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A Level English Language and Literature

at Riverside College Halton, Widnes · college

Ofsted rated their overall effectivenessOutstanding2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

Aimed at School Leavers. This is a fully integrated course where you will use both linguistic and literary approaches to texts, showing how the two disciplines can relate to each other. You will participate in a whole range of activities and writing assignments, contribute to group discussions, presentations and a wide variety of teaching and learning activities. You need to have an interest in how language is used in a wide variety of spoken and written texts, and a desire to analyse its usage critically and rigorously.Whilst you will continue to develop the English Language and English Literature skills you learnt at GCSE you will also learn some completely different skills such as, reading literary texts whilst developing and applying your knowledge of literary analysis and evaluation. Your study will also be enhanced by paying close attention to the ways texts relate to each other and the contexts in which they are produced and received. You will study a wide range of genres and engage in substantial literary study. You need to read to succeed on this course, so an interest in reading and a willingness to read independently alongside the set class texts is essential.

What you need to get on

To study an A Level programme you will need to achieve a minimum of three grade 5s and two grade 4s at GCSE including English Language and Maths at grade 5. Each individual subject carries its own entry criteria and some subjects do require higher grades than this. For individual subject entry requirements and course details, please go to our website and look at the course information section or click on the website link below.

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

  • Cronton Sixth Form College

    CRONTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE Cronton Lane, WIDNES, WA8 5WA

    DaytimeClassroom based
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