This assessment pack is an ideal resource to share with pupils via print-outs or an electronic platform like Moodle. It is tailored for use with the AQA A-level English Language course (7702). The seven-page pack contains the following sections: 1) A checklist of things pupils need to do to write a successful answer. I have found this checklist drastically cuts down marking time. I have also given it to the pupils to self-assess and peer-assess their work. 2) A suggested structure for answering each question effectively. 3) Information about how pupils are assessed. If you like this resource, you may want to check out my other packs for the AQA English specifications. These include: - AQA A-level English Language (7701): Assessment Pack - AQA AS English Language and Literature (7706): Assessment Pack - AQA A-level English Language and Literature (7707): Assessment Pack

A whole two-hour English Language lesson covering many aspects related to graphology. Several activities are included in the PowerPoint and contain the teacher's answers. The word document includes two texts which use graphology/visuals in interesting ways.

Two whole two-hour lessons on word classes for AS or A2 English (suitable for Language and Lang Lit courses). The lessons look at the open and closed word classes and sub-classes. This includes nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, determiners, conjunctions and prepositions. Includes fun activities.

This resource included two lessons worth of content plus various activities which helps pupils analyse how meanings and representations are created through language. I have used it for my AS class who are learning the new AQA English Language specification. The lesson applies to Paper 1: Language and the Individual and was used at the very start of the year. It could also be used as a revision lesson though and for GCSE pupils. In the beginning I got pupils to understand what 'representation' means. We looked at different representations of London through various photos and looked at how a men's magazine portrays men and women differently. We then moved on to longer texts, such as a food shop's poster and a website's representation of their company. All the texts are provided within the PowerPoint. I have also included answers to the activities.

This is a pack that includes concise yet detailed notes about Language and Social Groups. It is an ideal resource to share with pupils via print-outs or an electronic platform like Moodle. I am currently using this resource for the AQA English Language AS and A-level (7701/7702). The majority of the pack includes notes about the work of the following researchers: - Labov (Martha's Vineyard and New York studies) - Trudgill - Cheshire - Milroy - Bernstein - Giles - Halliday - Pettit - Eckert - Baker - Lave & Wenger The pack also contains a glossary of words related to the study of language and social groups.

This contains resources for six hours worth of lessons on A-Level Language and Gender. It starts by introducing pupils and getting them interested in the topic, then incorporates several gender theories and theorists from the different models (deficit, dominance, difference, and diversity). We covered how gender is represented in songs, magazines, novels and in day-to-day life. I used these lessons with AS students but they could be used for A2 revision. The first lesson may even be useful for GCSE pupils who look at male and female language use. The PowerPoints contain many long and short activities. This includes looking at representations of men and women in song lyrics; and analysing genderlect in Lady C's conversations in I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here; and in Willy and Linda's conversation at the start of Death of a Salesman. (YouTube links and page numbers of books are provided). The three word documents include four different things: 1) A very concise gender theories 'pack' which summarises theories by: Lakoff, Coates, Tannen, Zimmerman & West, O'Barr & Atkins, Fishman, Beattie and Hyde. These summaries make excellent handouts for the pupils. 2) A gender terminology matching task which provides definitions for: objectification , lexical gaps, lexical asymmetry, pejoration, zoomorphism, semantic over-representation, generic terms, marked terms, the semantic rule, default assumptions and order of precedence. A teacher's answer sheet is provided. 3) A sheet which pupils can use to research their own gender theorists. 4) A homework task which gets pupils finding out the extent to which different theorists agree on particular aspects of gendered language use.

This four-page pack contains notes about studies and theories related to English language change. It is ideal to share with pupils via print-outs or an electronic platform like Moodle. I have used it for the AQA A-level English Language (7702) specification. However, it should be useful for any course where pupils need to know about concepts relating to language change. The pack includes notes about the theories/studies of the following researchers: - Jean Aitchison - Michael Halliday - Suzanne Romaine - Donald Mackinnon - Charles Hockett - Sharon Goodman - Norman Fairclough - Edward Saphir & Benjamin Whorf - Substratum theory - Lexical gaps

These resources are about how social groups (especially social classes) use language differently. These lessons can be used for the topics of a) Language and Social Groups or b) Language Change. This is all my materials for a 2-3 hour lesson. The PowerPoint introduces pupils to the basics of the topic, before getting them to apply theories to texts such as Educating Rita. There are several fun activities within the PowerPoint (instructions included). The word documents are concise yet detailed summaries of theories and theorists, including: Trudgill, Cheshire, Labov, Petyt and Milroy's social network theory. These sheets are excellent for both teachers and pupils. Giles' cultural accommodation theory is also included in the PowerPoint and covers divergence and convergence.

Lessons covering the lexical and semantic frameworks. Applicable to both A-level English Language and the combined Lang Lit course. Fun activities are included. Topics from lesson 1 includes: homonyms, homographs, homophones, polysemes and lexical/phonological/grammatical ambiguity. Topics from lesson 2: figurative language, idioms, clichés, metaphors, euphemisms, dysphemisms, zoomorphism, denotation, connotation, synonymy and antonymy.

This is a pack that includes concise yet detailed notes about Language and Occupation. It is an ideal resource to share with pupils via print-outs or an electronic platform like Moodle. I am currently using this resource for the AQA English Language AS and A-level (7701/7702). The majority of this seven page pack gives information about the work of the following researchers: - Swales - Drew & Heritage - Koester - Wilson - Louhiala-Salminen - Kim & Elder - Cameron - Coulthard & Sinclair - Fairclough - Wareing - Goffman - Brown & Levinson - Lakoff I have also included notes about 'Jackspeak' (the language variety of the Royal Navy) and Leet (the language of computer hackers.

