A Level Edexcel English Language - Language Investigation

Hi guys, its a bit late for this but I'm worried that i wont have good evidence and research to do a section b question of the language investigation paper. I chose language and Gender but all my research feels pretty surface level and I don't really have a plan of how to use it to answer the question. My teacher has never taught this section before either so i think hes a bit lost. Does anyone have a solid way of going about language investigation. Please be thorough and detailed this will literally save my life :/

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Matildaidk1234

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Original post by joslin

Hi guys, its a bit late for this but I'm worried that i wont have good evidence and research to do a section b question of the language investigation paper. I chose language and Gender but all my research feels pretty surface level and I don't really have a plan of how to use it to answer the question. My teacher has never taught this section before either so i think hes a bit lost. Does anyone have a solid way of going about language investigation. Please be thorough and detailed this will literally save my life :/

Hi!!! Do you understand it now? I could try and explain it but I think maybe it’s a bit late ahahah

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Cryingeveryday

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Not late at all!!! My group is still confused about what we’re doing and the exam is pretty soon but any and all help is much much appreciated! 🙏😭

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Ngrbesa

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Hey, for paper 1 language variation i still dont know how to properly structure the essays😭 does anyone have good structure plans of what to include in each of the paragraphs??

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maisiegraces23

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Original post by ngrbesa

Hey, for paper 1 language variation i still dont know how to properly structure the essays😭 does anyone have good structure plans of what to include in each of the paragraphs??

Hi, I am in the same boat and feeling kind of stuck with revision at this point! But I usually do each paragraph by one feature or theory. For example, one paragraph comparing lexical choice between the two texts, one paragraph comparing morphology, one on pragmatics/semantics etc. However I am still unsure of how many paragraphs to write. In my mocks i did about 5/6 including an introduction and conclusion but I'm not sure if this is enough, how many paragraphs do you typically write? Also hope this helps a bit..

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Ngrbesa

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yes igy, and thanks x im stuggling with revision as well tbh. My teachers pretty bad ngl so Im a bit clueless but normally i aim for 4 paragraphs for both sections of the paper- timings a big issue for me though. After looking at mark schemes online ill probably structure it like:

Individual variation section : syntax, lexis/ semantics, discourse/ pragmatics, phonology.

Variation over time section: orthography/ graphology, lexis/ semantics, syntax/ morphology, discourse/ pragmatics.

so basically what u said. Ill try to follow that sort of structure whilst including things like theories, informalisation, secularisation, FARFM within both texts. hope this makes sense and helps maybe :smile:

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tianajacob006

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Original post by Ngrbesa

Hey, for paper 1 language variation i still dont know how to properly structure the essays* does anyone have good structure plans of what to include in each of the paragraphs??

Hey for me I do an intro explaining the mode, field function audience etc for both section A and B
then I usually do paragraphs for discourse&pragmatics, lexis and semantics ,syntax and morphology, and orthography and graphology

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jmpcamps

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Hows did you guys find the edexcel lang paper? I thought it went awfully

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Matildaidk1234

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Original post by jmpcamps

Hows did you guys find the edexcel lang paper? I thought it went awfully

Absolutely attrocious VOT sent me over the edge!!!!!!!

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jmpcamps

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Original post by Matildaidk1234

Absolutely attrocious VOT sent me over the edge!!!!!!!

Yeah what was that all about. It was such a fail

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maisiegraces23

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Hi guys, is anyone else doing Language and Gender, the language of Drag Queens for their Paper 3 on Wednesday? If so, how are you revising for it, what theorists have you learnt and what data are you using?? I'm really stuck and unsure..

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maisiegraces23

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Original post by Matildaidk1234

Hi!!! Do you understand it now? I could try and explain it but I think maybe it’s a bit late ahahah

Please do!! My class are very unsure and its on Wednesday 🤧

A Level Edexcel English Language - Language Investigation

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