Language Diverstiy

Read and annotate both texts.

Consider the key constituents

Consider similarities and differences

Write the KC beside some points

Make sure you make notes on how the context is reflected in the language of the text

Number your notes!!

Start with comments about the provenance of the texts

Say what kind of text it is

When, where was it written

By whom and for whom

Stick with P-E-E

In the explain try to include

some analysis of language

some reference to the context

and possibly a link to the other text

Either write a paragraph on each text in turn

Or

Write a P-E-E-Link paragraph

(Best to use a mixture of both!)

Be careful to answer the question. It usually asks you about an issue that is reflected in the language. For example, attitudes towards religion and religious language.

Text A and Text C both represent school as a place where one gains independence from parents and where identity is transformed. The boy in text A seems to exaggerate his condition with medical lexis such as chilblains and consumption and the many negative collocations such as ‘I have not made’ and ‘I will try not’. In text C the poetic dialect is juxtaposed with the standard form to demonstrate how children can lose touch with their background and how the prescriptive atmosphere of the classroom can impose regularity and stifle the child’s creativity.

AO1: Select and apply a range of linguistic methods, to

communicate relevant knowledge using appropriate terminology

and coherent, accurate written expression (10 marks)

AO2: Demonstrate critical understanding of a range of concepts

and issues related to the construction and analysis of meanings in

spoken and written language, using knowledge of linguistic

approaches (15 marks)

AO3: Analyse and evaluate the influence of contextual factors on

the production and reception of spoken and written language,

showing knowledge of the key constituents of language (15 marks)