3 student written model answer for A Level English Language Paper 1 section A. The answer includes examiner commentary. Includes both sources/ texts that the answers are based on so it can be set as a mock too. This essay demonstrates how to apply linguistic methods & terminology to texts in order to explore how language is used to create meaning. 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 and analyse a range of language features, as well as how to demonstrate awareness of context and how meaning was created Includes text A & B so can be set as a practice paper Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays

A Level English Language activities to help students become more confident with using theories and studies for the first year exam especially. Task 1: card sort activity with 11 theorists and their theories. Great revision activity, and, once complete, little glossary of AO2 for students to refer back to. Task 2: Jargon activities, main task being to read an article from the guardian (useful overview) and use it as data to write an essay/ or to write an opinion article on the use of jargon. Task 3: a transcript of a doctor/ patient conversation where students should apply the theories to what is being said. Great way to consolidate theories and to think about how occupational language is used and how it affects people outside the group. There is also an essay opportunity. The poster included complements the activities pack. It is a straightforward resource giving a bedrock of theories, can be used for reference, revision or to support class/ home work. Check out my shop for more! Complete Revision Bundle

Checklist to guide revision for A Level English Language. Guides students to revise & plan an essay question for every topic & question. Please see my shop for all my resources to help revise and practice for A Level English Language!

Worksheet offering five loaded & varied opinions on accent and dialect for discussion. Extension asks students to link theories to the different parts of each opinion. L00K: “Evaluate the idea that some accents and dialects are viewed more favourably than others” A* model student answer with examiner commentary: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/accent-and-dialect-a-example-essay-aqa-english-language-a-level-11682959 Leave a review & follow my twitter @astarlevels

Everything I think that I did, that others might not have, that helped me achieve an A* in 2017. Techniques and advice, student to student, to make revision effective, efficient and relevant to the exam. I truly believe that anyone can do well with the right approach. So here we go! My article links you to other free resources i have, like mock exams, templates and essays, which can be downloaded with a TES account. I have written five pages that explain my unique approach to: saying something useful about studies/ theories analysing data/ grammar getting AO3 marks planning essays and using these to hack the exam <-- game changer! reducing workload memorising theory Follow my twitter @astarlevels and check out the linked resources at the end that will no doubt help you revise. Good luck you can do it!!! :-)

Activity based on jargon where students decide what occupation uses that language. Get students talking about jargon! Got time to leave a review? Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Enjoy!

“It is a widely held belief that women have larger colour vocabularies than do men. For example, Robin Lakoff (1975) states this as a fact and suggests as an explanation the observation that in this society women spend much more of their time on colour-related activities such as choosing clothes than men do” Have you got time to leave my resource a review? Put this statement to the test with your class! Fun little activity where students try and name as many as the colours as they can, then check them off and see if on average boys or girls have larger colour vocabularies. Links to Lakoffs findings Opportunity to counter argue with the diversity approach Potential NEA investigation

Four posters with the key information for each topic condensed onto one page. Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017. Why they work: Clear, colourful and organised in text boxes so easy to memorise studies Brief summary of each topic can be displayed on bedroom wall and looked at regularly Comprehensive set of notes full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more Includes accent & dialect, occupation, gender and sociolect Please notes these posters are a bedrock of theories. If you want each topic written in more detail please see here…

Data analysis combined with theory application to prepare for A Level English Language, in particular the Year 1 exam. Includes three tasks all based around consolidating theory learning and data analysis skills. Task 1: glossary of 8 studies/ theorists to match up with what they did. Great revision activity, and once complete, bedrock of studies for students to learn for the exam. Task 2: an extract from a school newsletter attempting to ‘ban’ regional dialect, where students are required to think about the message this sends across, what theories relate to this, and then to plan/ write an essay using the data. Task 3: I have selected what I found to be four versatile studies and asked three thought provoking questions about them that open up discussion, encouraging students to say something meaningful about the theory, rather than just repeating what is in every textbook. The poster included complements the activities pack. It is a straightforward resource giving a bedrock of theories, can be used for reference, revision or to support class/ home work.

Data analysis combined with theory application to prepare for A Level English Language, in particular the Year 1 exam. Includes three tasks all based around consolidating theory learning and data analysis skills. Task 1: glossary of 9 language and gender theory cards to be sorted under the model that they fit best with. Useful activity to consider which theories fit together and can be used to discuss a certain idea. Task 2: a transcript of men and women discussing marriage that students should label with relevant theories i.e. a woman saying “jolly good” can be labeled with Lakoff’s ideas about empty adjectives as a feature of women’s inferior language. Task 3 and 4: four different pieces of data - a very versatile task. Students can analyse each piece of data, match it up to one of the four exam questions and then pick one to write an essay answer to. The poster included complements the activities pack. It is a straightforward resource giving a bedrock of theories, can be used for reference, revision or to support class/ home work.

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 :-)

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

This template is designed to guide students through close language analysis. I found this kind of approach the fastest and most effective way to label language features for AO1 and then to score really good AO3 with in depth analysis and links to wider ideas and meaning. Slide one is a blank template and the second slide is an example of how the template can help analyse a quote. Hi! If you came from Twitter, thanks for all the retweets, this blew up! If you want to try out the technique yourself, download this resource for free :-) Download to get an editable copy of the BLANK template! Made for A Level but can be adapted for any level really. Even year 7s or GCSE will benefit from this technique. Please leave a review! Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels