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What will I study in English Language?
Studying English Language will help you to engage with spoken and written language, allow you to explore texts, words and images and learn how to express opinions, form independent views and challenge ideas.
Studying English Language develops your communication skills, teaches you how to present with confidence and improves your writing skills. The use of the English Language is beneficial to all career paths, giving you skills that can be used in many different real life situations. You will have the opportunity to read and explore a wide range of texts. This will help you to form independent views and learn how to challenge and argue your point of view.
How will I be assessed in this subject?
Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-Fiction and Media Texts.
This unit is assessed in a written examination lasting 1 hour 45 minutes, which is worth 30 percent of the overall GCSE qualification
Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts.
This unit is assessed in two controlled assessment tasks worth 20 percent of the overall GCSE qualification.
Speaking and Listening.
This unit is assessed in three controlled assessment tasks worth 20 percent of the overall GCSE qualification.
Studying Spoken and Written Language.
This unit is assessed in a written examination lasting 1 hour 45 minutes, which is worth 30 percent of the overall GCSE qualification.
What will I study?
Unit 1
Unit 1
Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts
You will engage with reading and writing tasks based on texts.
This unit is assessed in a written examination lasting 1 hour 45 minutes, which is worth 30 percent of the overall GCSE qualification.
Unit 2
Unit 2
Speaking and Listening
You will complete an individual presentation and interaction, a discussion and a role play.
This unit is assessed in three controlled assessment tasks worth 20 percent of the overall GCSE qualification.
Unit 3
Unit 3
Studying Spoken and Written Language
Studying Spoken and Written Language
You will study the impact of spoken language and demonstrate knowledge of characters, themes and genres in literary texts.
This unit is assessed in two controlled assessment tasks worth 20 percent of the overall GCSE qualification
Unit 4
Unit 4
Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-fiction Texts
You will engage with writing and reading tasks based on non-fiction texts.
This unit is assessed in a written examination lasting 1 hour 45 minutes, which is worth 30 percent of the overall GCSE qualification.
What career pathways are available to me if I study this subject?
Studying English Language can lead to further study or a career in the media, such as journalist, editor or writer. Advertising and marketing are also options, with roles such as copywriter, public relations officer or researcher. With further study you could also consider a career in teaching or law.
Extra Curricular Activities
In English Language, you may have the opportunity to take part in the following activities;
Drama Improvisations
Workshops
Debates
Author visits
Presentations
Hot seating
Poetry competition
Book Club
Student Testimonials
Although English language is a compulsory subject, it is very important to help develop, communication and written language it also increases your chances of getting a good job in a multinational company within your home country or for finding work abroad. It's also the language of international communication, the media and the internet, so learning English is important for socialising and entertainment as well as work.
Studying English language develops your confidence and improves your writing skills. Having English language helps in other subjects such as religion and history, writing essay style questions,it allows you to structure your question and for the future it will allow you to write letters to and use very good vocabulary. English language can help out in all career paths, it gives you skills and independence that can be used in real life situations. you will be given the chance to read and explore a wide range of texts and will help you to challenge and argue your point of view. English language is used every day and it is essential to have it opens so many doors for you when you are looking for a job.
Emma, Year 12
Studying English Literature at both GCSE and A-Level at St Malachy’s High School Castlewellan was really very enjoyable for me and I would advise any of you who have developed a liking or interest in English as a subject throughout key stage three to really consider studying it further. I have really been able to develop my academic skills by taking on extended studies of English Literature.I have also had the opportunity to discover inspirational writers and their works; from local literary Nobel prize winner Seamus Heaney to William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ and have thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of the course.
Niamh, Year 14
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