Course Summary
With exciting text- and data-based sources of language, the specification introduces the study of English in its various forms and contexts, with the concepts and methods appropriate for the analysis of language underpinning all elements of the course.
Offering clear skills progression from GCSE, this course allows students to build on the skills already gained and prepare for their next steps.
The variety of assessment styles used, such as data analysis, discursive essays, directed writing, original writing and research-based investigative writing, allows students to develop a wide range of skills. These include critical reading, data analysis, evaluation, the ability to develop and sustain arguments and a number of different writing skills which are invaluable for both further study and future employment.
Course Details
Unit 1: Language, the Individual and Society
(Exam- 40%)
Students will complete a detailed linguistic analysis of two texts (one contemporary and one older), including a comparison of two texts of different genres, linked by theme.
The second part of the exam requires a discursive essay based on the issue of Child Language Development in spoken and written texts.
Unit 2: Diversity and Change
Exam- 40%
Language Change/ Diversity
Students will complete an evaluative essay on the issue of Language Change or Language Diversity, tracing how language has changed and developed from 1600 to the present day.
Language Discourse
Students will complete an analysis of how texts use language to convey ideas, attitudes and opinions.
Students will then complete a writing task, requiring them to adapt their writing to suit a specific purpose and audience.
Unit 3: Language in Action
(Coursework- 20%)
How will it be delivered and assessed?
20% Non Exam Assessment (Coursework) and 80% Examination
Entry requirements
Min 5 In English Language + 4 other Grade 9-4 or A*-C GCSEs
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The variety of assessment styles used, such as data analysis, discursive essays, directed writing, original writing and research-based investigative writing, allows students to develop a wide range of skills. These include critical reading, data analysis, evaluation, the ability to develop and sustain arguments and a number of different writing skills which are invaluable for both further study and future employment.
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