+ ENG A: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE:INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

MS. GANDHI’S CLASS

+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.

+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.

+Course assessmentPART 4 - LITERATURE – CRITICAL STUDY

(IOC – 15%) SEPT 2014 – MAY 2015Students 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:

1) Macbeth – William Shakespeare (Drama, Europe, 16/17thC)

2) Running in The Family – Michael Ondaatje (Prose, 20th C)

3) HL only – Long Day’s Journey Into Night – Eugene O’Neil (Drama 19th C)

12-13 minute commentary

2-3 minute discussion and questions

+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 ContextAreas to be covered in this part include: Language and the

individual

Language and communities

Language and power Language and knowledge Language and gender

Written Task #1 completed

Further Oral Activity completed

Preparation for Paper 1 practice paper

Annotating sample papers

There are 3 main objectives to be familiar with…

+1. 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.