English Language

Course summary

This course will give you an understanding of how words work and the power to use them effectively. You will explore the importance of language in society. You will study: How language is to do with identity and who we are How and why language varies across society and is connected to power How texts create representations that try to shape our views of the world How children learn to talk, read and write The ways English language has changed and how it is developing in a digital and global age By the end of this course you will have produced a portfolio of original writing and undertaken a research project.