English Language

Course summary

Component 01: ‘Exploring Language’ - focuses on linguistic analysis, social contexts of texts, writing about topical language issues, comparing and contrasting written and spoken texts Exam: Paper 1: ‘Exploring Language’ – 2 hours 30 minutes – 40% of total A level. Component 02: ‘Dimensions of Linguistic variation’ – focuses on: how children acquire language, language in the media, and how the English language has changed over time. Exam: Paper 2: ‘Dimensions of Linguistic Variation’–2 hours 30 minutes –40% of total A level. Component 03: Independent Language investigation - requires you to independently study and analyze an area/topic of the English Language in full written response and multi-modal response Non-exam assessment: Language in Action - 20% of A level.