The aims of studies in language and literature courses are to enable students to: * Engage with a range of texts, in a variety of media and forms, from different periods, styles and cultures. * Develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presenting and performing. * Develop skills in interpretation, analysis and evaluation. * Develop sensitivity to the formal and aesthetic qualities of texts and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses and open up multiple meanings.
Admission to Level 3 programmes at Leigh Academy Minster is contingent upon strict entry requirements aimed at ensuring a high academic standard. These entry requirements are in place to guarantee that students entering Level 3 programmes are well-prepared and committed to the academic challenges and rigours associated with higher-level qualifications. Prospective students are expected to have demonstrated a strong foundation in relevant Level 2 qualifications. All programmes have an entry threshold of at least a GCSE grade 5 or an equivalent qualification. Students wishing to study science and/or mathematics require a minimum GCSE grade 6 or higher. All students are expected to have achieved a Good or Strong Pass in English and mathematics.
External 80% Paper 1: Guided textual analysis - Guided analysis of unseen non-literary passage/passages from different text types. Paper 2: Comparative essay - Comparative essay based on two literary works written in response to a choice of one out of four questions. HL essay - Written coursework component: 1,200–1,500 word essay on one literary work or a non-literary body of work studied. Internal 20% Individual oral - Prepared oral response on the way that one literary work and one non-literary body of work studied have approached a common global issue.
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| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Kent |
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| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Minster Road, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ |
The aims of studies in language and literature courses are to enable students to: * Engage with a range of texts, in a variety of media and forms, from different periods, styles and cultures. * Develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presenting and performing. * Develop skills in interpretation, analysis and evaluation. * Develop sensitivity to the formal and aesthetic qualities of texts and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses and open up multiple meanings.
Admission to Level 3 programmes at Leigh Academy Minster is contingent upon strict entry requirements aimed at ensuring a high academic standard. These entry requirements are in place to guarantee that students entering Level 3 programmes are well-prepared and committed to the academic challenges and rigours associated with higher-level qualifications. Prospective students are expected to have demonstrated a strong foundation in relevant Level 2 qualifications. All programmes have an entry threshold of at least a GCSE grade 5 or an equivalent qualification. Students wishing to study science and/or mathematics require a minimum GCSE grade 6 or higher. All students are expected to have achieved a Good or Strong Pass in English and mathematics.
External 80% Paper 1: Guided textual analysis - Guided analysis of unseen non-literary passage/passages from different text types. Paper 2: Comparative essay - Comparative essay based on two literary works written in response to a choice of one out of four questions. HL essay - Written coursework component: 1,200–1,500 word essay on one literary work or a non-literary body of work studied. Internal 20% Individual oral - Prepared oral response on the way that one literary work and one non-literary body of work studied have approached a common global issue.