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English Language (9093)
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Free English Language (9093) study notes for Cambridge International A Level students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Paper 1 Reading
The conventions of a wide range of written textual forms
The linguistic elements and literary features of texts
The significance of audience in both the design and reception of texts
The ways in which genre, purpose and context contribute to the meaning of texts
Paper 2 Writing
The conventions of a wide range of written textual forms
The linguistic elements and literary features of texts
The significance of audience in both the design and reception of texts
The ways in which genre, purpose and context contribute to the meaning of texts
Paper 1 Reading: Text analysis
Reading unseen texts: form, structure and language
Analysing form and text-level structure
Word classes, vocabulary and figurative language
Voice, tense, aspect, modality and narrative perspective
Tone, formality and pragmatics
Using quotations and evidence in analytical writing
Paper 1 Reading: Directed response
Rewriting a text in a new form
Choosing vocabulary, style and structure for a given brief
Comparing your own text with the original
Relating features to purpose, audience and context
Paper 3 Language Analysis
Paper 4 Language Topics
Text types and their conventions
Persuasive and promotional texts: advertisements, brochures, leaflets
Journalistic texts: editorials, news stories, articles, reviews, investigative journalism, blogs
Spoken and scripted forms: podcasts, scripted speech
Personal forms: letters, diaries, (auto)biographies, travel writing
Essays, narrative writing and descriptive writing
Paper 2 Writing: Shorter writing and reflective commentary
Writing a short text to a brief (up to 400 words)
Fulfilling the brief: form, purpose and audience
Writing a reflective commentary on your own choices
Audience, purpose and register
Paper 2 Writing: Extended writing
Imaginative and descriptive writing
Discursive and argumentative writing
Review and critical writing
Structuring longer pieces of writing
Paragraphing, cohesion and discourse markers
Accuracy and expression at word and sentence level
Paper 3 Language Analysis: Language change
The chronology and essential features of the development of the English language from Early Modern English to Contemporary English
Concepts and terminology related to language change
Theories and theorists of language change
n-gram graphs representing changes in language use over time
Word tables derived from corpus data
Paper 3 Language Analysis: Child language acquisition
The main stages of early development in child language acquisition
The different functions of children’s language
Theories and theorists of child language acquisition
The conventions and features of unscripted conversation and spoken language transcripts
Paper 4 Language Topics: English in the world
The historical development of English as a ‘global’ language
Varieties of English
Relevant ethical considerations
Analysing unseen texts on English in the world
Paper 4 Language Topics: Language and the self
Innateness and learning
The relationship between language and thought
The relationship between language and social identity
Analysing unseen texts on language and the self
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