English Language

Assessment

Paper 1: Language, the Individual and Society: • Section A: Textual variations and representations. Pupils will analyse two texts (one contemporary and one older text) linked by topic or theme. • Section B: Children’s Language Development. Pupils will produce a discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written, and multimodal language. This exam lasts 2 hours 30 minutes. It is worth 100 marks and equates to 40% of the A Level. Paper 2: Language Diversity and Change: • Section A: Diversity and Change. Either an evaluative essay on language diversity or: an evaluative essay on language change (30 marks). • Section B: Language Discourses. Pupils read two texts about a topic linked to the study of diversity and change. They then answer a question requiring analysis of how the texts use language to present ideas, attitudes and opinions. Pupils then complete a directed writing task linked to the same topic and the ideas in the texts. This exam lasts 2 hours 30 minutes. It is worth 100 marks and equates to 40% of the A Level. Non-Examination Assessment: Pupils must choose 1 language investigation and 1 piece of original writing of 3500 words in length. This is worth 100 marks.