourages students to develop their own sense of style and creativity. In addition, there are 2 external exams, comprising 40% of the total A Level each: PAPER 1 ‘EXPLORING LANGUAGE’ Section A: ’Language Under the Microscope’ - The focus of this section is on the effect of lexical choices and grammatical features in a short written text. Students are asked to micro-analyse a short text with a discreet focus on parts of the language. The terminology required for this question covers parts of the mark scheme across all other questions. Section B: ‘Writing about a topical language issue’ - This section focuses on an issue or concept related to language in use. Engaging with a variety of texts and contexts in Section A will help to prepare learners to emulate these styles in this section. This section assesses students on their creative writing, as well as an understanding of concepts across Language study. Section C: ‘Comparing and contrasting texts’- Building on Section A, learners will also be expected to show knowledge and understanding of how language levels can be applied to a range of contexts for language use, including geographical, social, and individual varieties of English; aspects of language and identity. PAPER 2 ‘DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION’ Section A: ‘Child Language Acquisition’ - The focus of this section is on children’s acquisition of spoken language. Students are expected to write a discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written, or multimodal language. Section B: ‘Language in the Media’- This section is synoptic and will require learners to draw together their understanding of these different language concepts and issues, alongside the contextual aspects of a media text, in order to effectively analyze and evaluate language use in media texts. Section C: ‘Language Change’ - The focus of this section is on the analysis of historical varieties of English. The analysis will be based on drawing connections and comparisons between two texts from different times. Students will study the ways that the English language has developed and changed over time, including methodologies for the study of language change.