how many answer booklets did y'all use?

Not sure if I can post this but I was thinking about selling my a* a level coursework for English. I have photos showing my marks on it. Thinking to sell for £12.50 but if anyone’s interested just send a dm and id be happy to chat 😊

Someone break it down for me please. The math isn’t mathing.

ok so the diversity question i ate UP i was so thrilled but then the texts i thought were really really rough, could barely think of points to make. I saw things i could talk about but i couldn’t make connections to the other text it was pretty bad. especially since it was the highest mark question

How did we find this? Please don’t discuss any of the content as we wouldn’t be allowed to!

Was it easy to answer the texts, did you find it easy to analyse, were you stuck?

I hope the grade boundaries are low, because they might as well have given us windings, even though I felt I got a good result out of it.

I do the AQA exam board for English language at alevel. I was wondering if anyone could mark this paper 1 question 1 for me?

Your help is very much appreciated!!

If I’m good at analysing and stuff but not as good at story writing should I still choose eng lang? Or will that hinder me from getting an A*. Does anyone that has chosen English language have an idea?

Can anyone explain me how to write 35 mark question plzzz in pearson edexcel a level english language unit 1

I recently got my feb march marks and I have failed english. I did only AS level english and somehow still managed to fail it. It brought down my entire aggregate and ruined my marks. So I am planning to retake it in october november. Any advice on where and how to start so I can make sure to ace the exam and english can die in a hole somewhere.

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Does anyone know where i can find solved past paperrs or like answers for paper 1 and paper 2 english language 9093. i really wanna see how other people answer the papers and what i have to do to get the highest marks and i don't wanna ask chat gpt

worried for results day.
do u think grade boundaries will fall this yr by a few marks?

I keep noticing a seemingly new language trend. "To be" seems to be left out. Example: This car needs repaired.

Is this a strange new evolution happening with the language? Why don't we say "needs to be repaired"?

This bothers me almost as much as "Orientated".

I'm appearing for english 9093 as a private candidate in the Oct/Nov 2024 series and I’m feeling overwhelmed. Due to unforeseen circumstances taking eng was a very last min decision and now I'm struggling quite a bit. While I’ve managed to gather notes and understand the course material I'm having serious trouble solving past papers which is very very very bad given that the exams are only a month away. To make things even worse I’m sitting for all four components at once. I’ve watched all the videos available on YouTube and tried to attempt most of the sample papers I could find but it’s not enough. Unfortunately I can’t afford tutoring or crash courses so reddit and Youtube are my last hope. If anyone could share sample answers for all four papers, especially Papers 3 and 4 I’d beincredibly grateful. I just need sample answers like tons of them because I’m struggling with how to write proper responses for those papers Any solved past papers or guidance would mean so much to me. Also I'm a former edexcel student and didnt have much prior knowledge of how the caie system works although I’ve managed to get the hang of it but still would appreciate any tips. Thank you.

I’m really lost with how to structure the CLA spoken language question. I don’t know how to structure it to integrate the text and my own knowledge into my answer. Any help would be really appreciated TYIA

Any paper 2 predictions ?

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Catcalling vs compliments link to politeness theory as "Catcalling can be intimidating, and can threaten both positive and negative face." Catcalling presumes familiarity that is not truly present between the speaker and the listener.

I'm researching this for my Eng lang A lvl NEA and I would initially expect the language to be different... when asked to differentiate between a catcall and a compliment it is typically identified that a catcall is about something you cannot control (your body) and has sexual overtones whereas a compliment is about something you can control (such as the way you dress) and is intended innocently. I generally agree with this line of reasoning.

However, for this nea I conducted interviews with women who had been catcalled and asked them to describe the language used by men during specific incidents and although I can't share the exact data I will say that my findings were that the language used was almost exactly identical barring 2 exceptions.

The questions were as follows, if anyone is interested in answering them out of curiosity, (although I likely won't be able to add in the data to my project (seeing as I'm already over the word count and have only done my intro and methodology so far), I would if it could lead to a different or particularly interesting conclusion.):

Have you ever been catcalled by a man? What did they say?

Have you ever been complimented by a male stranger? What did they say?

How did it make you feel? Being catcalled vs being complimented?

Give an example of language used to catcall vs compliment:

One "Hi pretty" was a compliment whereas another qualified as sexual harassment, I do not doubt my sources and have experienced this dichotomy myself on a number of occasions (being called the base adjective "gorgeous" by my boyfriend is a very different experience to having it repeated at me by a strange balding man blocking my route home in a white van when I was 14, despite the fact that "gorgeous" is not a particularly offensive or vulgar lexis and it does not necessarily connote anything sexual). So, if it is not the language used, is it the context, the life experiences of the listener (which would impact how safe vs unsafe she'd feel in a given situation) which are factors out of the control of the speaker? (This seems to take away some responsibility from the speaker.) Or, is it the speaker's intentions which we can presume to know through tone of voice, posture and the actions following their speech (i.e. walking away or following the individual)?

