ENG A: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE MS ENG A: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE MS. GANDHI’S CLASS

PART 2 - LANGUAGE AND MASS COMMUNICATION – Course assessment PART 2 - LANGUAGE AND MASS COMMUNICATION – AUG - NOV 2014 Texts are chosen from a variety of sources, genres and media. Written Task Further Oral Activities (15%) - Students complete at least two further oral activities, one based on part 1 and one based on part 2 of the course.

PART 1 - LANGUAGE IN CULTURAL CONTEXT – Course assessment PART 1 - LANGUAGE IN CULTURAL CONTEXT – JAN - MAY2015 Texts are chosen from a variety of sources, genres and media. Written Task Further Oral Activities (15%) - Students complete at least two further oral activities, one based on part 1 and one based on part 2 of the course.

PART 4 - LITERATURE – CRITICAL STUDY (IOC – 15%) SEPT 2014 – MAY 2015 Course assessment PART 4 - LITERATURE – CRITICAL STUDY (IOC – 15%) SEPT 2014 – MAY 2015 Students comment on an extract from a literary text studied in part 4 of the course. (30 marks). SL Students are given two guiding questions. Texts: Macbeth – William Shakespeare (Drama, Europe, 16/17thC) Running in The Family – Michael Ondaatje (Prose, 20th C) HL only – Long Day’s Journey Into Night – Eugene O’Neil (Drama 19th C) 12-13 minute commentary 2-3 minute discussion and questions

PART 3 – EXAM (PAPER 2) – MAY 2015 – APR 2016 TEXTS AND CONTEXTS (25%) Course assessment PART 3 – EXAM (PAPER 2) – MAY 2015 – APR 2016 TEXTS AND CONTEXTS (25%) In response to one of six questions students write an essay based on at least two literary texts studied in part 3. The questions are the same at HL but the assessment criteria are different.  Texts: A Spirit Catches You…, Anne Fadiman Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov HL only – No Longer at Ease, Chinua Achebe

Course assessment Paper 1 – Exam Comparative/Textual Analysis (25%) The paper consists of two unseen texts for SL. The paper consists of two sets of unseen texts for HL Guiding Questions provided for SL The exam builds on the skills learned in Parts 1 and 2

Part 1 – Language and Cultural Context Areas to be covered in this part include: Further Oral Activity completed Language and the individual Preparation for Paper 1 practice paper Language and communities Annotating sample papers Language and power Language and knowledge There are 3 main objectives to be familiar with… Language and gender Written Task #1 completed

Analyse how audience and purpose affect the structure and content of texts. the use of persuasive language in political speeches the features of language of the oppressed Governments and language.

2. Analyse the impact of language changes the impact of electronic communication on meaning the influence of government policy the emergence of new vocabulary from the language of groups (for example, young people) the disappearance of vocabulary and of languages themselves.

3. Demonstrate an awareness of how language and meaning are shaped by culture and context. the ways in which jargon and professional language are used the ways in which language affirms identity the status given to standard and non-standard forms of the language the status of minority languages in multilingual societies.