English Language A-Level (AQA) The A-Level English Language course is a highly successful and refreshing course that is underpinned by enriching and stimulating co-curricular opportunities with excellent outcomes. Last year, 58% of our A-Level English Language students achieved an A*/A grade, and 92% achieved A*-B, with many continuing to study the subject at degree level. Several of our students have achieved places at Oxford University and King’s College, London. One of the crucial ingredients that enables students to perform so well during our time with us is through the co-curricular opportunities that run alongside the course. Students have a wide range of opportunities available to them, such as lectures by the University of Lancaster, and last year our students contributed to an interesting linguistic research project about the representation of pandemics. Students also attend conferences by the English and Media Centre, and these exciting sessions offer new interpretations and perspectives that go beyond the specification, thus preparing them for the rigour of academic study. Students also have access to a range of online resources, such as Massolit and emagazine so that they can engage with wider linguistic research. The A-Level English Language course offers a stimulating exploration and experience of the way language is used in a range of contexts. Whilst the course builds upon the foundations developed at GCSE, A-Level English Language enables students to explore new areas within linguistics, such as gender, age, occupation, global languages, and the way English has changed and evolved. Students also explore how children learn to acquire a language through spoken and written communication. Most importantly, A-Level English Language is concerned with exploring different debates surrounding such linguistic topics. As part of the course, you will experience a range of assessment styles, such as forming discursive essay responses, creative writing, linguistic investigations and writing for different publications as part of a directed writing task. These assessments will enable students to develop their analytical skills, formulate sustained arguments, as well as writing for a specific audience and genre – all of which will be invaluable for both further study and future employment. Course Overview • Paper One: Language, the Individual and Society will enable students to explore texts from different periods, as well as examine children’s language development through spoken and written communication. • Paper Two: Language Diversity and Change will provide students with the opportunity to explore the different debates surrounding the English language. In this paper, you will develop your craft as an academic, whilst writing about linguistic issues for a non-specialist audience. • Non-Examination Assessment (coursework) will provide students will the opportunity to conduct an independent investigation on a linguistic topic of their own choice. Alongside this, they will also craft a piece of original writing and a linguistic commentary based on a genre of their own choosing. Career Options The skills developed in the English Language course are marketable in most career areas. Jobs related to the course may include teaching (in primary or secondary schools, or teaching English abroad as a foreign language), media (journalism, publishing, copywriting), marketing, advertising, linguistics, speech therapy, computing, law, government, forensics. There are very few jobs in which an understanding of the workings of the English language would not be helpful!
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Walsall |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Girls |
| Address | Upper Forster Street, Walsall, WS4 2AE |
English Language A-Level (AQA) The A-Level English Language course is a highly successful and refreshing course that is underpinned by enriching and stimulating co-curricular opportunities with excellent outcomes. Last year, 58% of our A-Level English Language students achieved an A*/A grade, and 92% achieved A*-B, with many continuing to study the subject at degree level. Several of our students have achieved places at Oxford University and King’s College, London. One of the crucial ingredients that enables students to perform so well during our time with us is through the co-curricular opportunities that run alongside the course. Students have a wide range of opportunities available to them, such as lectures by the University of Lancaster, and last year our students contributed to an interesting linguistic research project about the representation of pandemics. Students also attend conferences by the English and Media Centre, and these exciting sessions offer new interpretations and perspectives that go beyond the specification, thus preparing them for the rigour of academic study. Students also have access to a range of online resources, such as Massolit and emagazine so that they can engage with wider linguistic research. The A-Level English Language course offers a stimulating exploration and experience of the way language is used in a range of contexts. Whilst the course builds upon the foundations developed at GCSE, A-Level English Language enables students to explore new areas within linguistics, such as gender, age, occupation, global languages, and the way English has changed and evolved. Students also explore how children learn to acquire a language through spoken and written communication. Most importantly, A-Level English Language is concerned with exploring different debates surrounding such linguistic topics. As part of the course, you will experience a range of assessment styles, such as forming discursive essay responses, creative writing, linguistic investigations and writing for different publications as part of a directed writing task. These assessments will enable students to develop their analytical skills, formulate sustained arguments, as well as writing for a specific audience and genre – all of which will be invaluable for both further study and future employment. Course Overview • Paper One: Language, the Individual and Society will enable students to explore texts from different periods, as well as examine children’s language development through spoken and written communication. • Paper Two: Language Diversity and Change will provide students with the opportunity to explore the different debates surrounding the English language. In this paper, you will develop your craft as an academic, whilst writing about linguistic issues for a non-specialist audience. • Non-Examination Assessment (coursework) will provide students will the opportunity to conduct an independent investigation on a linguistic topic of their own choice. Alongside this, they will also craft a piece of original writing and a linguistic commentary based on a genre of their own choosing. Career Options The skills developed in the English Language course are marketable in most career areas. Jobs related to the course may include teaching (in primary or secondary schools, or teaching English abroad as a foreign language), media (journalism, publishing, copywriting), marketing, advertising, linguistics, speech therapy, computing, law, government, forensics. There are very few jobs in which an understanding of the workings of the English language would not be helpful!
