English Language

Course summary

There will be plenty of varied reading about ideas, concepts and theories relating to language. There is focus on new linguistic techniques, both for use in your own writing and for applying to tests created by others to consider different uses of language. You will be able to produce sustained controlled analytical writing full of personal ideas and responses by the end of two years. There are two topics of assessment—Language, the Individual and Society and Language Diversity and Change. The course is assessed via two exams worth 40% and a coursework investigation on own choice of issue relating to language worth 20%.