A-Levels English

  • Course Title:              GCE English
    UCAS Points:            140-40
    Awarding Body:        WJEC

  • A-Levels English is quite often split into two separate subjects: A-level English language and A-level English literature. It is possible to take both of these as one subject, or alternatively you can separate the subjects if you feel it is better for you.

  • A-Level English language is structured with six modules offered over the course of two years with examinations and coursework as the final assessments. The purpose of the A-level English language subject is to develop language skills and give the student the ability to create written work that can be targeted at a specific audience in a specific format.

  • A-level English language is known to be one of the most popular A-level subject choices, and with good reason, as it is a fun and easy-to-understand course with high academic respect. The modules A-level English language covers includes discovering language, representation and language (coursework), language explorations and language investigations and interventions (coursework).
    The two coursework options give you the opportunity to be creative in an otherwise academic subject. It is commonplace to only accept students onto A-level English courses if they have grade C or above in English at GCSE.

  • SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT
    This specification is divided into a total of 4 units. Weightings
    noted below are expressed in terms of the full A Level qualification.

    LG1 30% 2½ hours Written Paper
    60 marks (120 UMS)
    Introduction to the Language of Texts
    Section A: The language of texts
    One compulsory question (40 marks)
    Section B: Language focus
    One compulsory question (20 marks)

    LG2 20% Internal Assessment
    80 marks (80 UMS)
    Original Writing and Exploring Spoken Language
    Section A: Original writing (40 marks)
    Section B: Exploring spoken language (40 marks)

    LG3 20% Internal Assessment
    80 marks (80 UMS)
    Language Investigation and Writing for Specific Purposes
    Section A: Language investigation
    One piece of extended writing (40 marks)
    Section B: Writing for specific purposes
    One piece of extended writing (40 marks)

    LG4 30% 2½ hours Written Paper
    80 marks (120 UMS)
    Analysing and Evaluating Language Modes and Contexts
    Section A: Analysis of spoken language
    One compulsory question (40 marks)
    Section B: Analysis of written language over time
    One compulsory question (40 marks)