English Language AQA ENGB3 11th June 2012 exam

Can't believe that this time tomorrow we'll be sat in the exam!

That made want to be a bit sick.

I need ABB or AAC for my top Uni, so I'd love a B, but I'm hoping to get A's in my other two but would like a B as a back up and all. My 2nd Choice Uni is quite a lot lower but it's not a proper University so I'm not too keen on that although the features are amazing.

Not sure how I feel about this exam. On the one hand I'm underprepared, but on the other hand I don't need to do too well to get a B overall because of my other grades (I think I need 65 UMS to get a B (might be slightly less, I can't remember)) 'cos I did well in my other exams & coursework. That being said, last summer I got a D...

Did anyone else think the AS exam last year was a bit.. unfair? The highest grade at our college was a B after that, with most people getting Cs/Ds. Then in the resit, everyone got an A. Everyone. Seemed fishy to me...



Anyway, can someone tell me any theories I'm missing? I think I'm fine overall for Language Change, but Language Acquisition (writing and reading) my CGP revision guide seems to be a bit thin on theories...

Change:


Acquisition



There's a few I'm not sure on, like David Crystal's Tri-dialect and Freeborn's views, so if someone could explain those in simple terms that would be helpful

Looking back at that list, it seems I've almost got too many theories for spoken acquisition.. especially when combined with the frameworks.. Our teachers put quite a lot of emphasis on the theory side of it all.. =/

Also, did I read that the exam board has a descriptive attitude re: Acquisition? We haven't been told anything of the sort, and I've been quite critical in that section in my past papers to date, but being marked highly. Should I try and change my wording of this for the exam..?

Oh I see So you can still get into your first choice uni even if you don't get a B. I can see why'd you'd want it too, but it's not the end the world of you don't. If my maths is right, you need 60 more UMS for a C, which is infinitely more achievable than 100, so you're still in good steed to get in your first choice if you're aiming for As in the other two.

Change:

Yeah I still can, I was just hoping for extra push Yeah that's what I worked it out to be too. Yeah the other two I am hoping for A's, in Photography all my units were just a couple of marks below an A but I think in my exam I did quite well so hopefully that will push it up, and in my other one my coursework only dropped 9 marks on A2 coursework, but I still need about 80 marks in the exam to get an A, but after English is finished I only have that exam to focus on so I should be able to do it

I got full UMS in last year's AS paper, and in my school out of the people who resat it in January, only one went up considerably, so maybe your school just really liked the January paper?

Oh, and my lord that's a lot of theories XD I'm familiar with the majority of your acquisition theories but our teacher didnt really stress theories for the change side of the course. Apparently AO2 in change covers issues like standardisation, prescriptivist and being aware of stuff like that too.


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It's still possible Oh only one exam? Wow, I still have 3 more :/ I'm so regretting taking 4 a levels now :/ but anyway yeah, totally! Good luck!!!


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Not sure how I feel about this exam. On the one hand I'm underprepared, but on the other hand I don't need to do too well to get a B overall because of my other grades (I think I need 65 UMS to get a B (might be slightly less, I can't remember)) 'cos I did well in my other exams & coursework. That being said, last summer I got a D...

Did anyone else think the AS exam last year was a bit.. unfair? The highest grade at our college was a B after that, with most people getting Cs/Ds. Then in the resit, everyone got an A. Everyone. Seemed fishy to me...

I'm really struggling with Writing myself, the theorists I know are:

And the knowledge:


That's all I can remember off the top of my head. Really hoping to answer Spoken, as it should come up. I feel confident on speech but reading and writing I don't know as well. Hope that helps a little though.

It's still possible Oh only one exam? Wow, I still have 3 more :/ I'm so regretting taking 4 a levels now :/ but anyway yeah, totally! Good luck!!!


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I would try and write about them together under frameworks rather than separately. I'd maybe say why a child is speaking the way they do, and discuss the role of the parent in each sense, and constantly relate what the child is doing to the presence of the parent and their role the whole way through. You could talk about the features of the book and how it facilitates learning for adults to teach their children separately.

I also wouldn't worry if you don't get everything on the mark scheme. It's there to cover a wide range of what candidates could possibly say, and you certainly don't need to talk about everything they say to get a high mark.


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Hoping for a spoken transcript for acquisition as well! And hopefully two newspapers for change, the older the better!

Ok thank you so much for your help I really want an A in this exam, so hopefully all goes well tomorrow.

Anyone know what the boundaries are for A* (or other grades, come to mention it)?

I think I'm currently on 250 UMS marks [66+113+71], (providing coursework stays the same, though it's been requested for moderation), so I should easily be on target for a C (280?) but I need a B minimum...