English Language
Course summary
This course will answer questions about how we use language in our daily lives such as: how is language used to exert power? how do children learn to speak and write? does your gender identity affect how you use language? how is English used differently around Britain and around the world? how has technology affected the way we communicate?
Entry Requirements
Checked against your grades — every rule traces to the school's published source.
| Requirement | Rule | You |
|---|---|---|
GCSE qualifications | 5 gcse qualifications at grade 4.0 or above | — |
Mathematics | Grade 4 in Mathematics | — |
English Language | Grade 5 in English Language | — |
English Language | Grade 4 in English Language | — |
Mathematics | Grade 4 in Mathematics | — |
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Assessment
Students will do at least two assessments per half term per teacher. It will be assessed by two final exams in Year 13 and two pieces of coursework: a 2000 word investigation into language use and 1500 word piece of original writing and commentary.
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