In English Language, you develop your reading skills to identify explicit information, infer implicit meanings, analyse the choices that writers make and evaluate effects created. Alongside this, you plan and write fiction and non-fiction texts, for a range of audiences and purposes, to show that you can consistently develop ideas with imagination and accuracy.

Why Study English Language

English Language teaches you the art of communication: developing reading, writing and oracy skills. Whatever career path you follow, English Language skills underpin success across all areas of study, opening doors to the future. Throughout the two-year course, you will be given a multitude of opportunities to practice and refine these essential core skills, preparing you for success at GCSE and beyond.

Course Content

You will draw upon a range of texts as reading stimulus and engage with creative as well as real and relevant contexts. You will have opportunities to develop higher-order reading and critical thinking skills that encourage genuine enquiry into different topics and themes.

The course emphasises your ability to demonstrate
a confident control of Standard English and write grammatically correct sentences, whilst using punctuation with accuracy and for effect.

You will engage in a variety of texts from different time periods, develop analytical skills, be creative and improve your written and spoken communication skills.

Subject Units and Assessment Outline

Component 1: 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Writing. (Exam, 1hr 45mins, 40%)

• Analysis of a literary fiction text
• Narrative writing

Component 2: 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction and Transactional/Persuasive Writing (Exam, 2hrs, 60%)

• Analysis of two non-fiction texts
• Writing to present a viewpoint

NEA: Spoken Language - (non-exam assessment, separately graded)

• Presentation with questions

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