English Language

Assessment

The A level consists of two exams and two pieces of non-examined work (coursework). Paper 1: Exploring Language 2 hours 30 minutes 80 marks 40% - Section A: Language under the Microscope:20 marks, 2 questions, both to be answered. Unseen written text analysis. 40 minutes - Section B: Writing about a topical language issue, 24 marks, issue-based and original writing for a real-world audience, no more than 500 words. 45 minutes - Section C: Comparing and contrasting texts, 36 marks, two unseen texts (one spoken), compare modes of texts. 15 minutes to read and prepare texts and 50 minutes to write responses. Paper 2: Dimensions of Linguistic Variation 2hours 30 minutes 80 marks 40% - Section A: Child language acquisition, 20 marks, analyze spoken language transcription of a child 0 – 7 age range. 40 minutes - Section B: Language in the media, 24 marks, multi-modal text, they may consider language and power, language and gender, and language and technology. 45 minutes - Section C: Language change, 36 marks, comparing two different texts from different times (1600s to present day) 1 hour 5 minutes Non-examined Assessment - Section A: Independent Investigation – we MUST submit all task titles to OCR, 2000-2500 words, excluding data/appendices. 30 marks - Section B: Academic Poster – same topic as investigation, for display at an undergraduate conference on English. 750-1000 words 10 marks Moderated by OCR