A Level English Language
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Component |
Content |
Form of Assessment. |
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Component One: Language Concepts and Issues. |
Section A: Analysis of Spoken Language. Section B: Language Issues. |
Written exam: 2 hours 30% of the qualification. |
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Component Two: Language Change Over Time. |
Section A: Language Change Over Time. Section B: English in the Twenty-First Century. |
Written exam: 2 ¼ hours. 30% of the qualification. |
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Component Three: Creative and Critical Use of Language. |
Creative Writing and Critical Commentary. |
Written exam: 1 ¾ hours. 20% of the qualification. |
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Component Four: Language and Identity. |
Language and Identity. Language Investigation into an area of your choice. |
Non-exam assessed. 2500 – 3500 words. 20% of the qualification. |
Students study the following units:
- An introduction to grammar
- Spoken Language
- Child Language Acquisition
- Standard and non-standard English
- Non-fiction writing
- Fiction Writing
- An introduction to the NEA
- Early modern English
- Comparative essay
- English in the 21st Century
- Language and Power
- Revision
Assessment:
Students complete weekly terminology tests to help them to manage the large amount of new knowledge within the A Level course. Students also complete midpoint assessments (usually a scaffolded exam question) and final assessments (an independent exam question).
Homework:
Students are provided with knowledge organisers and glossaries, and they are expected to revise from these for weekly terminology tests. Students will also be given mini-transcripts of spoken conversations to analyse. As students grow in confidence, they are expected to answer exam questions as well.