English Language B AQA Unit 1
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Original post by Nomboog
Completely agree! Our teacher's kept on telling us you HAVE to include all the texts! Now I feel like the examiners will think I was just rambling throughout the whole question, just because I wanted to make sure to include all the texts.
Me too, that's always been one of the things our teacher said to definitely do! I'm sure I read on an examiner's report that successful answers addressed all the texts and their complexities etc. Who even knows... it seems like you can be successful with a variety of approaches! At least let's hope so!
My groups were:
Spoken Language
The two transcripts. Why wouldn't you group these together? They were very similar for obvious reasons but also different based on the relationship of the participants: a group of friends and two people who barely know each other. One was more of a question/answer type format using adjacency pairs whereas the other was more colloquial. The participants had a shared understanding of famous lyricists.
Alliteration
I grouped the novel with the food advertisement because of alliteration - this was a group I made sure to include many of the differences between the two texts. One used it for an entertaining purpose, the other used it to persuade.
Specific Audience
I grouped the cycling guide with the college poster as they are both aimed at very specific audience: cyclists and college students (likely male).
Contact Details
My final group also included the college poster as well as the BT advert because they contained contact details and encouraged their audiences to feedback.
As for section B I did language and power, I was hoping for a spoken question to come up involving either gender or power and - although it wasn't ideal - I thought it was pretty decent. We did quite a bit about speeches so I spotted quite a few features of speech writing.
I think the important thing is to mention how the headteacher empowered the audience (and their children) by providing them with a safe, secure learning environment. You could also make references to synthetic personalisation (Fairclough), face theory (the face that she presented, Goffman) and other linguistic methods, e.g syntactic parallelism, listing, non-fluency features and apparent statistics.
Spoken Language
The two transcripts. Why wouldn't you group these together? They were very similar for obvious reasons but also different based on the relationship of the participants: a group of friends and two people who barely know each other. One was more of a question/answer type format using adjacency pairs whereas the other was more colloquial. The participants had a shared understanding of famous lyricists.
Alliteration
I grouped the novel with the food advertisement because of alliteration - this was a group I made sure to include many of the differences between the two texts. One used it for an entertaining purpose, the other used it to persuade.
Specific Audience
I grouped the cycling guide with the college poster as they are both aimed at very specific audience: cyclists and college students (likely male).
Contact Details
My final group also included the college poster as well as the BT advert because they contained contact details and encouraged their audiences to feedback.
As for section B I did language and power, I was hoping for a spoken question to come up involving either gender or power and - although it wasn't ideal - I thought it was pretty decent. We did quite a bit about speeches so I spotted quite a few features of speech writing.
I think the important thing is to mention how the headteacher empowered the audience (and their children) by providing them with a safe, secure learning environment. You could also make references to synthetic personalisation (Fairclough), face theory (the face that she presented, Goffman) and other linguistic methods, e.g syntactic parallelism, listing, non-fluency features and apparent statistics.
You know the exam went badly when you realised you wasted half a page talking about the relationship between a chicken and a mushroom 
Original post by lilacwanda28
How did you find the gender question and the website page thingy...When I first saw it I was confused and thought that it was the technology question....it was ok I thought
I thought exactly the same! I thought it was the technology question and got mixed up too... I thought it was okay when I actually got to writing it though, but feel as though I could of done a lot better with something with female language in though!
Original post by Nomboog
Yeah that sounds right, I put it was only influential :/ I just put that the purpose was kind of to persuade parents its a good school. Although I wasn't too sure about who was the more powerful participant as even though it may be the headteacher, it could be the parents aswell as they're the ones who determine if their child goes to the school or not, but im not sure 
Felt like I should of wrote more on politneness strategies too :/
Felt like I should of wrote more on politneness strategies too :/I wrote both because it was instrumental through the lexical set of authority fugues - government, ofsted, local authority, and influential because it was persuading the parents that their children will be in the 'best' school around.
Original post by Abbiedaniella
You don't lose marks by not including texts. The question doesn't state that all texts have to be grouped so it doesn't matter so missing out one doesn't matter 
You do lose marks, the examiner sees that you couldn't match it with anything, which isn't good. They put that text it on purpose to see who can and who can't analysis and link it.
Original post by ohmars
You do lose marks, the examiner sees that you couldn't match it with anything, which isn't good. They put that text it on purpose to see who can and who can't analysis and link it.
