AQA GCSE English Language Exam 29th May 2012

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Reply 180

osama2

yeah i didnt find it too bad. for comparing language i somehow wrote 3 and a half pages!

Reply 181

pollypix123

Original post by Karishma

only question 4 as a mini-essay!

the mini-paragraphs however should be used for question 2 and three and can be made up of 3 or 4 sentences :smile:

Damn. I didn't do that :angry:

Reply 182

osama2

hi guys unfortunately i got a middle B in my coursework which counts 60% towards my entire grade. if i want an A overall will i need to get a High A, Low A, A* for the language paper?

Reply 183

nyami001.303

Original post by mmr

How is it out of 80?
Do u knw the breakdown
Plz and thnx

If you're doing aqa then you have:
A 30 mark question based on literature (I think, we did the crucible but maybe you do something else?)
Then there's a 20 mark question based on spoken language
There's also two creative writing tasks that add up to 30.
Hope that helped :smile:

Reply 184

iJess

Original post by pollypix123

aren't we not meant to talk about exams for 24 hours? :rolleyes:

No it's fine. AQA is a UK exam board so AQA exams can be discussed straight away. Edexcel is taken all over the world though so edexcel you have to wait 12 hours

Reply 185

Princess008

Original post by nyami001.303

72/80 is a*
64/80 is a
53/80 is b
43/80 is c
34/80 is d
25/80 is e
16/80 is f
7/80 is g

do you know what ums they are? and if i got 57 - B what would i need in the language paper to get A overall?

Reply 186

DonnyPaxton

I found it okay, answered all questions in time.

I think I shall have lost marks on the last question (newspaper article) because I accidently gave my own personal opinion at times, which is the opposite of a newspaper article. :biggrin:

Reply 187

iJess

I would love to get a B in both language and literature

Reply 188

Kingboss

Oh crap I think I also gave my view point on a point I made.

Reply 189

Shakz

Original post by osama2

hi guys unfortunately i got a middle B in my coursework which counts 60% towards my entire grade. if i want an A overall will i need to get a High A, Low A, A* for the language paper?

u need a middle A minimum, buh try nd get a high a or a star to be a comfortable A

Reply 190

Shakz

Original post by NKenny

does anyone know what is the grade boundaries of foundation paper?

yeah: 92% for a C

Reply 191

Shakz

Mee too, damn it! i sed it in my conclusion :angry:

Reply 192

HazzaTheRazza

Original post by DonnyPaxton

Wasn't it about saying what you thought about role models? How would you do that subjectively? I said what I believed.

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

Reply 193

HazzaTheRazza

Didn't think it was too bad. Blog was informal while newspaper was formal right?

Reply 194

broken halo

I thought it was ok, didn't write a lot for a couple of the questions though

Reply 195

HazzaTheRazza

Original post by broken halo

I thought it was ok, didn't write a lot for a couple of the questions though

Meh you can still get 8/8 for half a page. Use of quotations and showing that you fully understand the text is fine.

Reply 196

science-oliver

wrote formally for both just so that i could impress the examiner.

However don't really think the examiner will mind whether you do it formally or informally so it really does't matter you won't get many/ if any marks for it

Reply 197

osama2

Original post by HazzaTheRazza

Wasn't it about saying what you thought about role models? How would you do that subjectively? I said what I believed.

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

yeah thats what i thought. its YOUR article with YOUR point of view