About the course

You will certainly be encouraged to hone your creative writing skills toward a publishable standard and develop your own journalistic writing style while studying English Language. Explore contemporary and historical forms of communication, read texts with a heightened ability to read subtext and nuance. Look at how writers cater for and reach their audience, alter it to genre and analyse writing styles while developing your own creative skills. Look at how power, history, relationships and social identity shape the English that we use today and develop your skills in presentations, research and academic writing.

Start Date/s

01/09/2025

Entry Requirements

Five GCSEs at Grade 5 or above which includes: English Literature and Mathematics Grade 6 in English Language

Think about studying alongside: Ancient History | Classical Civilisation | Drama with Theatre Studies | English Literature | Film Studies | History | Law | Media Studies | Politics | Psychology | Sociology

Modules

Students will gain referencing and research skills, will learn about British cultural history and will also be prompted to consider some profound notions of how language shapes our identity and personality and is responsible for controlling how we see the world around us.

Assessment

Students will be assessed with both external examination and coursework.

Careers & Progression

Journalist, Editor, Author, Copywriter, Speech and Language Therapist, Creative Writer, Public Relations Executive, Marketing, Teacher.

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