A-Level English Language

Choose this if you enjoy thinking, discussing and writing about how language works in different contexts.

Be ready for a more analytical, almost scientific approach - including detailed grammar.

Exam Board: AQA

• Build the skills to communicate with impact and creativity.

• Share your ideas confidently in discussions, while listening and responding to others.

• Read a wide range of texts with insight, exploring how writers use language and structure to shape meaning.

• Learn to follow and analyse arguments, and understand how language is used to persuade, inform, explain and describe.

• Develop your writing to become more confident, sophisticated and powerful.

Paper 1: Language, the Individual and Society- written examination, 2hrs 30 min (40%)

Paper 2: Language, Diversity and Change - written examination, 2hrs 30min (40%)

Non-Examined Assessment: Language in Action - Produce a folder of work containing: 1 x original writing piece, 1 x Reflective Commentary, 1 x Language Investigation - 3,500 words in total (20%)

5 GCSEs with a mixture of grades 9-5 in a least 5 different subjects including English Language and Mathematics PLUS grade 5 in English Literature GCSE.

Studying English Language develops key skills in communication, analysis and writing - highly valued across careers such as Law, Business, the Civil Service, Teaching, and beyond. It equips you to think critically, research effectively and communicate with confidence in any field.