English Language
A-Level
Examination Board: AQA
Specification: 7702
Course Leader: Mrs N Gilligan
Contact Email: ngilligan@tgschool.net
Are you interested in:
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Reading?
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Developing your own editorial and writing skills?
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Analysing texts and exploring the effective use of language?
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Learning about grammar and its usage?
What Will I Study?
English Language challenges students both to analyse texts and to write their own. In doing so, students develop their own original writing skills and the ability to analyse both written and spoken language varieties. Students are also encouraged to collect their own research data for highly rewarding individual projects. Students develop a greater understanding of the ways in which we use language, widely increasing their communication skills for future roles.
The main topics you will study during the course are:
• Exploring and analysing a wide variety of texts and their purposes, genre and audience and how language is adapted according to context.
• Understanding how children learn to speak, read and write.
• Developing a knowledge of how the English Language has developed and changed over time.
• Exploring the different varieties of English spoken in this country and around the world.
• Considering how language is affected by gender, occupation and social context.
• In addition, there will be coursework which involves producing creative, original writing and an investigation into an aspect of language study which interests you.
Additional Entry Requirements:
Grade 5 or above in GCSE English Language.
Assessment:
Two exams at the end of the two-year course, each 2 hours 30 minutes and each worth 40% of the final grade. The original writing and language investigation coursework is worth a further 20% of the final grade.
Leading to futures in:
As well as English at university, the course provides an excellent foundation for numerous other courses and career opportunities including linguistics, journalism and the media, teaching, publishing, advertising and the legal profession.
Department Staff
| Mrs N Gilligan (NGI) | Assistant Headteacher |
