English Language

Course summary

Paper 1: Language, the Individual and Society This unit will introduce students to language study, exploring textual variety and children’s language development. Students will explore how context can influence language choice as well as how children learn language and the processes by which they begin to understand and express themselves through language. Paper 2: Language Diversity and Change This area of study aims to allow students to explore language diversity and change over time. Students will study the key concepts of audience, purpose, genre, and mode and will explore language in its wider social, geographical, and temporal contexts. They will explore processes of language change. This part of the subject content also requires students to study social attitudes and debates about language diversity and change. Coursework: Language in Action This area of study aims to allow students to explore and analyze language data independently and develop and reflect upon their own writing expertise. It requires students to carry out two different kinds of individual research: • A language investigation (2,000 words excluding data). • A piece of original writing and commentary (750 words each). Students can choose to pursue a study of spoken, written or multimodal data, or a mixture of text types, demonstrating knowledge in areas of individual interest.