English Language

Course summary

Students taking English Language A-level will find the subject quite different – and invariably more engaging – to English Language GCSE. More akin to Sociolinguistics, students will learn how to analyse and interpret language, using advanced linguistic terminology. Students will interrogate how language operates in the real world, exploring issues such as how different genders use language, attitudes towards accent and dialect, how children acquire language and how technology has changed and affected language use. Students also have the opportunity to develop their own original writing skills, writing about language issues for different audiences and purposes. In their coursework or NEA, students will work independently on a language investigation of their own choice to research aspects of language in use, with support from their teacher.