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Level 3
A Level English Language and Literature
COURSE OVERVIEW
A Level English Language and Literature introduces you to a range of literary texts – prose books, scripts and poetry, and non-literary texts from different time periods, social attitudes and cultures such as webpages, advertisements and blogs. The course gives you the opportunity to develop independent approaches, and to undertake individual, paired and group work, debates and a mini teach. This develops critical understanding in analysing the ways in which structure, form and language shape meaning, evaluating the significance of contextual factors in a range of different texts.
FURTHER INFORMATION
5 GCSEs grade 9/A*-4/C including English Language, English Literature and Maths. You will also be required to complete a GCSE to A Level Transition Project, prior to enrolment, to prepare you for A Level English Language and Literature.
English Language and Literature can open doors to a wide range of job prospects, with careers in Writing, Marketing, Advertising, Journalism, Teaching, Advertising as a Web Content Manager, Proofreader, Lexicographer, Civil Service Report Writing and many more.
This is a two-year linear A Level where you are examined on the whole syllabus at the end of the second year. Each project is assessed as a portfolio of work. The course is assessed by two examinations at the end of the year and a piece of independent study in the form of the course work. To prepare you for external exams, you will carry out a programme of weekly tests, exam style assessments and Formal Progress Points where you will monitor your attendance, how hard you are working and your academic progress. All Year 1 students will progress through a Year 1 Gateway that will allow you to progress to Year 2.
You will be required to buy your own textbooks, stationary and any subject-related equipment.
*Financial assistance available for some students.