Southend High School for Girls English Language Southend

Southend High School for Girls English Language

Southend High School for Girls Course Overview - Year 1 Teacher 1 – 5 lessons Autumn half term 1 Autumn half term 2 Spring half term 1 Spring half term 2 Summer half term 1 Summer half term 2 Teacher 2 – 4 lessons Language methods: phonology, lexis and semantics, pragmatics. Language Diversity: Gender Language methods: graphology, discourse, grammar. Language Diversity: Accent & Dialect Christmas Analysing texts of different genres and time periods Language Diversity: Ethnicity Comparing texts of different genres and Language Diversity: Occupation & time periods social groups Easter Revision Pre Public Exam Coursework: Original Writing Coursework: Language Investigation Respect Diversity Determination Ambition Resilience Motivation Spirit Success

Southend High School for Girls Course Overview - Year 2 Teacher 1 – 5 lessons Autumn half term 1 Autumn half term 2 Spring half term 1 Spring half term 2 Summer half term 1 Summer half term 2 Teacher 2 – 4 lessons Language Change history & theory Attitudes to language change English as a World Language Political Correctness Christmas Language Discourses: analysis of attitudes and perspectives Easter Revision A Level exams Child Language Development Language Discourses: writing an opinionated piece Revision A Level exams Respect Diversity Determination Ambition Resilience Motivation Spirit Success

Southend High School for Girls Coursework – 20% of A-level - An investigation into any aspect of language (2, 000 words) - Original writing and supporting commentary (1, 500 words) Respect Diversity Determination Ambition Resilience Motivation Spirit Success

Southend High School for Girls Assessment overview Paper 1: Language, the individual and society- 40% of A-level Paper 2: Language diversity and change- 40% of A-level Independent Critical study (coursework): Language in action– 20% of A-level Respect Diversity Determination Ambition Resilience Motivation Spirit Success

Southend High School for Girls How to succeed in the subject - We follow the AQA specification (https: //www. aqa. org. uk/subjects/english/as-and-a-level/english-language 7701 -7702) - Watch documentaries - there are plenty on You. Tube (e. g. David Crystal, Fry’s ‘Planet Word’, any by David Crystal). - Listen to podcasts. (e. g. The Lexis Podcast (a podcast on Anchor); BBC Radio 4 ‘Word of Mouth’). - Read articles from subject-based magazines (English & Media Centre magazine; Babel - the Language magazine; Eng. Lang. Blog on Twitter - Dan Clayton). - Read the news to see how current topics and people are presented. Take note of how language is constructed to present a particular viewpoint. - Listen to language use around you. Take note of how people use and change their language depending on the context. Respect Diversity Determination Ambition Resilience Motivation Spirit Success