• EXAM BOARD: AQA • ENTRY CRITERIA: GRADE 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE • HEAD: MR S MATTON SMATTON@HAYDONSCHOOL.COM English Language is a subject for those fascinated with the workings of language. Students will break down how language is accessed and learned; through region, dialect, social groups, gender and more. Using a combination of theory and practical experience, you will deconstruct the workings of the English language. CURRICULUM Year 1 - UNIT 1: LANGUAGE, THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SOCIETY. The aim of this part of the subject content is to introduce students to language study, exploring textual variety. It also introduces students to the study of children’s language development, exploring how children learn language and how they are able to understand and express themselves through language. UNIT 2: LANGUAGE DIVERSITY AND CHANGE. The aim of this area of study is to al- low students to explore language diversity and processes of language change. This part of the subject content also requires students to study social attitudes to, and debates about, language diversity and change. UNIT 3: LANGUAGE IN ACTION - COURSEWORK. The aim of this area of study is to allow students to explore and analyse language data independently. It requires students to carry out two different kinds of individual research: a language investigation (2,000 words excluding data) and a piece of original writing and commentary (750 words each). ASSESSMENT 80% Externally Assessed Exam, 20% Internally Assessed Coursework. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Advertising account executive *Advertising copywriter *Information officer *Marketing executive *Primary school teacher *Public relations officer *Secondary school teacher *Social media manager WE ARE PROUD That Haydon students who have studied A level English Language have gone on to study *Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton *Marketing at Aston University *Creative Writing at Brunel University London *Law at the University of Warwick.
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• EXAM BOARD: AQA • ENTRY CRITERIA: GRADE 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE • HEAD: MR S MATTON SMATTON@HAYDONSCHOOL.COM English Language is a subject for those fascinated with the workings of language. Students will break down how language is accessed and learned; through region, dialect, social groups, gender and more. Using a combination of theory and practical experience, you will deconstruct the workings of the English language. CURRICULUM Year 1 - UNIT 1: LANGUAGE, THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SOCIETY. The aim of this part of the subject content is to introduce students to language study, exploring textual variety. It also introduces students to the study of children’s language development, exploring how children learn language and how they are able to understand and express themselves through language. UNIT 2: LANGUAGE DIVERSITY AND CHANGE. The aim of this area of study is to al- low students to explore language diversity and processes of language change. This part of the subject content also requires students to study social attitudes to, and debates about, language diversity and change. UNIT 3: LANGUAGE IN ACTION - COURSEWORK. The aim of this area of study is to allow students to explore and analyse language data independently. It requires students to carry out two different kinds of individual research: a language investigation (2,000 words excluding data) and a piece of original writing and commentary (750 words each). ASSESSMENT 80% Externally Assessed Exam, 20% Internally Assessed Coursework. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Advertising account executive *Advertising copywriter *Information officer *Marketing executive *Primary school teacher *Public relations officer *Secondary school teacher *Social media manager WE ARE PROUD That Haydon students who have studied A level English Language have gone on to study *Criminology and Psychology at University of Southampton *Marketing at Aston University *Creative Writing at Brunel University London *Law at the University of Warwick.