English Language

Assessment

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.