A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Language, the individual and society

A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Language, the individual and society Thursday 23 May 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 12-page answer book • the Insert for Section A (enclosed). Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7702/1. • There are two sections: – Section A: Textual variations and representations – Section B: Children’s language development. • Answer all questions from Section A. • Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from Section B. • Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The maximum mark for this paper is 100. • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • There are 25 marks for Question 1, 25 marks for Question 2 and 20 marks for Question 3. There are 30 marks for either Question 4 or Question 5. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. • A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of this paper, for reference. Advice • It is recommended that you use: – 30 minutes reading and preparing the texts – 30 minutes writing your Question 1 answer – 30 minutes writing your Question 2 answer – 20 minutes writing your Question 3 answer – 40 minutes writing your Section B answer. There are no questions printed on this page Section A Textual variations and representations Answer all questions from this section. Text A and Text B are on the Insert. Text A is from the launch of the Apple Music service in front of a live audience. Tim Cook is the Chief Executive of Apple and Jimmy Iovine is the owner of a record label. Images are projected on a large screen behind the presenters throughout their talk. Text B is an advert for a Graphophone from Munsey’s Magazine in 1906. 0 1 Analyse how Text A uses language to create meanings and representations. [25 marks] 0 2 Analyse how Text B uses language to create meanings and representations. [25 marks] 0 3 Explore the similarities and differences in the ways that Text A and Text B use language. [20 marks] Turn over for Section B Turn over ► Section B Children’s language development Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from this section. Either 0 4 ‘Adults play the most important role in children’s language development.’ Referring to Data Set 1 in detail, and to relevant ideas from language study, evaluate this view of children’s language development. [30 marks] Transcription key: (.) pause of less than a second (2.0) longer pause (number of seconds indicated) bold stressed syllables [italics] contextual information CAPITAL LETTERS indicates raised volume ? indicates questioning intonation / / indicates a phonemic transcription simultaneous speech A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of the Insert and also on the back of this paper, for reference. Data Set 1 Ruben, aged 5 years, is chatting playfully with his aunt and mother at home in his kitchen. His pet dog, Jasper, is with them. Aunt: would you rather eat a slug or eat a worm Ruben: um (.) apple Aunt: no would you rather eat a slug or a worm that’s your choice Ruben: okay slug [laughing] Aunt: a slug okay good choice 5 Ruben: [laughing gleefully] Aunt: would you rather jump in freezing cold water or go down a gigantic slide Ruben: um [laughing] jump in freezing water Aunt: okay (1.0) would you rather kiss a frog or dye your hair pink Ruben: dye my hair pink (2.0) would you rather eat a dog or slug 10 Aunt: a dog Ruben: bad choice Aunt: [laughs] Ruben: would you rather drink dirty water (.) or eat mud Aunt: um I’d rather drink dirty water 15 Ruben: good choice [aunt and mother laugh] Ruben: would you rather eat a dog or Aunt: don’t listen Jasper Ruben: [laughs] eat a dog or (1.0) eat your cat Sinny Aunt: oh no [laughing] eat my cat specifically (.) I’m sorry to say I’d rather eat Jasper [laughing] 20 Mother: JASPER (.) run for your life Jasper Ruben: NO (.) eat Sinny Aunt: [laughs] Ruben: would you rather kiss a (.) um (.) a giant snake or a (1.0) mum what is spiders with a red back 25 Mother: a tarantula Ruben: you would kiss a snake or a (.) a tarantula Aunt: I would kiss a snake (.) any day of the week Mother: ugh 30 Ruben: good choice Aunt: would you rather sleep in a bed with a dead mouse or a dead bird Ruben: a dead mouses (.) no actually a dead rat (.) because I like rats Turn over for the next question Turn over ► or 0 5 ‘Writing with a sense of purpose is the most important skill to develop when learning to write.’ Referring to Data Set 2 in detail, and to relevant ideas from language study, evaluate this view of children’s language development. [30 marks] Data Set 2 Data Set 2 was produced in the classroom by Astrid, aged 7 years and 4 months. She was asked to write instructions for looking after a dog. The child has written in black and purple. The teacher has written in green. Transliteration END OF QUESTIONS