English Language and Literature

Assessment

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.