English Language

Course summary

THIS SUBJECT FOCUSES ON THE SPECIFICS OF LANGUAGE THAT YOU STARTED TO COVER IN GCSE. Here you will delve further into the specific lexical choices and grammatical features so you can understand their impact on writing and speech. You will also be introduced to the history of language, its advancement over time, as well as how we have developed it from childhood. By the end of the subject, you will have improved your analysis skills, specifically of linguistic features, with which you will be able to understand why people make the choices they do in their language. It will develop skills that can benefit students in a range of careers including Teaching, Journalism, Research, Administration, Translating.