Learning outcome
Describe the key concepts, content areas and assessment objectives of the 2027–2028 syllabus.
Key concepts
| Concept | Guiding idea |
|---|---|
| Text and context | Language is shaped by situation, audience, purpose and wider context |
| Meaning and style | Choices of form, structure and language create effects |
| Audience | Writers and speakers construct and respond to audiences |
| Creativity | Language users adapt conventions and create original meanings |
| Diversity | English varies across users, communities, places and situations |
| Change | Language develops over time and in response to social forces |
Course content
AS work centres on reading and analysing varied unseen texts and producing effective writing for different forms, styles, contexts, purposes and audiences. A Level work adds four linguistic areas: language change, child language acquisition, English in the world, and language and the self.
Assessment objectives
| AO | Learners should be able to… |
|---|---|
| AO1 | Read and demonstrate understanding of a wide variety of texts |
| AO2 | Write effectively, creatively, accurately and appropriately for varied audiences and purposes |
| AO3 | Analyse how choices of form, structure and language produce meaning and style |
| AO4 | Demonstrate understanding of linguistic issues, concepts, methods and approaches |
| AO5 | Analyse and synthesise language data from varied sources |
Skills across the course
- Sustain accurate, fluent and consistent writing.
- Respond appropriately to specified form, style, context and audience.
- Use precise terminology and relevant textual evidence.
- Connect specific examples with wider linguistic studies.
- Build coherent arguments from multiple sources.
Completion check
You can connect each course topic to its relevant key concepts and assessment objectives.
Source
Official 2027–2028 syllabus, pp. 5 and 8–17.