OCR A Level English Language Exam Preparation Booklet Paper 2 Section A - Child language acquisition

This booklet prepares students for the Section A ‘Child Language Acquisition’ section on Paper 2 of the A Level exam OCR H470/01. It is the fourth in a series of 6 revision booklets which prepare students for each of the different exam questions in turn.

The booklet describes this exam task in detail, explaining how students can do well on this task and achieve top band answers for each assessment objective, using a principal examiner’s tips for success.

The booklet offers students strategies for reviewing all the CLA terminology and theories they know and how to apply them efficiently to meet the assessment objectives. It encourages students to watch the famous documentary about Genie Wiley as a way of prompting their revision of significant CLA theories that can be used in their analytical answer.

The booklet also offers a suggested structure for their exam answer as well as mini texts for analysis and student responses to improve.

The booklet is accompanied by a series of videos (not professionally made) that can be used by teachers new to teaching the specification to help them prepare for lessons in advance as they contain suggested solutions to exercises. Videos showing recall practice (both in real time and 2x) of CLA theories useful for the task can be shown to students and shared with them as part of their independent revision. The video playlist also includes real-time approaches to 3 past CLA exam questions showing what can be used in their exam answer. The playlist of these videos is included in the resource bundle.

NB: Specifications do change from time to time so please ensure that specification information, detail and guidance is relevant at the time of teaching.