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Edexcel A-Level English Language exam 6th june

how did everyone find it?

I thought the language change section was a bit difficult

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I found it overall pretty good, although I think I rushed quite a bit.
It's annoying because I reckon I could've got tonnes out of it if only there had been more time. I did find language change kinda difficult but that's definitely my weakest part of the course.
Original post by octoppus
I found it overall pretty good, although I think I rushed quite a bit.
It's annoying because I reckon I could've got tonnes out of it if only there had been more time. I did find language change kinda difficult but that's definitely my weakest part of the course.


yeah i agree.

i know i couldve wrote more!

i couldnt think of many theorists for the language change section.
i only discussed prescriptivism and descriptivism and sharon goodman lol.
Original post by moonlightbae
yeah i agree.

i know i couldve wrote more!

i couldnt think of many theorists for the language change section.
i only discussed prescriptivism and descriptivism and sharon goodman lol.


I got really carried away with language change and only in my final main paragraph did I realise I hadn't put in any theorists. The only one I managed to get in there was Howard Giles accommodation! Thinking back, I know I probably could've got more in if I'd remembered to haha
Original post by octoppus
I got really carried away with language change and only in my final main paragraph did I realise I hadn't put in any theorists. The only one I managed to get in there was Howard Giles accommodation! Thinking back, I know I probably could've got more in if I'd remembered to haha


thats true.

what are your hopes for the child language exam?

i hope writing does not come up!
Original post by moonlightbae
thats true.

what are your hopes for the child language exam?

i hope writing does not come up!


If writing comes up I will contemplate walking out of the exam! It's so dry compared to speaking and I have no good theories for it really.
But on the whole I'm feeling okay about it because I find it the most interesting out of the whole course and it usually tends to be the part I'm best at. I'm really hoping they give us an example with a parent speaking as well so we can talk about LASS and child directed speech!
Original post by octoppus
If writing comes up I will contemplate walking out of the exam! It's so dry compared to speaking and I have no good theories for it really.
But on the whole I'm feeling okay about it because I find it the most interesting out of the whole course and it usually tends to be the part I'm best at. I'm really hoping they give us an example with a parent speaking as well so we can talk about LASS and child directed speech!


I felt the same about writing but the exam wasn't too bad! I quickly revised gender differences in writing before the exam. How did you find it? I think there was a lot to talk about but not enough time! and i agree, i am a lot better at that unitcompared to other units.
Original post by moonlightbae
I felt the same about writing but the exam wasn't too bad! I quickly revised gender differences in writing before the exam. How did you find it? I think there was a lot to talk about but not enough time! and i agree, i am a lot better at that unitcompared to other units.


I think it definitely could've gone worse. I found it slightly annoying that they gave us four texts to analyse in only an hour. I also found that the question was worded a little strangely. How are you feeling about tomorrow's paper?
Original post by octoppus
I think it definitely could've gone worse. I found it slightly annoying that they gave us four texts to analyse in only an hour. I also found that the question was worded a little strangely. How are you feeling about tomorrow's paper?


oh yeah it was so annoying that they gave us so many texts to look at ! For unit 3, im doing Language and Gender. i hope it goes okay, i would prefer it if both questions were worth equal marks though cause i dont know which im better at answering. I havent really carried out much research though! Are you prepared for it?
Original post by moonlightbae
oh yeah it was so annoying that they gave us so many texts to look at ! For unit 3, im doing Language and Gender. i hope it goes okay, i would prefer it if both questions were worth equal marks though cause i dont know which im better at answering. I havent really carried out much research though! Are you prepared for it?


Honestly I'm not prepared at all! I'm doing language and power and I don't know how much of my investigation I'm going to be able to remember by tomorrow! My plan is to aim for high marks on section A and hope I remember enough to get through section B. Our teacher has been off a lot and hasn't really given much advice on what to write for the whole of paper 3 so fingers crossed it'll go okay.
Original post by octoppus
Honestly I'm not prepared at all! I'm doing language and power and I don't know how much of my investigation I'm going to be able to remember by tomorrow! My plan is to aim for high marks on section A and hope I remember enough to get through section B. Our teacher has been off a lot and hasn't really given much advice on what to write for the whole of paper 3 so fingers crossed it'll go okay.
how did it go??
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what was your pre-release question for language and gender?
Original post by moonlightbae
how did it go??


I think it went as well as it could've done! Section A went beautifully, and I think I managed to do okay on section B. How did you find it??
I didn't answer the question in child language smh
Original post by octoppus
I think it went as well as it could've done! Section A went beautifully, and I think I managed to do okay on section B. How did you find it??


it was alright, i dont think i spoke about enough points for section A and i think i wasted too much time on section B. i hope it all has gone well though! i am glad i dont have anymore english lessons, i just have maths exams left now!
Original post by aimee1014
I didn't answer the question in child language smh


what do you mean? you wrote nothing?
Original post by moonlightbae
what do you mean? you wrote nothing?


I think they mean that they did the question but they didn't explicitly answer what the question wanted them too. I think I sort of did the same thing, i mentioned how they developed their language but not explicitly referring to the question.
Original post by moonlightbae
it was alright, i dont think i spoke about enough points for section A and i think i wasted too much time on section B. i hope it all has gone well though! i am glad i dont have anymore english lessons, i just have maths exams left now!


I know what you mean. Good luck for maths!
Original post by powerson12
I think they mean that they did the question but they didn't explicitly answer what the question wanted them too. I think I sort of did the same thing, i mentioned how they developed their language but not explicitly referring to the question.


I completely forgot to reference to question so I had to tie it onto the end of my paragraphs, so I don't know how well I did :/ The question was pretty badly worded too!
Original post by powerson12
I think they mean that they did the question but they didn't explicitly answer what the question wanted them too. I think I sort of did the same thing, i mentioned how they developed their language but not explicitly referring to the question.


ohh okay, i get you. i think i did kind of similar too, i didnt link each point back to the question. still, i hope we all get good marks!

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