Language Paper 2
About Language Paper 2
English Language Paper 2 is a 1 hour 45 minute exam paper.
Within this, you will be given 15 minutes of reading time.
This exam paper tests your understanding of non-fiction texts and how attitudes are presented through language in different non-fiction texts.
You will be given two sources to read. The texts that you will be given will be taken from different historical time-periods between19th - 21st century.
Source A will be a modern text.
Source B will be an older, 19th Century text.
They will be linked by a similar theme / topic.
The types of texts you will be given could include:
high quality journalism
articles
reports
essays
travel writing
accounts
sketches
letters
diaries
autobiography and biographical passages
other appropriate non-fiction and literary non-fiction forms.
Paper layout and timings as follows:
In the exam, spend 15 minutes reading both sources. If you are entitled to a reading pen, it is very important that you practice using it ahead of the exam.