1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

This pack is to be used in conjunction with the ENGA1 paper set in June 2012, currently available on e-aqa under ‘secure key materials’. It will support exam preparation and practice in a structured and scaffolded way.

Although...

1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

Question 2 (The Data Question)

Rachel applies the superlative ending -est to good, in an overgeneralised way.

Her father corrects her by simply modelling the correct form of ‘best’, while her mother explicitly corrects her,...

1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

Data Analysis

Each of these points is worth no marks or one mark. Which is which? Choose five to transform into correct, two-mark answers?

1. Rachel is in the one-word stage because she says “not”.
2. Rachel says “goodest” instead of...

1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

Child Language questions follow a fixed format. You will need to:

• provide five sentences which identify features of language acquisition in a small data set
• produce an essay discussing a specific aspect of language acquisition

1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

Associated Resources

• ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders.doc

1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

These texts are both technically electronic or blended mode texts, as both were originally situated online. Text A is effectively an electronic form of a written text, as can be seen from its use of hyperlinks, but has little else...

1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

The following points need work to make them full and accurate analytical points in response to the Mode question on the two texts about gap years.

What is worth keeping in each of these points? Does anything need to be removed or...

1. Introduction to ENGA1 Revision Guide
2. ENGA1 Answering the Mode Question
3. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012
4. ENGA1 Mode Question June 2012 Exemplar Response
5. ENGA1 Mode Analysis Assessment Reminders
6. ENGA1 Answering the CLA Question
7. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012
8. ENGA1 CLA Question June 2012 Exemplar Response

Mode questions usually follow a format where you are asked to ‘identify and describe the main mode characteristics of the texts’ and also asked something which is more specifically about the particular texts set. For example, that...

Associated Resources

• Transcripts Pack
• Guide to Conversation Analysis.doc

This guide is intended to support teachers preparing students for tasks involving the analysis of transcribed conversation at AS and A2 level, although teachers of the new GCSE unit on Spoken Language may also find some helpful information here, especially in the “Key Issues” section.  Just don’t get carried away with the technical terms or theories at this level!

The advice and information given here is relevant to many specifications, both Language courses and...

Associated Resources

• A Guide to Conversational Analysis

Introduction

This collection of transcripts has been produced with A Level Language and combined Language and Literature teaching in mind, although some of the transcripts may also be suitable for use with the new Spoken Language GCSE unit.

• Never Mind The Buzzcocks.doc
• David Beckham and Jonathan Ross.doc
• Paxman and Cooper on Taxes.doc
• Husband and Wife - Nan and her Fruit Pies.doc
• Student and Teacher.doc
• Jeremy Kyle.doc
• Hugh F-W - Beer Batter.doc
• Loose Women.doc
• QI Daniel Radcliffe.doc...[ read full article ] »
  

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Revision for ENGA1.doc

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Prompts for Child Language Data Analysis.doc

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ENGA1 Mode Task 2.doc

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ENGA1 Mode Task 1.doc

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ENGA1 Child Lang Essays - Last Min Revision.doc

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Eng Lang Variation Research Task.doc

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Eng Lang Simultaneous Speech Worksheet.doc

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Eng Lang Post-AS Discussion Qs.doc

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Eng Lang Investigation Planner and Agreement.doc

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Eng Lang Investigation Checklist.doc

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Eng Lang Face Theory Handout.doc

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Eng Lang Child Language Revision Pack.doc

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Child Lang Revision Groupwork.doc

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Assessment Objectives for English Language AS AQA A.doc

Language Investigations

This is a guide to preparing students for the various ‘Investigations in English Language’ units that form part of many A Level English Language courses. It has been written to cover the A2 coursework requirements for the following examination boards:

• The basic requirements for the investigation are broadly similar across all boards but where needed, specific advice for a particular exam board’s specification is shown and clearly identified.

Assessment Focus (Assessment...

Click on the link below to download a Word version of Beth Kemp’s Scheme of Work for AQA AS Level Language Spec A 2010.

AQA AS Lang A Scheme of Work Beth Kemp.doc

Click on the link below to download a Word version of Alan Thomas’s Scheme of Work for AQA AS Level Language Spec A 2010.

AQA AS Lang A Scheme of Work Alan Thomas.doc

You’ll also need to download the MAPSS Handout (a PDF file).

MAPSS Handout.pdf

This guide is for teaching ENGA1, the examined unit for the AQA ‘A’ English Language AS specification.

As its title implies, the unit encourages students to look at language differently – far more analytically – than they will have done for their GCSE English work. The final two-hour exam paper tests students on two topics:

‘Language and Mode’

This is a single compulsory question based on two linked unseen texts of different ‘modes’.

‘Language Development’

This asks students to choose between two questions, one based...