English Language

Assessment

Language consists of two examined units and two pieces of coursework (or non-examined assessments). The written exams are each 2 hours and 30 minutes: the first requires students to analyse a range of texts and write an extended discussion of how children’s language develops; the second asks them to analyse a range of texts representing English from around the world and across the last 400 years and to complete a directed writing task. In the non-examined assessment, students have the opportunity to investigate an aspect of language study of their own choice and produce a piece of creative writing with a commentary.