Type of Qualifcation: A Level
Exam Board: EDUQAS
Requirements: Grade 6 in GCSE English Language recommended

Students will study the following topics:

Textual variations and representations

Introduces students to methods of language analysis to explore concepts of audience, purpose, genre, mode and representation.

Children’s language development

Introduces students to the study of children’s language development, exploring how children learn language and how they are able to understand and express themselves through language.

Language diversity and change

Enables students to explore language in its wider social, geographical and temporal contexts. They will for example study accent and dialect, language and gender, occupational language and processes of language change. They will explore how language is used to help create identity. Students will also be required to study social attitudes to, and debates about, language diversity and change.

Non-Exam Assessment

·         Students undertake their own language investigation on a topic of their choice.

·         Students produce a piece of writing and a commentary to reflect on their use of language.

Paper 1 – 40% of A Level

Paper 2 – 40 % of A Level

NEA – 20% of A Level

Anyone who is interested in reading for English, Law or a Humanities-based degree should consider this course. There are also socio-linguistic features of the course which support Sociology and some aspects of Psychology A Level courses.

Additionally, anyone who is reading for a Humanities-based A Level and wishes to improve their skills of analysis and evaluation for enhanced essay writing might also find this course extremely useful.

English Language is a valuable A Level for any career that involves analysis or high levels of communication.

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Type of Qualifcation: A Level
Exam Board: AQA
Requirements: Grade 6 in English Literature recommended

Introduces candidates to explore and analyse the written word and aims to encourage students to:
• read widely and independently both set texts and others that they have selected for themselves.
• engage creatively with a substantial body of texts and ways of responding to them.
• develop and effectively apply their knowledge of literary analysis and evaluation in speech and writing.
• explore the contexts of the texts they are reading and others´ interpretations of them. 
• deepen their understanding of the changing traditions of literature in English.
• develop creative and informed responses to literary texts, using appropriate terminology and concepts, and coherent, accurate written expression.

Two papers (40% each)

Anyone who is interested in studying for an English, Law or Humanities based degree should consider this course.

English Literature can be studied with Language as separate, complementary subjects, whilst Literature can be a useful opinion-based and discursive subject to act as a foil to scientific subjects.

Additionally, the analytical skills required are testing and therefore recognised as being valuable for any given degree course.

Any career which involves analysis, high levels of clear communication or simply a love of literature.

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Type of Qualifcation: A Level
Exam Board: EDUQAS
Requirements: Grade 6 at GCSE in English Language or Literature recommended.

This linear GCE specification requires students to develop a theoretical knowledge and understanding of:

 

·   Media language: how the media communicates meaning through their forms, codes and conventions, and techniques.

 ·   Representation: how the media portray events, issues, individuals and social groups.

 ·   Media Industries: how production, distribution and circulation are linked to and affect media forms and platforms.

 ·   Audiences: how media forms target, reach and address audiences. How audiences might interpret and respond to different media forms and how audiences may themselves become      producers.

 ·   In addition, the media studies course requires students to develop their own moving image practical skills throughout the course. They will be required to use their own creativity applying the theoretical knowledge to practical tasks in preparation for the coursework unit.

70% exam:

The course is suited to students who are interested in all areas of the media.  The specification covers advertising, music video, news, television, magazines, websites, video games and radio.

All aspects of the media industry, including advertising, journalism, publishing, television and film production, radio, publishing and communication-based roles.

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Type of Qualifcation: A Level
Exam Board: EDUQAS
Requirements: Grade 6 at GCSE English Language, English Literature or Media Studies recommended

This linear GCE specification requires students to develop a theoretical knowledge and understanding of a diverse range of film including historical Hollywood film, American film since 2005 and recent British film since 1995. 

The course will also cover film movements, the global film industry and documentary film.

In addition, the film studies course requires students to develop their own moving image practical skills throughout the course. They will be required to use their own creativity applying the theoretical knowledge to practical tasks in preparation for the coursework unit where they can focus on film making or writing a screen play.

70% exam:

Component 1: Varieties of Film and Film Making (35%).

Component 2: Global Film Making Perspectives (35%)

30% practical coursework:

Component 3: A short film or a screen play with an evaluative analysis.

The course is suited to students who are interested in film and scriptwriting. Students that enjoy learning through a practical and creative approach may be interested in studying film studies. It will also interest anyone who may wish to pursue a career in the media or in a communication-based field. This subject compliments the skills required in Media Studies, English Language and English Literature and humanities-based subjects that require an analytical approach to texts.

Jobs directly related to film studies include broadcasting presenter, film or TV director, editor, location manager production coordinator, production designer and programme researcher to name a few.

However, the subject also links to jobs in the arts and many roles within the marketing and events sector.

Course Booklet 2021