KEY STAGE 5
Cambridge AS / A LEVEL | CODE: 9093
YEAR 12/13
SPECIFICATION: AS / A LEVEL
LONG TERM PLAN
SPECIFICATION: AS / A LEVEL
| TERM 1 (14 Weeks) Sept 1 – Dec 15 | YEAR 10 | YEAR 11 |
|---|---|---|
| WK 1 | Welcome to AS Level English Language 9093 Introduction to Paper 1 Reading non-fiction |
Welcome to A Level English Language 9093 Introduction to Paper 3 Structure, features and characteristics of unscripted conversation Assignment 1 |
| WK 2 | Key reading skills Responding to passages |
Speech strategies Conversational maxims Conversational face Assignment 2 |
| WK 3 | What is a commentary? Planning and structuring a response Assignment 1 |
Assignment 3 |
| WK 4 | Using evidence and quotations Point, quotation comment Assignment 2 |
Phonetics Symbols used when transcribing speech The importance of paralinguistic’s |
| WK 5 | Types of non-fiction text Non-fiction descriptive writing |
Assignment 4 |
| WK 6 | Descriptive writing – key techniques | Summary: key points for discourse analysis Language features, context, register, topic shifts, conventions |
| WK 7 | Personal writing – letters Assignment 3 |
The context of spoken language Communication accommodation theory |
| WK 8 | Personal writing – diaries Assignment 4 |
Language used to include and exclude 1 Examples of national and international exclusion Language groups and social class Assignment 5 |
| WK 9 | Personal writing – memoirs and autobiographies Assignment 5 |
Language used to include and exclude 2 The language of teenage groups |
| WK 10 | Persuasive writing – reviews Reading and understanding reviews |
Standard and Non-standard features of English Language change Slang Jargon |
| WK 11 | Assignment 6 – working through a past paper | Speech sound production The sounds of speech – our accent |
| WK 12 | Persuasive writing – scripted speeches | Political correctness and language links: the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Language and gender Assignment 6 |
| WK 13 | Persuasive writing – articles Assignment 7 |
Dialect, sociolect, and idiolect Assignment 7 |
| WK 14 | Assignment 8 – working through a past paper | MAssignment 8 -working through a past paper |
| TERM 2 (12 Weeks) Jan 2 – Apl 1 | YEAR 12 | YEAR 13 |
|---|---|---|
| WK 15 | Writing non-fiction – directed writing Assignment 9 – approaching a “Directed Writing” question |
Introduction to Paper 4 The world’s languages Language takeovers How did English become a global language? The status of English as a global language |
| WK 16 | Writing non-fiction – letters and diaries Assignment 10 |
How did English become a global language? The status of English as a global language Assignment 9 |
| WK 17 | Writing non-fiction – autobiographies Assignment 11 |
Whose English is it? The spread of English – Kachru’s Circles Assignment 10 |
| WK 18 | Writing non-fiction – articles and features | Received pronunciation New forms of non-standard English Changes to Standard English and RP |
| WK 19 | Writing non-fiction – speeches, voiceover and debates | Varieties of English Singapore English – “Singlish” South African English Australian English |
| WK 20 | Writing non-fiction – promotional texts and campaign literature | British vs American English The emergence of American English American English within the United States Assignment 11 |
| WK 21 | Assignment 12 – work through a past paper | Language decline, endangerment, and death Language shift Global English and language death |
| WK 22 | Introduction to Paper 2 Imaginative writing – narrative essays |
Is English under threat? Can language death be prevented? Assignment 12 |
| WK 23 | Imaginative writing – descriptive essays Assignment 13 – choice of narrative or descriptive essay |
The main stages of early development: before birth, from 1-2 years (the holophrastic stage), ages 2-3 including the telegraphic stage, 3-5 years and continuing development |
| WK 24 | Writing for an audience 1 Introduction to Paper 2 Section B Assignment 14 – writing for an audience (parts 1 and 2) |
Language development from 5-11 years Teenage language Assignment 13 |
| WK 25 | Writing for an audience 2 Writing different texts Argumentative Style Reponses | Halliday’s functions of language The influence of TV on children’s language development |
| WK 26 | Writing for audience 3 Argumentative Style Reponses | Theories of language acquisition: - Imitation and reinforcement - Innate language competence – the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) - The Language Acquisition Support System (LASS) - Cognitive development |
| TERM 3 (6 Weeks) Apl 11 – May 14 | YEAR 12 | YEAR 13 |
|---|---|---|
| WK 27 | Revision and practice Looking at the mark scheme | Revision and practice Looking at the mark scheme |
| WK 28 | Revision and practice Looking at example responses | Revision and practice Looking at example responses |
| WK 29 | Revision and practice | Revision and practice |
| WK 30 | Mock paper | Mock paper |
| WK 31 | Revision and practice | Revision and practice |
| WK 32 | Revision and practice / End of course | Revision and practice / End of course |