English Language

AQA

Grade 5 in GCSE English Language

Assessment: A Level

Paper 1: Language, the individual and society

This assesses textual variations and representations and children’s language development (0-10 years).

Paper 2: Language diversity and change

This assesses language diversity and change, language discourses and writing skills.

Non-exam assessment:

Students will complete a language investigation and a piece of original creative writing with commentary.

This course is for students who wish to explore the functions and structures of writing, speech and conversation and who wish to discover how language functions in different social contexts.

A2 English Language

This is a 2 year course with the final exam at the end. Students will learn how our language has developed under the influence of a variety of contextual factors and how these changes may be analysed and evaluated.

Students will study towards two examinations at the end of the academic year worth 40% each of the A level and a non-exam assessment worth 20% of the A level.

Studying English Language can involve exploring almost any use of words. You will have the opportunity to study the ways English language is used in a variety of forms. Your English language course will also teach you to analyse language at many levels.

Studying English teaches you how to write clearly and effectively. The analytical and communication abilities that an English qualification provides are called ‘transferable skills’: they are useful in almost any occupation.