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A Level English Language

at Truro and Penwith College, TRURO · college

Ofsted rated their overall effectivenessGood2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

In this exciting and diverse subject, you will study various texts including articles, speeches and advertisements, while focusing on fundamental questions about language: what does your use of language say about you? Where do words come from? How do children learn to speak and write? Imagine you could take your innermost thoughts and insert them into someone elses mind. Well, you already can; its called language. In English Language, we ask ourselves different questions How does the analysis of language help to solve crime? How do we learn to speak and write? Is language being corrupted or is linguistic change gr8? You will also consider how identity is created through choices in language. Why do you say please? How does celebrity culture shape language? What impact can geographical and social factors such as gender, age and ethnicity have on identity? This is just a snapshot of what you will discover.

What you need to get on

Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including a minimum of grade 6 in English Language and grade 5 in English Literature. Successful A Level students would normally have achieved some strong grades in a number of relevant GCSE subjects. It also helps to enjoy reading a variety of texts and have a love of the written and spoken word.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

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