English Language

Course summary

English Language will open your eyes to the ways the language choices you make in speaking and writing are subtly adapted according to context. You will explore how gender and power impact language, examining linguistic studies and theories and evaluating their findings. You will consider how language has changed across history and how children learn to speak. You will also get the chance to hone skills of writing according to audience, purpose and text type. The coursework unit will give you to freedom to research in depth a topic which is of particular personal interest.