English Language — AS Level (9093)
Why do adverts work? How does a toddler learn to talk? Why is English changing so fast — and who owns it now? A Level English Language turns you into a sharp writer and a scientist of language.
- Level
- AS level
- Syllabus
- Cambridge International · 9093
- Teacher
- Ismat_Ali
- Exam session
- June & November
- Format
- Live online classes
About this course
This course covers the Cambridge AS Level English Language syllabus (9093), the first year of the full A Level programme. Students will develop advanced analytical and writing skills, exploring how language is shaped by context, purpose, and audience. The course focuses on close reading of unseen texts, language analysis, and directed writing tasks. Students will build the critical thinking and communication skills essential for university-level study and professional environments.
What is included
- Live online classes with your teacher
- Quizzes and assignments in your student portal
- Marks and feedback from your teacher
- Progress your parents can follow
Cambridge International AS & A Level English Language (9093)
Checked against the official Cambridge syllabus for exams in 2024–2026 and 2027–2028 (same papers)
Quick facts
Topic map
AS Level
- ADirected response + comparison
- BText analysis
- AShorter writing + reflective commentary
- BExtended writing: imaginative/descriptive, discursive/argumentative or review/critical
A Level (adds)
- ALanguage change
- BChild language acquisition
- AEnglish in the world
- BLanguage and the self
Exam pattern
Section A: directed response to a text, plus a comparison of your writing with the original. Section B: analysis of an unseen text (each text about 550–750 words).
Section A: a text of no more than 400 words plus a reflective commentary. Section B: one extended piece of 600–900 words from a choice of three.
Section A: language change (a prose text + n-gram graph + corpus word table). Section B: child language acquisition (a transcript, ages 0–8).
Two essays responding to 400–500 word texts: English in the world, and Language and the self.
Three ways to take it
All papers are marked by Cambridge. Dictionaries may not be used.
Grades
What it took in June 2026 (full A Level, four papers)
Minimum marks out of 200 for each grade.
Minimum marks out of 200 in June 2026 (all paper variants had the same boundaries). For AS Level alone (out of 100) an 'a' needed 67 and an 'e' 37.
AS Level: a, b, c, d, e. Full A Level: A*, A, B, C, D, E.
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