This document provides guidance on how to answer a language diversity question involving analyzing two texts. It instructs the reader to annotate both texts, consider similarities and differences, and write key constituents (KCs) next to points. When writing the response, start with comments on where and when the texts were written and by whom. Use a PEE (Point-Evidence-Explanation) structure and include analysis of language, reference to context, and links between the texts. Either write about each text separately or use a combined PEE-Link paragraph. Be careful to answer the question by focusing on how an issue like attitudes are reflected in the language. It provides an example paragraph analyzing how the two texts represent school as transforming identity and independence from
2. Read and annotate both texts. Consider the key constituents Consider similarities and differences Before writing
3. Write the KC beside some points Make sure you make notes on how the context is reflected in the language of the text Number your notes!! PLAN
4. Start with comments about the provenance of the texts Say what kind of text it is When, where was it written By whom and for whom Writing your answer
5. Stick with P-E-E In the explain try to include some analysis of language some reference to the context and possibly a link to the other text Writing your answer
6. Either write a paragraph on each text in turn Or Write a P-E-E-Link paragraph (Best to use a mixture of both!) Comparing texts
7. Be careful to answer the question. It usually asks you about an issue that is reflected in the language. For example, attitudes towards religion and religious language.
8. Text A and Text C both represent school as a place where one gains independence from parents and where identity is transformed. The boy in text A seems to exaggerate his condition with medical lexis such as chilblains and consumption and the many negative collocations such as ‘I have not made’ and ‘I will try not’. In text C the poetic dialect is juxtaposed with the standard form to demonstrate how children can lose touch with their background and how the prescriptive atmosphere of the classroom can impose regularity and stifle the child’s creativity. Example of a 1b paragraph
9. AO1: Select and apply a range of linguistic methods, to communicate relevant knowledge using appropriate terminology and coherent, accurate written expression (10 marks) AO2: Demonstrate critical understanding of a range of concepts and issues related to the construction and analysis of meanings in spoken and written language, using knowledge of linguistic approaches (15 marks) AO3: Analyse and evaluate the influence of contextual factors on the production and reception of spoken and written language, showing knowledge of the key constituents of language (15 marks) AOs
