English Language A-Level

Assessment

Paper 1: Language, the Individual and Society Assessed written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes 100 marks 40% of A-level Questions Section A - Textual Variations and Representations Two texts (one contemporary and one older text) linked by topic or theme. A question requiring analysis of one text (25 marks) A question requiring analysis of a second text (25 marks) A question requiring comparison of the two texts (20 marks) Section B - Children's Language Development A discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written or multimodal language (30 marks) Paper 2: Language Diversity and Change Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes 100 marks 40% of A-level Questions Section A - Diversity and Change One question from a choice of two: Either: an evaluative essay on language diversity (30 marks) Or: an evaluative essay on language change (30 marks) Section B - Language Discourses Two texts about a topic linked to the study of diversity and change. A question requiring analysis of how the texts use language to present ideas, attitudes and opinions (40 marks) A directed writing task linked to the same topic and the ideas in the texts (30 marks) Non-exam assessment: Language in Action Assessed Word count: 3,500 100 marks 20% of A-level Assessed by teachers Moderated by AQA