English Language

Course summary

This linear A Level course explores language from two perspectives: • The Individual & Society • Diversity and Change On this course you will analyse the multiple meanings and attitudes a particular word or phrase conveys, and how people are represented in a range of texts, both written and spoken. You will look at how and why people speak differently due to their gender, occupation, social background and the part of the country or the world they come from. In addition you will study how children learn to speak, write and read as well as how and why the English language changes. Through these topics you will evaluate children’s language development theories and examine why language alters so radically over time. For your coursework, you will undertake an investigation in which you choose a topic that interests you to investigate and this is supplemented by a persuasive creative writing piece and commentary.