Fill in the gaps - accent and dialect, A level English Language. easy way to cement theory in memory learn the structure for essays quick and efficient revision includes answer sheet A great starter, or, once complete, excellent revision resource with lots of AO2! FOLLOW me @astarlevels

25 practice essay questions for A Level English Language covering gender, accent & dialect, sociolect, world English & ethnicity and language change. Neat & tidy table checklist design so takes up little space and easy to keep track of how many answers have been planned/ written. You may also be interested in an essay question workbook with space to plan each answer. Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-practice-essay-question-workbook-11877669

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. They are full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes Omitted endless details on methodology and results Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!) Summary sheet includes: Fairclough on bosses Covert power Small talk (Holmes, Levine) Face theory Swales on discourse communities Nelson, business language Kim & Elder Doctor slang! Leidner on styling Examples of jargon i.e. paramedics Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. There are five pages full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes Omitted endless details on methodology and results Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!) Summary sheet includes: Dominance: Zimmerman & West, Beattie, Spender, Fishman Deficit: Lakoff, Jepersen Difference: Tannen, Trudgill, Coates Diversity: Cameron Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language Check out my shop for more: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. I have a model essay for every topic (17 in total). This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. There is also a marking activity at the end & opportunity for students to plan their own answer to the question. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Includes marker annotations, mark for each AO2 and overall comments - extremely useful! Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources Written, tried and tested by me, an A* student from 2017. Downloaded, used and loved by teachers & students across the country!

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. Language and social group/ sociolect. This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. There is also a marking activity at the end & opportunity for students to plan their own answer to the question. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

I created this revision resource so that I had a pre-prepared headline, strapline and engaging opening for every opinion article that could crop up. Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017. Struggling to open your articles quickly with a creative headline and opening? This is the resource for you! Why it works: Be inspired to create a witty opening for every article See how to address Text A & B in your openings (crucial for A Level exam) Save time in the exam getting stuck on a headline Versatile headlines and openings that could be re-worked no matter the topic Model top band opinion articles for every topic

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. There is also an opportunity for students to plan their own answer to the question. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Useful as a concise summary of key theories in essay format Marking activity for student reflection Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels Written by an a student who got an A* in 2017 and download, used and loved by countless students and teachers across the country. Download to get the full essay PDF. Small sample section deliberately shown in preview

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. There is also a marking activity at the end & opportunity for students to plan their own answer to the question. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Includes examiner commentary & overall mark with feedback Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language Paper 2 Question 3 on Language Discourses. Includes full essay & marker annotations with overall feedback. This essay demonstrates how to analyse the way two texts use language to present ideas, attitudes and opinions in similar and different ways. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. Why it works: Shows how to structure an answer to this question that addresses all 3 AOs Examiner commentary highlights successful elements Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 This particular response was awarded 34/40 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays To find the texts used to write this essay download my free mock exam

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language Paper 2 Question 3 on Language Discourses. This essay demonstrates how to analyse the way that two texts use language to present ideas, attitudes and opinions in similar and different ways. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. Why it works: Shows how to structure an answer to this question that addresses all 3 AOs Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 This particular response was awarded 33/40 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays To find the texts used to write this essay download my free mock exam I have another example marked with examiner commentary essay for this question on my shop, check it out!

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. There is also a marking activity at the end & opportunity for students to plan their own answer to the question. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. Evaluate the idea that children’s linguistic development is the result of an innate capacity to learn language. This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. The model answer shows how to approach an essay question requiring data analysis and application of theory. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Demonstrates how to balance data analysis with theory application Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays ALL my child language acquisition resources This essay plus the transcript it is based on and an activity sheet guiding students through writing their own paragraph Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources REVIEW on the bundle: A great set of resources in an area of study that is limited for materials. I particularly like the model CLD lesson and essay about Jess. If you have any more materials like this such as good CLD model essays and questions I’d certainly be interested. Thanks for your hard work and excellent value! - EnglishThings

Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. There is also a marking activity at the end & opportunity for students to plan their own answer to the question. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

Example student written model article on world & nonstandard English Why they work: * Top band article shows how to balance engaging style with linguistic theories * Idea of headlines, straplines & openings * Use as a style model for your future (brilliant!) articles! I also made a resource with a headline, strapline & engaging opening for every topic that you could be required to write an article on. This is a great tool for students to avoid wasting time starting articles and getting straight on with it. Find it here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/opinion-article-revision-a-level-english-language-11683007

Two transcripts of conversations between mother and 3 y/o daughter with an accompanying activity sheet. Activity sheet will guide students through the initially daunting task of analysing large chunks of data. Beginning with labeling and searching for features, then, later, getting students to combine what is in front of them with the theory they have been taught. Throughout the tasks, students are encouraged to think about theories, how to explain these, and the importance of labeling features to score AO1. By the end of the sheet, students will have written one paragraph to an essay question. Since you have access to the essay question and transcript, you could set it as a mock question after. Model essay based on the data used in this activity sold separately 17/09/18: thanks to the teacher who suggested I add an answer sheet… now included for free! Hope it helps and check out my shop for more! Follow me @astarlevels on twitter :-)

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. They are full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes Omitted endless details on methodology and results Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!) Summary sheet includes: definitions opinions on accent inc: Giles, Ryan, COMRES, Montgomery non std features inc: Petyt, Trudgill, is there a gender difference in the way we modify our accent?, code switching Identity is closely linked inc: grime music, accommodation theory, Osborne in the 2013 election, Watson, real world application in school and work, policing language Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. There are 9 pages full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes Omitted endless details on methodology and results Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!) Summary sheet includes: introduction as to why english is a world language how English spread - inner, outer and explanding circle (kachru’s model) English and India case study English and the Caribbean case study English and Australia case study American English case study Advantages and disadvantges of a world language Singlish Chinglish Hinglish the rise of outer circle english speaking countries and the impact this will have on English in the future MLE pidgins and creoles Tok Pisin Pitcairnese and more… Possible essay questions Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language Have you seen this? https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-english-revision-and-example-essay-a-level-english-language-new-spec-11873520 Includes this summary sheet, an example world english essay, an example student article, a revision checklist and a bank of loads of practice essay questions for you to try.

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. There are 9 pages here full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes Omitted endless details on methodology and results Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!) Summary sheet includes: theories and models of change i.e. S curve, semantic reclamation, descriptivism/ prescriptivism, damp spoon/ crumbling castle/ infectious disease, substratum theory, wave model, functional theory metaphors for change and language discourses a table of linguists and their studies, findings, opinions (really useful to refer to) detailed breakdown of debate over whether language change is a process of evolution or decay texting and change how new words cause change politcal corrrectness and change technology and language change outline of answer to essay question ‘discuss how new words enter the language’ Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language Check out my shop for more: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. There are 3 pages full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes Omitted endless details on methodology and results Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!) Includes: Petytt H dropping test Trudgill ing/in’ test Watson on young people & the scouse dialect - reference to language and identity Cheshire playground use of non std variants Slang Slang in the past i.e. Dickens and HG Wells Snell on sociolingusitics Halliday on slang 2013 election Eckert Swales Stormzy & grime Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language Check out my shop for more: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels