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Details of our English Language course and why you should choose to study it at A Level
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Station New Road Old Tupton Chesterfield Derbyshire
S42 6LG Tel: 01246 863127
www.tuptonhall.derbyshire.sch.uk
@THSEnglishDept @TuptonSixthForm
@TuptonHalls
www.facebook.com/TuptonHallSchool
This course introduces you to studying English
Language as a real-life tool of communication.
You will gain the skills needed to become a
better speaker, reader and writer as you learn
the structures and conventions that govern all
human interaction. You will develop your
analytical skills and you will be given the
opportunity to create your own creative texts.
We work hard to ensure students have the
opportunity to visit appropriate study days /
universities to help them develop and inspire
their understanding of language.
Our students have gone on to study English
Language and other English related courses at
university. Equally, it is a much sought after
qualification for a wide range of careers such as
Advertising, Education, Journalism and Law.
If you are interested in how people write and
speak in the everyday world, how language
changes and develops and how to write
creatively, this is the course for you. We look
forward to being able to inspire young,
enthusiastic linguists.
For further information please contact
Miss R Capper
Faculty of English
Tupton Hall School
A LEVEL ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
TUPTON HALL SIXTH FORM
Why study English Language?
Entry Requirements: B in English
AS Level Exams
A Level Exams
Paper 1: Language and the Individual
The aim of this part of the course is to
introduce students to language study,
exploring textual variety. This area of
study introduces students to methods of
language analysis to explore concepts of
audience, purpose, genre, mode and
representation.
Paper 2: Language Varieties
The aim of this area of study is to allow
students to explore language variety.
Students will study the key concepts of
audience, purpose, genre and mode and
will explore language in its wider social
and geographical contexts. Students will
study varieties of English within the
British Isles. This part of the subject
content also requires students to study
social attitudes to, and debates about,
language diversity. Topics include:
Gender, Power, Regional and National
variation, Technology and Occupational
groups.
Paper 1: Language, the Individual and Society
The aim of this part of the subject content
is to introduce students to language
study, exploring textual variety and
children’s language development.
Paper 2: Language Diversity and Change
The aim of this area of study is to allow
students to explore language diversity and
change over time.
Non-exam Assessment: Language in Action
The aim of this area of study is to allow
students to explore and analyse language
data independently and develop and
reflect upon their own writing expertise.
It requires students to carry out two
different kinds of individual research:
a language investigation
a piece of original writing and
commentary
AS Level English Language
Paper 1: Language and
the Individual
50% of AS grade
(Examination)
Paper 2: Language
Varieties
50% of AS grade
Assessment
Paper 1: Language, the
Individual and Society
40% of A Level grade
(Examination)
Paper 2: Language
Diversity and Change
40% of A Level grade
(Examination)
Non-exam
Assessment:
Language in Action
20% of A Level grade
(Coursework)
A Level English Language
