1. LA NG UA GE E XA M:
QUE S TION 1

2.  Read the question:
Study the texts A-F on the next six pages.
These texts illustrate different varieties of
language use. Discuss various ways in which
these texts can be grouped giving linguistic
reasons for your choices.
 Understand key terms…

3.  Discuss – explore and explain why the texts
have been placed in a group and possibly
discuss the differences within that group.
 Various ways – texts can and should be
used in more than one group.
 Linguistic reasons – groups should
demonstrate knowledge about language.

4.  Reading:
- Read and annotate all of the extracts
- Use the broad headings (to follow) to begin
considering groups
- Refine groupings to fit the texts
- Select the most interesting groups, trying
to cover as many texts as possible

5. L Do any texts have a similar purpose?
e Which texts share a similar audience?
e Do any texts belong to the same genre?
o How formal/informal are the texts?
o How many speech texts are there?
? How many written texts are there?
? Are any of the texts multimodal?
e Do any texts deal with a similar representation of
a theme or idea?
l Is there any similarity in how texts use language?

6.  Writing
- Explain why the texts have been placed in the
group
- Explore any differences between the texts
- Use a variety of language methods*
- Remember to link language features to
context
- Remember to give examples to language
points
- Don’t describe every aspect of a text, stay
focused on the group

7.  Language Methods, or Language Frameworks, are
the different approaches to analysis that you are
studying this year:
- Lexis
- Semantics
- Grammar
- Phonology
- Pragmatics (context)
- Discourse (including spoken texts)
- Graphology
- Register
- Mode
- Idiolect/Dialect/Sociolect