English Language study guides
A-LEVEL-EDEXCEL Β· A-Level (Pearson Edexcel) Β· aligned to Pearson Edexcel.
- Edexcel A-Level English Language: analysis and investigation, a complete overview
A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language (9EN0) guide to analysis and investigation. Covers the methods of language analysis (the language levels), the coursework language investigation, original writing and commentary, and exam text analysis, with the skills and frameworks Edexcel expects.
π 16 min read9EN0 - Edexcel A-Level English Language: child language development, a complete overview
A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language (9EN0) guide to child language development. Covers spoken language acquisition stages, written language development (Kroll and reading), and the theories of acquisition (Skinner, Chomsky, Piaget, Bruner and Vygotsky), with the terminology and theorists Edexcel expects.
π 16 min read9EN0 - Edexcel A-Level English Language: language change, a complete overview
A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language (9EN0) guide to language change. Covers historical change at every level, attitudes to change (Aitchison's metaphors, Crystal, prescriptivism versus descriptivism), and the theories and processes of change (wave, S-curve, random fluctuation and word formation), with the theorists Edexcel expects.
π 16 min read9EN0 - Edexcel A-Level English Language: language variation, a complete overview
A deep-dive Edexcel A-Level English Language (9EN0) guide to language variation. Covers idiolect and identity, social and regional variation (Labov, Trudgill, Milroy), language and gender, power and occupation (Lakoff, Tannen, Fairclough), and Standard versus non-standard English, with the theorists Edexcel expects.
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