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GCE A Level English Language

at Cheadle Hulme High School, Cheadle · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionOutstanding2025see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Unit 1: Language, the Individual and Society This unit is an introduction to the study of language exploring textual variety and childrens language development. Candidates will be required to study spoken and written language and explore concepts of audience, purpose, genre, mode and representation. Students will be required to identify and describe features of language in a range of texts using methods of language analysis. Unit 2: Language Diversity and Change The aim of this area of study is to allow students to explore language diversity and change over time. Students will explore the history of language, processes of language change and social attitudes to language diversity. Focus will be placed on both written and spoken language. In this unit, students will also develop discursive, analytical and creative writing skills when writing about language. Unit 3: Language in Action The emphasis in this unit is to allow students to explore and analyse language data independently and develop and reflect upon their own writing expertise. Students will write a language investigation focusing on an individual interest in an area of language study. Past investigations have covered diverse topics such as regional dialect; the language of the media; gendered talk and childrens language use. Students will also write one piece of original writing and accompanying commentary based on either: The Power of Persuasion, The Power of Storytelling or The Power of Information.

What you need to get on

Minimum 6 GCSEs at Grade 6 including English Language or Literature and Mathematics. Subject specific entry requirements also apply.

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

  • Cheadle Hulme Sixth Form

    Woods Lane Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 7JY

    DaytimeClassroom based
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