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English A2 Essay

English A2 Essay. Paper 2. Facts. At both levels, students get to choose 1 out of 10 questions: 2→language and culture 2 → media and culture 1 → future issues 1 →global issues 1 →social issues 3 → literary-based. Facts. Weighs 25% of overall assessment;

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English A2 Essay

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  1. English A2 Essay Paper 2

  2. Facts • At both levels, students get to choose 1 out of 10 questions: • 2→language and culture • 2 → media and culture • 1 → future issues • 1 →global issues • 1 →social issues • 3 → literary-based

  3. Facts • Weighs 25% of overall assessment; • Maximum grade= 30 • Assessed against 3 main criteria • Externally set and assessed

  4. Examiners look for proof of the following

  5. Assessment Criteria

  6. May 2008 English A2 Paper 2 Grade Boundaries HL Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mark range: 0 - 3 4 - 7 8 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 30 SL Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mark range: 0 - 3 4 - 7 8 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 30

  7. Examiners’ Comments • Most candidates did integrate examples with some success, but the importance of this needs to be reiterated, as there were too many commentaries that showed a good understanding but gave few or no examples. • Candidates need to identify particular aspects of style and explain their effects. That is, they need to consider how the device helps the writer to achieve their purpose. • Candidates should be exposed to a wide range of text types as mentioned on page 16 of the subject guide, in particular poems and some non-literary texts.

  8. Examiners’ Comments • Planning and paragraphing need attention and candidates need to make it absolutely clear where a new paragraph begins, either by missing a line or clear indentation. • Punctuation was a noticeable problem this time with commas breaking up main clauses and “sentences” with no main verb. Candidates need to punctuate complex sentences more carefully. Grammatical control was mostly good; there were some subject verb agreement errors and “this texts” persists.

  9. Examiners’ Comments • Some very chatty and informal language was evident with the candidates using the imperative, “Take a look” and fillers such as “Well” and “Anyways”. • Handwriting and length need to be considered. Candidates should be encouraged to be concise. If candidates wrote less, the commentaries might well be more effectively organised and more legible.

  10. How to?

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