This stimulating course enables students to engage with a variety of spoken and written texts. It allows them to combine linguistic and literary study with creative writing. Students will develop their understanding of English Language and Literature as a combined discipline. They will discover how different writers represent the same place, approach the same genre, and consider how they can take a piece of nonfiction and recreate it in another form or genre. The course enables students to analyze the three major literary forms: prose, poetry, and drama, as well as a range of literary non-fiction texts. English Language and Literature at A Level provides its students with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively and as such lends itself to any degree that requires the articulate conveyance of analytical and critical thinking.
To study A Level courses you will need at least 5 GCSEs (grade 6 or above).
Throughout this course, you will develop a combined understanding of Language and Literature and engage with a variety of texts, both spoken and written. There are two examinations and a piece of coursework (that accounts for 20% grade) at the end of the A Level. In the first year, students will study Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, an anthology of non-fiction texts on Paris, and a wide selection of poetry by Robert Browning. approaches. In the second year, students will also study Othello by William Shakespeare, and Into the Wild by John Krakauer, and they will select and study a literary and non-fiction text and compare them in a thematic and linguistically exploratory manner.
About Education Provider
| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Liverpool |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Boys |
| Address | 364 West Derby Rd, Liverpool, L13 7HQ |
This stimulating course enables students to engage with a variety of spoken and written texts. It allows them to combine linguistic and literary study with creative writing. Students will develop their understanding of English Language and Literature as a combined discipline. They will discover how different writers represent the same place, approach the same genre, and consider how they can take a piece of nonfiction and recreate it in another form or genre. The course enables students to analyze the three major literary forms: prose, poetry, and drama, as well as a range of literary non-fiction texts. English Language and Literature at A Level provides its students with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively and as such lends itself to any degree that requires the articulate conveyance of analytical and critical thinking.
To study A Level courses you will need at least 5 GCSEs (grade 6 or above).
Throughout this course, you will develop a combined understanding of Language and Literature and engage with a variety of texts, both spoken and written. There are two examinations and a piece of coursework (that accounts for 20% grade) at the end of the A Level. In the first year, students will study Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, an anthology of non-fiction texts on Paris, and a wide selection of poetry by Robert Browning. approaches. In the second year, students will also study Othello by William Shakespeare, and Into the Wild by John Krakauer, and they will select and study a literary and non-fiction text and compare them in a thematic and linguistically exploratory manner.