Language Change (9093) and how to approach it
When getting ready for A level exam, one inevitably notices that past papers for Language Change are available only for the last few years. It poses a...
Paper 4 Overview (A-Level English 9093)
The logical continuation of the post about Paper 3 is to write about Paper 4 of the A Level English language course (9093, Cambridge). The papers are...
Paper 3 Overview (A-Level English 9093)
Both Papers 3 and 4 in the A-level English language course by Cambridge push the students into the realm of linguistics yet look at different topics from...
Great [extra] books for A level English course
There is no secret that the coursebook for any A Level is not enough. I don’t know about other courses, but English Language the mark scheme clearly...
5 reasons A-Level English (9093) is my favourite course
I’ve been teaching A-Level English Language (CIE edition) for three years and it is definitely my subject of choice. Certainly, I have a bit of bias: the...
‘Linguanomics’ by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun [notes]
‘In many regions across the globe, a citizen’s ability to speak multiple languages is ‘normal and quite unremarkable’ and is ‘an instrumental response to mundane needs’ in...
Monologue, dialogue or..?
From monologue for one person and dialogue for two, two a wider range of nuances when deciding on the type of the text