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Unit 3: Studying spoken and written language

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How do you handle data, evidence and terminology to write a strong analytical response in Unit 3?

Selecting and handling data in the Unit 3 controlled assessment (AO2, AO3 and AO4), annotating transcripts and texts, choosing precise evidence, using terminology accurately and structuring an analytical response.
How to handle data and evidence in the CCEA GCSE English Language Unit 3 controlled assessment: annotating transcripts and texts, selecting precise evidence, using terminology accurately, and structuring a sustained analytical response.
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What are the distinctive features of real spoken language, and how do you identify them in a transcript?

Identifying the features of spoken language on Unit 3 (AO2), such as fillers, false starts, repetition, elision, non-fluency and turn-taking, and explaining what they show about real talk and the speakers.
How to identify and analyse the features of real spoken language on CCEA GCSE English Language Unit 3: fillers, false starts, repetition, elision, non-fluency and turn-taking, and what they reveal about speakers and their interaction.
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How do you analyse accent, dialect, idiolect and sociolect, and the place of Standard and non-standard English?

Analysing varieties of spoken English on Unit 3 (AO2), including accent, dialect, idiolect and sociolect, and the relationship between Standard and non-standard English, with attitudes to these varieties.
How to analyse varieties of spoken English on CCEA GCSE English Language Unit 3: accent, dialect, idiolect and sociolect, the relationship between Standard and non-standard English, and attitudes to different varieties.
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How do you analyse the way spoken language varies according to context, audience and purpose?

Studying how spoken language varies by context, audience and purpose on Unit 3 (AO2), analysing why people speak differently in different situations and writing an evidenced analytical response.
How to study spoken language on CCEA GCSE English Language Unit 3: analysing how talk varies according to context, audience and purpose, identifying the influences on speech, and writing an evidenced analytical response for the controlled assessment.
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How do you analyse a written or media text for its language, presentation and how it targets an audience?

Studying written and media language on Unit 3 (AO2), analysing the language and presentational features of written, media and multimodal texts and how they target purpose and audience, in an evidenced analytical response.
How to study written and media language on CCEA GCSE English Language Unit 3: analysing the language and presentational features of written, media and multimodal texts, how they target an audience and purpose, and writing an evidenced analytical response.
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