English Language AS/A2

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AS English Language is designed for students who want to study the way language creates the vast variety of written and spoken material in our society. You will look at a broad range of different texts, using frameworks like lexis, semantics, discourse analysis, phonetics and graphology to categorise them and show how they work on a linguistic level. You will also write your own texts, choosing from an equally wide range of options - like short stories, magazine articles, blog entries, scripts and speeches. You will focus particularly on how language is employed in actual social contexts - like power-related situations (legal language, teacher language and so forth), gender-based interactions (the differences between the ways women and men speak) and technology-driven language (texting, the internet and emails, for example). A2 English Language B builds on the knowledge of linguistic features and language themes gained in the AS year, with particular reference to Language Change and Child Language Acquisition. It also gives you the freedom to conduct a linguistic investigation using your own data and to write a media text.

Course information

Name: English Language AS/A2 Qualification title: GCE AS Level in English Language B Qualification type: Assessment ENGB1 ("Categorising Texts") is assessed by one written examination (2 hrs in length) which is worth 60% of the AS level and 30% of the overall A level. ENGB2 ("Creating Texts") is assessed by a folder of two pieces of writing in contrasting genres/purposes/audiences, with an accompanying linguistic commentary for each. It is worth 40% of the AS level and 20% of the full A level. In addition, there will be ongoing assessment which does not contribute to your final mark but which is nevertheless essential to your progress towards the eventual grade: you can expect to be writing some form of linguistic analysis or creative writing every week of the course. Unit 3 - ENGB3 "Developing Language". This is a 2 hour and 30 minutes written examination, building on AS knowledge and skills, with an additional focus on two new areas of language study: Child Language Acquisition and Language Change. Unit 4 - ENGB4 "Investigating Language". This is your coursework folder, internally assessed, and externally moderated by AQA. You will produce two pieces: a language investigation and an informative media text. Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20141203 11:00:09 Updated 20161124 15:33:56

Entry requirements

N/A Equipment required N/A

Provider

LEEDS CITY COLLEGE
Further Education
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