The Exam

A Level Language Paper 1 - Exam overview to print and keep

• written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes

• 100 marks

• 40% of A-level

Questions

Section A - Textual Variations and Representations

Two texts (one contemporary and one older text) linked by topic or theme.

• A question requiring analysis of one text (25 marks)

• A question requiring analysis of a second text (25 marks)

• A question requiring comparison of the two texts (20 marks)

Section B - Children's Language Development

A discursive essay on children’s language development, with a choice of two questions where the data provided will focus on spoken, written or multimodal language (30 marks)

Paper 1 Section A - Revision Materials

Practice paper - Paper 1 - Section A - Textual Variations and Representations

Text A for this task is longer than you would get in the real exam, but good for practising your analysis

Q1: Analyse how Text A uses language to create meanings and representations. (25 marks)

Q2: Analyse how Text B uses language to create meanings and representations. (25 marks)

Q3: Explore the similarities and differences in the ways that Text A and Text B use language. (20 marks)

(AS - use for revision only)

Specimen Paper 1 - Reading Booklet

Specimen Paper 1

Specimen Paper 1 Mark Scheme

Specimen Paper 1 - student responses with Principal Examiner's commentaries