Course Outline Component 1: Language Concepts and Issues You will study spoken language in a range of situations and genres and explore the ways in which speakers use language and interact. You will also study key language issues and topic areas: Standard and Non Standard English; language and power; language and situation; and language acquisition. Component 2: Language Change Over Time and English in the Twenty-First Century You will study how language changes across time through the study of unseen written texts from different periods, linked by genre. You will also study the ways in which language is used distinctively in the twenty-first century and consider how language is evolving to reflect technological and cultural change. Component 3: Creative and Critical Use of Language You will produce original writing in a range of genres, and learn how to construct commentaries on your written pieces. Non-exam assessment: Language and Identity The non-exam assessment allows you to select an aspect of study that interests you related to the theme of language and identity. You will independently conduct a language investigation to develop your methods of language analysis through research, data collection and interpretation in order to write an extended investigation of 2500-3000 words.