Entry Requirements

Grade 5 in GCSE English Language and a grade 5 in GCSE English Literature (if studied).

Exam Board Specification

What you will study

  • How & why language is used in specific ways (audience, purpose & attitudes)
  • Learn and understand new terminology to help you write analytically and concisely
  • Language of speech: a wide range of transcripts from TV & radio, comedy and real-life talk
  • Language Change: covering texts written over time (letters, diaries, adverts, speeches & articles)
  • English in the twenty-first century: examining attitudes to new technology e.g. texts, Twitter & Facebook
  • Language Investigation: coursework investigation on Gender or Culture. You have the freedom to choose your own data
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Assessments

  • Three exams at the end of the second year (80%)
  • One piece of Coursework (20%)

Course Support

The English Department takes pride in the level of support we give to our students:

  • Regular individual interviews with your own specific tutor
  • Staff support to enable you to achieve the best grades possible
  • You can ask for help from any tutor
  • Revision classes

Enrichment Activities

  • Theatre visits & trips to places of literary interest
  • Study days on specific exam modules
  • Creative writing workshops
  • Exam preparation delivered by Senior Examiners
  • Conferences on English Language
  • Enrichment Programme offering debating, personal creative writing, poetry group

Progression

English subjects are challenging, but are an excellent preparation both for university and your future career. For instance careers include:

  • Journalism
  • Sales
  • Teaching
  • Management
  • Administration
  • Information management
  • Publishing
  • Careers in public services.
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Entry Requirements

Grade 5 in GCSE English Language and a grade 5 in GCSE English Literature (if studied).

Exam Board Specification