English Language A Level (See Option Blocks on our website)
Languages, Literature and Culture
What will you be working towards?
| Code | ND10 |
| Qualification Type | GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent |
| Qualification Level | Level 3 |
| Course type | Full Time |
Overview
Key skills developed through studying English Language. These specifications provide opportunities for developing and generating evidence for assessing the following key skills: - Communication, IT, Working with Others and Improving Own Learning and Performance.
Details
The A level specifications cover knowledge and understanding of the following areas:
Year 1 - Skills to be covered:
- Language methods
- Language meanings and representations (spoken, written and multimodal texts)
- Language Varieties (sociolects and dialects)
- Directed Writing (on attitudes to language, e.g. write an opinion article)
Year 2-further skills to be covered for full A level:
- Investigation
- Original Writing and Commentary
- Language Change (from 1600)
- Ethnicity
- World Englishes
- Child Language Acquisition
Language methods to assist with the systematic study and alalysis of language include: phonology, phonetics and prosody, lexis, grammar, graphology, discourse, pragmatics and semantics.
How will it be delivered?
Paper 1: Language, the Individual and Society1
What's assessed:
� Textual variations and representations
� Children's language development (0-11 years)
� Methods of language analysis are integrated into the activities
Method of Assessment: written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes
� 100 marks
� 40% of A-level
Paper 2: Language Diversity and Change
What's assessed:
� Language diversity and change
� Language discourses
� Writing skills
� Methods of language analysis are integrated into the activities
Method of Assessment: written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes
� 100 marks
� 40% of A-level
Non-exam assessment: Language in Action
What's assessed:
� Language Investigation
� Original Writing and Commentary
� Methods of language analysis are integrated into the activities
Method of Assessment
� Word count: 3,500
� 100 marks
� 20% of A-level
� Assessed by teachers
� Moderated by AQA
Tasks - Students produce:
� a language investigation (2,000 words excluding data)
� a piece of original writing and commentary (1,500 words total)
Entry requirements
Students should have a grade 5 or above in English Language and English Literature GCSE.
(See Option Blocks on our website)
Your next steps...
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