This course helps you understand the complexities of language through studying a wide range of texts, including studying the use vocabulary, word patterns, text structures and style. You will develop high levels of analytical thinking and understanding of the impact of language.
The course comprises two areas of study.
Analysis and Evaluation
Creation and Production
The course assessment has four components totalling 100 marks:
Component 1: question paper: Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation – worth 30 marks
Component 2: question paper: Critical Reading – worth 40 marks
Component 3: Portfolio - Writing – worth 30 marks
Component 4: Performance - Spoken language. This new internally assessed spoken language component will ensure that all four literacy skills are assessed, which will be graded as ‘Achieved’ or ‘Not Achieved’.
This course is suited to learners who have achieved 4th Level CfE English in S3.
A or B Pass: