AS and A-level English Language Specification Specifications for first teaching in 2015
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A-level English Language7702
Non-exam assessment (NEA) for summer 2025
NEA work samples for this subject are now submitted online using Centre Marks Submission on Centre Services. Read the guidance on submitting NEA.
2.0 Specification at a glance
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all the AS exams at the end of their AS course and all the A-level exams at the end of their A-level course.
Subject content
- 3.1.1 Textual variations and representations
- 3.1.3 Children’s language development
- 3.2.1 Language diversity and change
- 3.2.3 Language discourses
- 3.2.4 Writing skills
- 3.3.1 Language Investigation
- 3.3.2 Original writing
- Component 1 – 3.1.2 Methods of language analysis
- Component 2 – 3.2.2 Methods of language analysis
- Component 3 – 3.3.3 Methods of language analysis
Assessments
| Paper 1: Language, the Individual and Society |
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Questions Section A - Textual Variations and Representations Two texts (one contemporary and one older text) linked by topic or theme.
Section B - Children's Language Development A discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written or multimodal language (30 marks) |
| Paper 2: Language Diversity and Change |
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Questions Section A - Diversity and Change One question from a choice of two:Either: an evaluative essay on language diversity (30 marks) Or: an evaluative essay on language change (30 marks) Section B - Language Discourses Two texts about a topic linked to the study of diversity and change.
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| Non-exam assessment: Language in Action |
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Tasks Students produce:
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