English Language

Course summary

Students will learn to analyse transcripts of spoken language and debate language issues, for example: language and power, language and gender, and child language acquisition. They will also develop creative writing skills, and accompanying commentaries. In Year 13 students will also have the opportunity to study Language Change over time and Language in the 21st Century. A-Level students also undertake an independent Language Investigation, exploring a topic of their choice, based on Language and identity. English Language A Level encourages students to develop their interest in and appreciation of English, through learning about its structures and its functions, its developments, and its variations. It allows students to express themselves in speech and writing, producing texts for different audiences, purposes, and in different genres. They will need to write analytically and creatively.