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If youre interested in exploring language widely, in traditional literary texts and modern communication including blogs and television, this course will suit you perfectly.
You will have the opportunity to develop skills in the analysis of language, literary concepts and your own creative writing in a variety of forms.
This course involves reading and analysing a range of texts, including F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby, Philip Larkins The Whitsun Weddings poetry collection and Caryl Churchills Top Girls. You will also explore a range of non-fiction texts in a Voices Anthology, developing your linguistic skills. This A Level also includes a creative writing element for the non-examined assessment unit where you produce fiction and non-fiction texts with an accompanying commentary.
5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above to include a grade 5 for GCSE English Language and / or English Literature.
The course is taught over two years and comprises the following units:
Component One: Voices Anthology and Top Girls (40% exam)
Component Two: The Great Gatsby and The Whitsun Weddings (40% exam)
Component Three: Creative writing coursework (20% non-examined assessment)
You will be provided with handbooks and resources, including glossaries, as well as the core texts we will study. Any core reading for the course is completed as guided reading in class.
By examination (80%) at the end of the course and submission of coursework in second year (20%).
English Language and Literature is excellent preparation for any degree course that involves extensive analysis, essay writing and independent research, and will particularly prepare you for any English or linguistic degree.
