Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language Coursebook 2nd Edition by Mike Gould, ISBN-13: 978-1108455824

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Cambridge International AS and A Level English Language Coursebook 2nd Edition by Mike Gould, ISBN-13: 978-1108455824

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• Publisher: ‎ Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (April 2, 2019)
• Language: ‎ English
• ‎460 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1108455824
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1108455824

Updated and fully aligned with the Cambridge International AS & A Level English Language 9093 syllabus for examination 2021. This coursebook helps students take an active approach to developing and applying the key reading and writing skills they need to succeed in their AS & A Level English Language course. In the first part of the book, for AS Level, students will learn to analyse and write different text types, from diaries and blogs to reviews, speeches and narratives. The second part supports A Level study, building on the skills students have learnt at AS level and applying them to four specialist areas of English: Language Change, Child Language Acquisition, English and the World, and Language and the Self.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Assessment overview

How to use this book

Part 1 AS Level

Section 1 Introduction to AS Level English Language

Understanding context, audience and purpose

Understanding form and structure

Exploring language and style

Voice and narrative point of view

Analysing texts

Key writing skills

Section 2 Exploring text types

Personal writing

Writing to review and comment

Writing to persuade and advise

Writing to argue and discuss

Writing to narrate and describe

Section 3 Reading skills – directed response

What is directed response?

Planning your directed response

Matching tone to purpose and audience

Comparing form, structure and language

Practice and self-assessment

Section 4 Reading skills – text analysis

What is text analysis?

Understanding and analysing the text

Planning your response

Practice and self-assessment

Section 5 Writing skills – shorter writing and reflective commentary

What is shorter writing and reflective commentary?

Developing a shorter written response

Writing a reflective commentary

Practice and self-assessment

Section 6 Writing skills – extended writing

What is extended writing?

Developing an imaginative or descriptive response

Developing a discursive response

Developing a critical response or review

Practice and self-assessment

Part 2 A Level

Section 7 Language change

How has English changed?

How language changes

Language change in the digital world

Theories of language change

Collecting and analysing data

Measuring language change

Practice and self-assessment

Section 8 Child language acquisition

Features of spoken language

Conversational interaction

Transcribing speech

The main stages of early language development

Language development from five to eight years

The functions of children’s language

Theories of language acquisition

Practice and self-assessment

Section 9 English in the world

The status of English

Whose English is it anyway?

Varieties of English

British and American English

Language dominance and language death

Practice and self-assessment

Section 10 Language and the self

Language and self-identity

Theories of language and self–identity

Language and thought

Language and social identity

Teenage and gender group identity

The language of inclusion and exclusion

Speech sounds and accents

Practice and self-assessment

Reference table of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemic symbols (Received Pronunciation) and transcription key

Acknowledgements

Mike Gould was born in London and after a career as a Head of English and a drama teacher, became an educational publisher and writer. Now author of over 150 books for children and adults, he also runs his own educational and publishing consultancy, Gould Publishing Ltd. He has written best-selling textbooks for schools in the UK and around the world and is also author of many short plays, short fiction and non-fiction, some of which have been published in partnership with the Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum etc. He lives in East Sussex and is married to Jane, expert EFL author and IELTS examiner, and has three (grown up) children and a mad dog.

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