However, examiner reports from past papers clearly say you are not expected to group them all, and those that do don't analyse each text in enough detail!!
How did everyone not choose the power text? It was such a God send!
Original post by OMGodItsChelsea
How did everyone not choose the power text? It was such a God send!
I'm glad I didn't focus on revising for gender, it looked difficult. What did you write for power?
To be fair though i didn't think i did too badly. When i came out i was like 
but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.
For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now
Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..
How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now
was just starting to enjoy it!
but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now
Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now
was just starting to enjoy it!Why did you do both power and gender question?
i thought it was okay, managed to use all the texts. My groupings were noun phrases & pre-modification, personal pronouns and an informal register
i thought it was okay, managed to use all the texts. My groupings were noun phrases & pre-modification, personal pronouns and an informal register
Original post by sophiealyssa
To be fair though i didn't think i did too badly. When i came out i was like but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.
For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..
How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now was just starting to enjoy it!
but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now
Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now
was just starting to enjoy it!I only had time to do two groups in Section A, although I did do subgroups, I just had so much to say! But don't worry, I didn't include the novel text either!
how come you answered both gender and power? How on earth did you have enough time to do that?
i answered power, and it went really well, lovely text and lots to say about it
x
Original post by sophiealyssa
To be fair though i didn't think i did too badly. When i came out i was like but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.
For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..
How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now was just starting to enjoy it!
but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now
Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now
was just starting to enjoy it!I did specialist lexis, graphology, short sentences (had to do this one to include the novel) and persuasive devices.
I think my groups were really boring, but the I managed to include interesting content inside it. Is there actually any evidence to show that you should or you should not include every single text?
Original post by Tinglay
I did specialist lexis, graphology, short sentences (had to do this one to include the novel) and persuasive devices.
I think my groups were really boring, but the I managed to include interesting content inside it. Is there actually any evidence to show that you should or you should not include every single text?
I think my groups were really boring, but the I managed to include interesting content inside it. Is there actually any evidence to show that you should or you should not include every single text?
Usually they say you're fine missing out one of the texts. They'll usually notice that a lot of people have left out the same text and realise it was challenging
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Original post by sophiealyssa
To be fair though i didn't think i did too badly. When i came out i was like but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.
For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..
How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now was just starting to enjoy it!
but after coming on here and seeing what everyone else had talked about i don't feel so bad.For the groupings though i didn't even include the novel one (text D i think?) because i literally could not see how it was similar to any of the others. Bit worried i will get marked down for this now
Based one of my groupings on synthetic personalisation - think that was the theme throughout the whole exam for me really - partly because that was the most recent thing i revised..How many groupings did everyone do? And how many texts did you include in each group?
I messed up on my timings and only left less than 45 minutes for section 2. Ended up doing the gender and power texts. Power was brilliant, such a sigh of relief that there was tons to talk about. Gender not so good - kept getting confused as it was a webpage and had to stop myself talking about language and technology. Talked a lot about science, health, fitness and masculinity as semantic fields also
Im only doing AS English lang and i'm kinda sad that i've finished it now
was just starting to enjoy it!Why did you do both power and gender questions?
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Original post by OMGodItsChelsea
How did everyone not choose the power text? It was such a God send!
I'm in year 13 and resitting... we revised gender hardcore! As in, we didn't even look at power or technology. I was soooo gutted about the text! I did power anyway, but I've messed it up, so I'm gutted either way haha. Everyone else in my class did gender anyway. Crazy people.
Also, I wrote that text F (I think) used specialist biking lexicon to attract a target audience of experienced bikers, and to try and dissuade inexperienced bikers with little specialist knowledge from biking dangerously. I have no idea why I wrote that! it just makes... no sense... why.
it just makes... no sense... why.Spoiler
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Original post by when she was 22
Also, I wrote that text F (I think) used specialist biking lexicon to attract a target audience of experienced bikers, and to try and dissuade inexperienced bikers with little specialist knowledge from biking dangerously. I have no idea why I wrote that! it just makes... no sense... why.
it just makes... no sense... why.Spoiler
For text F about the cycling safety, I said about the imperative sentences, alliteration in the title, bullet point structure so readers can easily follow each point, and the diagram can help those who may not understand the special lexis terms to identify the different safety features on a bike, so it caters for a wide range of cyclists from new to experienced.
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