English Language and Literature

Assessment

Papers 1 and 2 will be similar to those sat in the lower sixth but will include all the A-level content. In addition to the lower sixth topics, Paper 1 will cover children’s language development. In Paper 2 language discourse is an additional topic to those covered in the lower sixth. Each paper will last 2 hours 30 minutes and is worth 40% of the whole A level. The remaining 20% is accessed via coursework for which you will need to produce a language investigation of about 2,000 words and a piece of original writing and commentary of 1,500 words.