English Language & Linguistics
This course explores both spoken and written language in use in a wide range of professionally written texts and transcripts.
English Language & Linguistics A Level
You will learn a large amount of technical linguistic terminology in order to analyse how language works. To prepare you for an unseen texts examination, you will explore a variety of texts, such as transcripts of the spoken word, advertisements, speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, short stories and extracts from novels and plays. You will investigate many important language issues in society.
Assessment
Qualification
A Level
Awarding Body
Pearson
Entry Requirements
There are no specified entry requirements for this course. Please see the college’s basic entry requirements here.
Topics Covered
- Spoken Language
- Written Language
- Child Language
- Language Change
- Language and Identity
- Investigating Language
- Language and Gender
- Language and Power
Trips
Visits to lectures and external events are offered.
Academics and professional journalists also visit throughout the year.
Career path
English Linguistics is relevant to all academic and vocational subjects.
You can go on to take a specialist degree in English language, language and communications or linguistics, or other courses such as law, drama, education, history or any of the social sciences.
Career possibilities include journalism, publishing, teaching and speech and language therapy.
I am at university studying Primary Teaching and have found the A Level English Language course extremely useful. Not only is it handy to have the knowledge when sitting in the lectures, but I have an assignment solely on language development – an area we covered in depth on the A Level course.
I chose the English Language course by chance, knowing I needed to choose relevant subjects for my university course but didn’t realise the positive impact it would have. Many people, from different colleges, regret not taking the course now, so I am glad I was someone who did!
Alice Gardner, former student
