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English Language (9EN0)
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Free English Language (9EN0) study notes for Pearson Edexcel A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Language frameworks and levels
Pragmatics: variation in meaning depending on context
Discourse: extended texts in their context
Graphology: the writing system and presentation of language
Phonetics, phonology and prosody
Morphology: the structure of words
Lexis and semantics
Syntax: relationships between words in sentences
Phonemic reference sheet and transcription mark key
Component 1 Section A: Individual Variation
Mode, field, function and audience
Geographical factors and language choices
Social factors: gender, age, ethnicity and other social identities
How language choices reflect and construct identity
Attitudes to language and the descriptive approach
Comparing two unseen 21st-century linked texts
Component 1 Section B: Variation over Time
The development of English as the national language from c1550
Cultural, social, political and technological influences on English
Changes in the writing and spelling system (graphology and orthography)
Changes in pronunciation (phonology)
Changes in inflections (morphology)
Changes in sentence structures (syntax)
Changes in vocabulary and meaning (lexis and semantics)
Changes in the form and structure of whole texts (discourse)
Comparing two thematically linked texts from different periods
Component 2: Child Language
The beginnings of speech
Acquisition and development of the sound system (phonetics)
How children understand the structure of words (morphology)
Development and extension of vocabulary (lexis) and meaning (semantics)
Stages of syntactic development and forming larger structures (syntax)
Conversation: child-directed speech and the development of interactive and pragmatic skills
The transition from speech to writing: drawing, gesture and early forms of writing
Letter forms, linearity, directionality and early spelling (graphology)
The effect of learnt reading strategies on spelling (morphology)
Vocabulary choices, sentence structures and narrative and descriptive skills in early writing
Theories of children's language development
Component 3: Investigating Language
Research and investigation skills: origins, features, varieties, attitudes and influences
Global English
Language and Gender Identity
Language and Journalism
Language and Power
Regional Language Variation
Responding to unseen data on the pre-released subtopic
Evaluative question connecting data with the investigation
Crafting Language (NEA)
Distinctive features of genres and style models
Writing two pieces differentiated by function and audience
Drafting and redrafting
The commentary: connecting research and writing
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