English Language

Course summary

English Language is a popular, diverse and interesting course and it doesn’t really bear any relation to GCSE at all. English Language seeks to explore many questions: is it possible to think without language? Does our gender influence our language choices? Do the limits of our language dictate the limits of our world? In many ways this is a linguistics course and adopts a scientific approach to studying language – so, if you are technically-minded, taking a modern or ancient language or interested in Biology, Psychology or the social sciences then English Language is an excellent complement to those A Levels.