English Language & Literature

Course summary

The English Language and Literature A-Level qualification is a course for students who are interested in studying a board range of texts on a literary and linguistic level. It offers you an opportunity to engage with a variety of spoken, written and multi-modal texts and to demonstrate, in each unit of the course, your awareness of the importance of context in both the production and the reception of spoken and written texts. An additional attractive feature of the specification is the opportunity it provides you to respond creatively to literary texts. This A Level offers opportunities for students to develop their subject expertise by engaging creatively, critically and independently with a wide range of texts. Using literary and linguistic concepts and methods, students analyse literary and non-literary texts in a range of modes and genres, in the process gaining insights into the nature of different discourses and ideas about creativity. Students develop skills as producers and interpreters of language by creating texts themselves and critically reflecting on their own processes of production. The key areas of study are: • Telling Stories • Methods of language analysis • Remembered Places - Students study the AQA Anthology: Paris. • Imagined Worlds • Poetic Voices • Exploring Conflict • Writing about Society • Critical commentary • Dramatic Encounters • Making Connections • Investigation