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Overview

This course provides an opportunity for students to explore the study of English Language and English Literature as an integrated discipline. Students are allowed to gain greater confidence in handling both spoken and written English through the study of the spoken word, literary and non-literary texts. Essentially, students will develop their own abilities as users of English.

This course is aimed at those who want to study English Language beyond that required for Key Stage 4 of the National Curriculum, and who have already achieved English GCSE grade C or equivalent. The Advanced GCE in English Language and Literature prepares students who wish to study English at degree level or equivalent and provides a wide range of opportunities for courses in the Arts, Humanities and Media and Communication in Higher Education.

Specification aims

The aims of these specifications are to encourage students to:

• Study language and literature as interconnecting disciplines.
• Develop their ability to use linguistic and literary critical concepts and analytical frameworks in commenting on a wide range of spoken language texts and written texts.
• Develop as independent, confident and reflective readers, enabling them to relate literary and non-literary texts to the contexts in which they were produced; also to develop their skills in speaking and writing for different purposes and audiences.
• Make comparisons and connections between a range of texts, and to make independent judgements about the range of approaches that can be adopted in understanding the inter-relationship between language and literature.