English Language is a well-established course that enables you to approach the English Language with an analytical and critical eye; to understand the forces shaping the use of your native tongue; and to begin to understand some of the complexities of communication. The Course AQA English Language (7702) Please note: we are always seeking to improve our provision, so this course is currently under review for 2024/25. Other course options might include OCR H470 and Edexcel 9ENO. Compared with IGCSE English Language, you will find A-Level focuses far more on the structures and systems used by English speakers. While literary texts are not ignored, you will be applying a wide range of critical and theoretical approaches to an equally panoramic selection of contemporary spoken and written texts. You will study a range of texts about various subjects, from various writers and speakers, for various audiences, and for various purposes, in a variety of genres, and using a variety of modes (written, spoken and electronic). You will explore how language is shaped according to audience, purpose, genre and mode, and context, and how it used to construct meanings and representations, or to enact relationships between writers, speakers and audiences or between participants within a text. You will learn about methods of language analysis, how identity is constructed; how audiences are addressed and positioned; the functions of the texts, the structure and organization of the texts, and how representations are produced. There will also be focused study on child language acquisition, and a section of the course examining language diversity and change. When studying language acquisition, you will review the functions of children’s language; phonological, pragmatic, lexical, semantic and grammatical development; different genres of speech and writing; different modes of communication (spoken, written, and multimodal) and theories and research about language development. Change and diversity in language will involve the study of texts using different sociolects and dialects (including global, national and regional varieties of English), and texts from different periods, from 1600 to the present day.
Joining the Sixth Form is by interview and on the basis of academic achievement at GCSE. Applicants are invited to interview following a report from their current school indicating their predicted GCSE grades. The likely offer made, following a successful interview, will be conditional on a minimum of 5 A / 7 grades, with A / 7 grades in the subjects to be taken in the Sixth Form.
Examination 1: The ‘Language, the Individual and Society’ paper will assess textual variations and representations and children's language development. Section A will feature two texts (one contemporary and one older text) linked by topic or theme. You will answer three questions—two analysing the texts separately, and a third asking you to compare them. Section B will ask you to produce a discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written or multimodal language. Examination 2: This paper will have two sections: Section A - Diversity and Change, will ask you to choose one question, from a choice of two: an evaluative essay on language diversity, or an evaluative essay on language change. Section B - Language Discourses will proffer two texts about a topic linked to the study of diversity and change. You will then answer a question requiring analysis of how the texts use language to present ideas, attitudes and opinions, and complete a directed writing task linked to the same topic and the ideas in the texts. Coursework: You will have two coursework components: firstly, you will produce one piece of original writing that either persuades, narrates or informs, and write an accompanying commentary. Secondly, you have the opportunity to produce an independent language investigation: you will research an area of language of your choice, collecting and analysing your own corpus of linguistic data.
About Education Provider
| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | Nottingham |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £18,825 |
| Address | Waverley Mount, Nottingham, NG7 4ED |
English Language is a well-established course that enables you to approach the English Language with an analytical and critical eye; to understand the forces shaping the use of your native tongue; and to begin to understand some of the complexities of communication. The Course AQA English Language (7702) Please note: we are always seeking to improve our provision, so this course is currently under review for 2024/25. Other course options might include OCR H470 and Edexcel 9ENO. Compared with IGCSE English Language, you will find A-Level focuses far more on the structures and systems used by English speakers. While literary texts are not ignored, you will be applying a wide range of critical and theoretical approaches to an equally panoramic selection of contemporary spoken and written texts. You will study a range of texts about various subjects, from various writers and speakers, for various audiences, and for various purposes, in a variety of genres, and using a variety of modes (written, spoken and electronic). You will explore how language is shaped according to audience, purpose, genre and mode, and context, and how it used to construct meanings and representations, or to enact relationships between writers, speakers and audiences or between participants within a text. You will learn about methods of language analysis, how identity is constructed; how audiences are addressed and positioned; the functions of the texts, the structure and organization of the texts, and how representations are produced. There will also be focused study on child language acquisition, and a section of the course examining language diversity and change. When studying language acquisition, you will review the functions of children’s language; phonological, pragmatic, lexical, semantic and grammatical development; different genres of speech and writing; different modes of communication (spoken, written, and multimodal) and theories and research about language development. Change and diversity in language will involve the study of texts using different sociolects and dialects (including global, national and regional varieties of English), and texts from different periods, from 1600 to the present day.
Joining the Sixth Form is by interview and on the basis of academic achievement at GCSE. Applicants are invited to interview following a report from their current school indicating their predicted GCSE grades. The likely offer made, following a successful interview, will be conditional on a minimum of 5 A / 7 grades, with A / 7 grades in the subjects to be taken in the Sixth Form.
Examination 1: The ‘Language, the Individual and Society’ paper will assess textual variations and representations and children's language development. Section A will feature two texts (one contemporary and one older text) linked by topic or theme. You will answer three questions—two analysing the texts separately, and a third asking you to compare them. Section B will ask you to produce a discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written or multimodal language. Examination 2: This paper will have two sections: Section A - Diversity and Change, will ask you to choose one question, from a choice of two: an evaluative essay on language diversity, or an evaluative essay on language change. Section B - Language Discourses will proffer two texts about a topic linked to the study of diversity and change. You will then answer a question requiring analysis of how the texts use language to present ideas, attitudes and opinions, and complete a directed writing task linked to the same topic and the ideas in the texts. Coursework: You will have two coursework components: firstly, you will produce one piece of original writing that either persuades, narrates or informs, and write an accompanying commentary. Secondly, you have the opportunity to produce an independent language investigation: you will research an area of language of your choice, collecting and analysing your own corpus of linguistic data.