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February English Exam

In today's lesson, we will plan together to improve your exam answers. For homework, rewrite your answers into an A-Grade response. Correct common errors and explain the difference between simile, literal statement, informal language, colloquial language, formal language, complex language, this, these, a question, an interrogative question, and a rhetorical question.

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February English Exam

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  1. February English Exam Paris Anthology

  2. To improve, we will plan together in today’s lesson.for homework, you will rewrite your exam answers into an A-Grade response! Homework due, Wednesday

  3. First let’s correct some common errors from last week. Explain the difference to a partner between: • A simile • A sentence literally stating that two things are similar. • Informal language • Colloquial language • Formal language • Complex language • This • These • A question/ an interrogative question • A rhetorical question

  4. Question 1, Paper 2: Anthology Paris • The Anthology Paris is worth the most marks of all AS texts. • At AS level, both questions on Paper 2 are based on the Anthology Paris and are worth 50% of all marks. • Next year, at A-level, Q1 of Paper 1 is on the Anthology Paris and is worth 40% of marks available for AS texts.

  5. 40 marks available AS Level: • A01: linguistic terminology, 10 marks • A03: context, 20 marks • A04: 10 marks A-Level: • A01: linguistic terminology, 15 marks • A03: context, 15 marks • A04: 10 marks

  6. Text A: ‘Travelling to Paris with a grandchild’, Gransnet forum • Text B: ‘Mike and Sophia’, Visiting Paris February exam: AS Paper 2,Question 1

  7. Plan for question 1 Firstly: Context A03 (then add comparisons A04). Secondly: Language A01 (then add comparisons A04).

  8. Context:Genre Text A Website forum with set conventions: • Layout features (graphology) • Informal, polite language Text B Conversation/dialogue Discourse features Aspects of pragmatics

  9. Context:Mode Text A Written Mode online interaction • Easy access to internet (or difficulties for grandparents, suggests cooler more tech-savy audience) • Errors (Jane Ann submitted msg twice) • Capacity to self correct/add info (egHildaW name of boat added in second msg) • Wide audience= richer resource pool Text B Spoken Spontaneous and temporal =discourse features Private, personal conversation= honest, unaccountable (Mike may not repeat stories of pickpockets he has no experience of) open and trusting due to limited, known audience

  10. Context:Purpose Text A • Request (Jane Ann) and offer advice (Tegan, HildaW) • Recommend (boat, film) • Warn (pickpockets) Text B Share experiences positive (romance of the Sacre-Cour) and negative (danger of muggings) WarnORentertain via tellability

  11. Context:Audience Text A • Visitors to Paris (tourists) • Grandparents or carers of children • International: www • Multi-person interaction • Strangers= pragmatics (politeness strategies) Text B Visitors to Paris (tourists) Limited audience of two people= direct address, open and trusting tone due to personally known audience Transcript= reproduction of conversation in written mode for a wider audience (A-level students)

  12. What comparisons can you make? Similarities • Genre: interactive conversations, more than one contributor • Audience: tourists • Purpose: advise ( both address +ve and –ve aspects of Paris). Shared topic of pickpocketing to meet purpose (selectivity). • Mode: spontaneity (later error correction not typical of written mode) Differences Mode of communication Audience: Text A specifically for carers of children but wide audience due to internet accessibility, text B may have wider appeal wider but limited audience due to mode

  13. Language A01: TerminologyThere are six language levels. Which ones can you apply?Discuss with a partner, finding examples through which you can explain meaning in these texts. • Graphology: typography, layout, use of pause/bold in transcript • Lexis: Lexical choices: register, narrative voice • Discourse features: fillers, ellipsis, false starts, interruptions, speaker support (solicit and appreciation) • Grammar: verb tenses, lack of correct structure • Pragmatics: politeness strategies, tone, tellability • Phonetics: alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, consonance

  14. Language A01: Terminology • Remember to explain every point/ example of terminology in relation to the specific text you are analysing and not in general terms. • Show your understanding and explain the reasoning behind your interpretation.

  15. What comparisons can you make? Similarities Differences

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