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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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Paper 2 Language varieties
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Monday 20 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Materials
For this paper you must have:
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• an AQA 12-page answer book.
Instructions
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• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7701/2.
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– Section A: Language diversity
– Section B: Language discourses.
• Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 from Section A. Answer Question 3 from Section B.
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• 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 70.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• There are 30 marks for either Question 1 or Question 2. There are 40 marks for Question 3.
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• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
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• It is recommended that you use:
– about 40 minutes writing your Section A answer
– about 50 minutes writing your Section B answer.
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Section A
Language diversity
Answer one question from this section.
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0 1 Discuss the idea that there is a connection between a person’s social class and the
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language they use.
In your answer you should discuss concepts and issues from language study.
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You should use your own supporting examples and the data in Text A, below.
Text A is the opening of an article from Country Living magazine.
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[30 marks]
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Text A
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