English Language and Literature

Course summary

This course offers opportunities for students to develop their subject expertise by engaging creatively and critically with a wide range of texts and discourses. Students will create texts and reflect critically on their own processes of production while analyzing the texts produced by others. This course explores the study of the English language both as a medium of communication and as a topic in its own right, with an emphasis on the ability to pursue lines of inquiry, debate different views, and work independently to research aspects of language in use. Language is seen as a creative tool for expression and social connection, as well as for individual cognition. Year 12: - Language, the Individual, and Society Textual variations and representations - Language, the Individual, and Society Children’s language and development Year 13: - Independent study Language in Action Language Investigation Original Writing - Language Diversity Change This course can lead to students studying degree courses in the English language, English literature, or a combination of these but also studies in lexicography, media studies, publishing, journalism, marketing, advertising, teaching, and many more!