English Language or Lit?

[Frodo13.]

I'm about to start A2 English Literature after doing suprisingly well as AS (I utterly convinced myself I was going to get a U, and I got a C). Lit is OK, and nothing more to be honast and the only thing that has made me carry on with it is the fact it is a respectable subject, and I have the two greatest teachers ever for it. All year I have found it difficult, hard work and at times unbearable and I also got a good grade at GCSE, but when I achieved the good grade at AS, it gave me a bigger sence of accomplishment then any other then my other subjects.

I also think it has alot to do with what books you study. Thankfully for you, A Levels are changing this year, so I don't think you will have to be put through the horrors of reading Cold Mountain (I hated it so much that I got a D on the Modern Novel Paper) But while I say that, I also studied some great texts, such as 'Tis Pity...' and 'The World's Wife', and it showed in my grade (I got an A on the Texts in Context paper). And you may even be shocked at what sort of stuff you liked; this past year I have totally changed my perception to Shakespeare and have also read some great books which I will be comparing for my coursework for A2. If your looking for a subject with great variety, but also will challenge you, then go for Lit.

[Funya Chin]

I failed at English Language AS and I got a B at GCSE. Language I was fine though but this is probably because it was coursework-based. I generally fail in exams apart from GCSE's because they're easy.

Depends what you want though, do you want to spend two years reading, analysing and reviewing novels and poetry or spend two years writing original text, changing text etc.

[Immenseman]

I picked literature and missed my first lesson because I was messing with mates.

[Inseriousity.]

Hahahahaha, great start

I was late for French. That's hard . I was thinking english lit or french and I picked french lololol. I need to get used to the teacher speaking in fluent french with only 20 minutes of English

[Abbie.]

most people that do englit at as level seem to do well, its alot of hard work though lol, i did it at gcse and hated it so much, but i went into the exam without reading the books and poems and got a C (y) o yeahh LOL

[Immenseman]

I found GCSE French very hard so I didn't pick it. It's not my fault they totally messed up my timetable.

[Abbie.]

I found GCSE French very hard so I didn't pick it. It's not my fault they totally messed up my timetable.

my best friend does alevel french for a level, it is really hard actually

i enjoyed french gcse actually but sound northern irish when i speak french, so i couldnt pick it because u need the accent lmao.