This is an exemplar response for the new AQA English Language specification (7701/7702). It is the answer to the Paper 2 (Language Varieties) Section A (Language Diversity) question on gender. It is a direct response to question 2 of the only specimen question paper AQA have, which can be found in this link: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-77012-SQP.PDF This exemplar response is one I have made myself and is a grade A quality answer which would be placed in band 5 of the mark scheme. These exemplar responses are extremely hard to come by at the moment, as this is the first year of the specification. The only exemplar response AQA have uploaded in response to this question so far is one they have placed between bands three and four of the mark scheme. Pupils can read it and have a go at applying the mark scheme to it.

A document I've written which summarises Language and Gender theories for AS and A2 English Language. Theorists include: Lackoff, Coates, Tannen, Beattie, Fishman, Hyde, Zimmerman & West and O'Barr & Atkins. Perfect for student handouts - the summaries are concise yet detailed. There is at least one theorist for each of the four models (difference, deficit, dominance and diversity). It should be useful for a range of specifications, although I used it for the new English Language 7701/7702 spec.

A whole lesson about netspeak which I used for the A-level AQA English Language B spec, but will also use for the new AQA English Language 7701/7702 specification when teaching language change. The lesson gets pupils to consider how netspeak is different to the traditional modes of speech and writing. It also looks at how the internet and technology has lead to lexical and semantic change. The word document contains two tasks: 1) Pupils are given a list of different texts and must place them on a continuum of whether they are more like speech of writing; 2) Pupils are given a chart containing five different internet genres and different properties of speech and writing - they must put a tick or cross in the chart to determine whether each genre contains that property.

A whole two-hour lesson for A-Level English Language. The PowerPoint introduces pupils to the following aspects of lexical change: neologism, coinage, borrowing/loan word, archaism, affixation, conversion, compound, blend, eponym, acronym, initialism, abbreviation, back-formation, reduplication and infixing. It also looks at the following aspects of semantic change: amelioration, pejoration, narrowing, broadening, weakening, metaphor, euphemism, politically correct lexis. Activities related to these aspects are included in the PowerPoint. The word document also includes activities. The first activity provides a list of words that have recently entered the English language and pupils must write down the different lexical and/or semantic processes that they have gone through. The second activity is 'Eponym Pictionary' - instructions for this game are included in the PowerPoint. I will be using this lesson for the new AQA English Language (7701/7702) specification and have previously used it for the AQA English Language B spec for the unit on Language Change.

This is a pack that includes concise yet detailed notes about World English. It is an ideal resource to share with pupils via print-outs or an electronic platform like Moodle. I am currently using this resource for the AQA English Language A-level (7702). It covers the following topics: a) Language and ethnicity within Britain b) How English has spread around the world and diversified c) The future of the English language. The pack includes: - A glossary of terms related to World English - Information about key concepts and arguments - Discussions of research by: Fox, Sebba, McArthur, Kachru, Strevens, Schneider and Jenkins.

An activity sheet which allows pupils to practice identifying word classes (suitable for GCSE and A-level). Pupils read The Jabberwocky and identify the word classes of the made-up words. A teacher's answer sheet is included.

This is a set of detailed notes I wrote myself in preparation for teaching A-level English Language. It specifically looks at Language Change. I originally used the sheet for my own benefit, but I later uploaded it to my college's Moodle so pupils could access it. The pupils have said that they've found it very useful. The notes cover: a) reasons for language change; b) the ways language has changed. As for the ways language has changed, I've written about changes to: spelling, punctuation, grammar, orthography, phonology, capitalisation, graphology and dialect. There are also notes explaining Jean Aitchison and Dennis Freeborn and their theories on language change.

This contains two documents which I used for the A2 English Language unit on Language Change. The first is an activity where pupils are given a list of key events related to the history/development of the English language and they must research the year in which they took place. They can write these answers on the sheet. The second document is a timeline which includes the dates of key events related to language change; it is a useful handout for the pupils and covers events from the 14th - 21st century.

This assessment pack is an ideal resource to share with pupils via print-outs or an electronic platform like Moodle. It is tailored for use with the AQA A-Level English Language and Literature course (7707). The seven-page pack contains the following sections: 1) A checklist of things pupils need to do to write a successful answer. I have found this checklist drastically cuts down marking time. I have also given it to the pupils to self-assess and peer-assess their work. 2) A suggested structure for answering each question effectively. 3) Information about how pupils are assessed. If you like this resource, you may want to check out my other packs for the AQA English specifications. These include: - AQA AS English Language and Literature (7706): Assessment Pack - AQA AS English Language (7701): Assessment Pack - AQA A-level English Language (7702): Assessment Pack

A PowerPoint and Word document recapping purpose and form, with added AS terms and concepts. Pupils get to grips with the difference between speech/writing and mode/genre. They also learn about the different purposes of texts (transactional, referential, interactional, phatic, expressive). Useful for English Language and Lang Lit A-level courses.

These assessment packs are an ideal resource to share with pupils via print-outs or an electronic platform like Moodle. They are tailored for use with the AQA GCSE English Language (8700) specification. The first pack is a marking checklist whereby teachers can tick off things students need to do to write a successful answer for each question in Paper 1 and Paper 2. I have found that this checklist drastically cuts down marking time. I have also given it to the pupils to self-assess and peer-assess their work. The second pack is a concise revision guide which provides students with tips about how to answer each question. A four page glossary of language features and structural features is also provided. If you like this resource, you may want to check out my other packs for the AQA English specifications. These include: - AQA A-level English Language (7701): Assessment Pack - AQA AS English Language and Literature (7706): Assessment Pack - AQA A-level English Language and Literature (7707): Assessment Pack