Something I found alarming was that when answering number 3 (on compliments) some of my interviewees told stories about unknown old men who 'complimented' these young women by looking them up and down and saying "nice" or something of the sort.

When asked how they felt about these so called compliments they responded with variations of "uncomfortable" due to the age differences (pedophilia) but still identified these comments as instances of receiving compliments rather than catcalls. For me, this cannot be accurate, as I, and the Merriam-Webster dictionary define a compliment as “an expression of esteem, respect, affection, or admiration" none of which was contained in these interactions. To put it plainly, a compliment should make the subject feel good whereas a catcall is more concerned with the desires of the speaker and objectifying the subject.

So, this is a brief(-ish) summary on the subjects I will touch on in my NEA. My English teacher commented when reading it that I should potentially save my work for a dissertation (which I don't think will be relevant for the course I want to study (a combination of Philosophy and Linguistics)) or make a post on LinkedIn or a blog as I would have to delete the majority of my work to have room for the analysis of my data (which I have yet to begin despite being so over the word count)... I didn't want to post on LinkedIn (the atmosphere there is too fake and covered in work-politeness,, it's hard to sound neutral about men while researching in detail the sorts of things some men openly say to women on the streets) and I don't have a blog (although my sisters have a website I could access) so I've come to reddit for advice and opinions.

Any comments on my research or ideas on how to expand on this, share my work online in a forum where it will reach and potentially help people to think about/reconsider their own experiences? I'd also be very grateful for any ideas or how I could include this in a personal statement geared towards Philosophy and Linguistics.

Thanks so much for your time and reading my paragraphs of waffle, I hope you've found it somewhat interesting and have a good day!

What mark did everyone get for their coursework if you got it back already? i’m trying to gauge what most people got.

Is there always a question on language diversity and always one on change for section A? ☺️

Hi, me again. Look how concerned I am for my own education!

Basically, I have practiced every single exam paper there is available online but I still need more practice, I have tried writing my own practice questions but obviously I choose things I like writing about. Does anybody know of anywhere that has got any practice questions not from proviso papers that I can practice with? Or perhaps you have written some yourself and want to share. If you have anything at all, very much appreciated, if u could drop it under this post!

Happy studying!

Hello! I've started my AS levels, and throughout IGCSEs, I've always truly enjoyed studying FLE. I'm writing in the hope of getting advice from people who have taken (or teach) English language (9093). How difficult would self-studying it be? I have to choose between EGP (with school support)- which I, personally, find unrewarding- and EL (without school support).

For context, I plan on pursuing English for my UG degree (in India), and have 4 other subjects (one I may drop).

(I did get an A* in IGCSE, by the way- and acknowledge that this will be MUCH harder.)

Thanks!

i’ve been hearing mixed reviews about section a

Hi, everybody. I am hoping to be getting an A* in English language for OCR and the rest of the content I am completely fine with... However...

Paper 2 question 3 language change for 36 marks is keeping me up at night. I don't know where to begin. I don't know how to structure my answer. I've had terrible teaching this whole year, so it's barely something we have talked about. If anybody happens to have one of those super teachers who helps you prepare really thoroughly, and you have notes, it would be very much appreciated if I could have some guidance from you and I can help with anything else on the exam that you might be struggling with!

I know it's super late and super close to the exams, but I keep trying and expecting to be able to absorb some knowledge on this subject. I have been reading lots of different books around this subject, including ones that are listed on my profile, however, these are very long and I do not have the generosity of time on my side (as we are all very much aware).

I have also looked at the examiners reports, which include model answers that have scored close to 36 marks from previous years. But these don't match my particular writing style and therefore do not want to replicate somebody else's methods that do not resemble the way that I work in an exam.

Why does this question need to exist? Who knows? All we know is that it does! And we must do it, and I must do well in it for that A*!

Was question 1 about sociolinguistics and different social factors impacting language? Was worded rly weirdly to me idk

With paper 2 happening tomorrow, I’m planning on answering q1 as I just struggle with lang change q2. I’ve tried writing theorists from each discourse( Chen, Labov, Marra and Holmes, Swales, O’Barr and Atkins, Cameron, Ives, Trudgill and Giles) but I’m worried I don’t have enough/ better ones to choose from.

Any help would me really appreciated 🙏🏽 I’m hoping it’s a gender discourse question as I’m the best with that