ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRIVATE COLLEGE TUITION

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English Language A Level & AS Level Courses

English Language is a challenging subject at A level and enables our students to analyse a wide variety of spoken and written forms of English. Students develop an understanding of linguistic features such as phonetics, phonology, morphology and semantics, as well as learning to critically evaluate attitudes towards language. The study of English language also involves close reading and interpretation a range of data, including written texts, transcriptions of speech and media sources.

Course outline

AS Level Course Outline

Component 01Exploring language

  • Understanding language features in context
  • Comparing and contrasting texts

Component 02Exploring contexts

  • Writing about a topical language issue
  • Exploring language in context

A Level Course Outline

Component 01Exploring language

  • Language under the microscope
  • Writing about a topical language issue
  • Comparing and contrasting texts

Component 02Dimensions of linguistic variation

  • Child language acquisition
  • Language in the media
  • Language change

Component 03Independent language research

  • An independent investigation of language
  • The academic poster

Assesment

AS Level

Component 01

  • Synoptic assessment
  • 60 marks
  • 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
  • 50% of total AS level

Component 02

  • Synoptic assessment
  • 60 marks
  • 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
  • 50% of total AS level

A Level

Component 01

  • Synoptic assessment
  • 80 marks
  • 2 hours 30 minutes written paper
  • 40% of total A level

Component 02

  • Synoptic assessment
  • 80 marks
  • 2 hours 30 minutes written paper
  • 40% of total AS level

Component 03

  • Synoptic assessment
  • 40 marks
  • Non examined assessment
  • 20% of total A level

Specification

Teachers will choose the examination board for students joining in Year 12 based on their expertise and specialist knowledge. For Year 13 and retake students, teachers will continue students’ studies with AQA, Edexcel/Pearson, OCR or WJEC/Eduqas. Please note that we do not offer CIE but can more than map to one of the boards listed.

Teachers

Benedict Tucker
BA (Cambridge)

Richard Searby
BA (Exeter)

Sophie Harrold
BA (Cambridge), MA (King’s), PGCE (Goldsmith’s)

Why Choose Westminster Tutors?

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  • Average grades 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B
  • Average A level retake improvement is 1.5 grades
  • Superbly qualified teachers who care
  • Exceptional UCAS support
  • Individual weekly mentoring
  • 100% of our parents recommend us
  • Celebrating 90 years of academic excellence
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