English Language

Course summary

You will: • Gain an understanding of child language acquisition and the dynamics of speech in its social context • Learn how to plan and produce an extended study exploring audience and purpose, taking into account cultural contexts • Gain a deeper understanding of variations of language by exploring dialect, culture, power, and identity • Learn to compare and analyze Media texts and create your writing • Learn to employ linguistic frameworks and terminology in analyzing varieties of English Students with A-level English Language have a wide range of possible career and higher education opportunities. Skills learned include writing for a variety of purposes, responding to texts, expressing informed and independent opinions, and identifying links between different parts of the subject. These skills are in demand from employers, universities, and colleges as well as being valuable in their own right. English Language can be studied as a single subject in higher education, or combined with a wide variety of other subjects. Many students will also use their qualifications to go straight into employment rather than higher education. A very wide range of occupations is open to students with an A level in the English Language and can include the opportunity to receive further training in areas such as journalism, the media, or the law.