OCR English Language A-Level - How to get an A*

Hello everyone, I'm really interested in what we are all using and what we're doing in order to get our marks - hopefully we can all contribute together and join forces to get our A*'s.

So what are you doing? What are you struggling with? How are you feeling about the upcoming exams? What topic do you prefer/hate the most?

English is my favourite subject, so I have lots of resources that I could share with you all.

Hello I am also studying A2 English Language and so far I am just trying to use some of the texts from AQA past papers to practice and online articles for the Language and the Media question.
I am currently struggling with Language Change as I hate reading old texts that use an old-fashioned writing style because I don't always understand what they are saying as English is not my native language. (this is also a struggle when talking about archaic lexical items or meanings as I often confuse weird looking words with archaic words and I don't always know if the meaning has changed. Do you have any tips for this section?
I think that the Language and the Media question is much easier as you can take any approach you want to it as long as it is relevant.
I am very nervous about the upcoming exams because I do not feel 100% ready and I am not too sure of how to improve D:

Hi!! Are you doing AQA or OCR?

I am doing OCR but since its a new A Level there aren't a lot of resources like past papers to practise with hence sometimes I use some from the AQA website