English Language

The following materials, links and resources are designed to support your transition from KS4 to KS5 and to help you in preparing for your new course.

You should try to absorb all the 'watch it' and 'read it' materials as these have been chosen by your KS5 subject teachers specifically to support your new subjects.

All students will need to complete the KS5 Transition task for English A level in full.

The KS5 transition task will need to be handed in to your subject teacher on or before your first lesson in September. These tasks will help you in preparing for your new subjects but will also help teachers to make sure you are suited for these subjects.

With this in mind, all KS5 Transition tasks should be completed to the highest standard possible.

Watch it...

The following videos give some excellent insights into just some of the topics you will be covering in A-Level English.


What is Linguistics?  


The History of English in 10 minutes


Language Acquisition.

Read it...

The following articles (among hundreds of others online) offer some really useful and thought provoking ideas about how linguistics. These will be useful reading for all students moving on to English at KS5.


How do we learn language? Takeaways for language learners 


Do it...

All students moving on to study A level English will need to complete the following KS5 Transition task in full.

Take time to research and explore the ideas in each section. There is a wealth of material available online so don't hurry to complete this but, instead, take time to understand and examine each perspective and idea. There is a PDF and a Word version in case you would like to complete this electronically but this is not essential

Check it....

It is important that you communicate with teachers when in sixth form so we would always encourage you to ask for any additional materials, support or advice on your subjects.

If you have any questions about the English Transition Task, you can contact the English team using the email below;

Mr Martin: m.martin@sjhcsc.co.uk