A Level English Language

• Understand how English is used as a communication tool
• Develop your writing skills
• Understand linguistic frameworks

• Gain your English Language A Level in as little as 6 months
• Allows you to progress to university level study
• Study from home, around other commitments

Studying your A Level

The English Language A Level course introduces students to advanced language study and develops your ability to write for a variety of audiences and purposes. You will study English as a medium of communication and as a topic in its own right.

Language is seen as both a creative tool for expression and a means of social connection. During your studies you will discover how to use linguistic frameworks to analyse and interpret language.

You will learn how to pursue lines of enquiry, debate different views, and research aspects of language in use.

This A Level will cover textual variation and representations, language diversity, writing skills, original writing and more.

When you have completed this A Level you will be able to draw academic insights from a range of fields within the study of English language/linguistics, including sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. You will also have demonstratable skills in the written form and creative writing.

Getting Started

Stonebridge Associated Colleges is a leading provider of distance learning courses in the UK.

Unlike a lot of distance learning institutes, all our courses are online. That means from the moment you enrol; you will have complete access to all your course materials and assignments.

This allows you to commence your studies right away. It also allows you to structure your learning around your life, rather than making your life fit around study.

There are no classes, no classrooms. You have complete freedom to study when you want, in the way you want.

You are in complete control of your learning, so you get to decide how quickly you complete the course.

You will have the support of a dedicated tutor throughout the course. They will be available to provide advice, guidance, and mark your assignments. Each one will come back with clear feedback so you will know what you can improve upon.

As you progress through your course, you will study the following modules:

• Introduction to English Language
• Introduction to language levels
• Analysing texts with a specific focus on mode: speech, computer mediated communication and genre
• Introduction to language diversity, considering language and the individual, social groups and regional variation
• Developing textual analysis skills
• Analysing texts with a specific focus on representation
• Non-exam assessment: original writing - working with style models
• Developing language diversity: with a specific focus on gender, occupation and ethnicity
• Attitudes towards language diversity
• How and why does language change?
• Non-exam assessment: language investigation
• Introduction to children's language development
• Examine stages and theories of children's language development
• Non-exam assessment: language investigation
• Non-exam assessment: original writing
• Developing language diversity
• Explore issues linked to World Englishes and consider attitudes towards language in use
• Developing language change
• Explore reasons for change. Develop ideas about attitudes towards language change.
• Developing textual analysis skills
• Developing children's language acquisition
• Exam preparation and revision

At the end of each unit there is an assignment to complete. Once this has been completed and submitted to your tutor he or she will respond with your grade as well as detailed feedback. Following successful completion of each unit you’ll be exam ready!