Engelsk 2

Separation of powers, elections and parties – and the current strains: polarisation, gerrymandering, voter suppression.

Parliamentary sovereignty, monarchy and devolution – with Brexit and the union's strains in historical context.

Global English, soft power and the critics – from Kachru's circles to linguistic imperialism and shifting influence.

Post-truth politics, disinformation, deepfakes and polarisation – and what democratic resilience looks like.

The British Empire's rise and fall, histories of oppression – and the memory politics of apology and repair.

The comparison method: point-by-point structure, history as explanation – the core exam task made teachable.

Close reading meets historical and cultural context – from Shakespeare and Shelley to post-colonial re-readings.

From the sonnet to spoken word: classic, war and contemporary poetry with the devices that carry them.

Prose analysis across the canon – Poe's single effect, Hemingway's iceberg, and reading the colonial gaze critically.

Cinematic devices and documentary rhetoric – films as arguments and windows on the English-speaking world.

The five-paragraph essay, thesis statements, register and sources – the craft your written exam grades.

Choosing, researching and presenting your self-chosen topic – with source triangulation and a defensible thesis.