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Unit 1: Exploring Language (AS)

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you analyse a text closely using the language levels, and how do those methods answer the compulsory Section A question on Unit 1?

Analysing language: using the language levels (phonetics, phonology and prosodics; lexis and semantics; grammar and morphology; pragmatics; discourse) plus genre, audience, purpose and mode to analyse an unseen text in Unit 1 Section A.
How to analyse an unseen text in WJEC Unit 1 Section A using the language levels: phonology and prosodics, lexis and semantics, grammar and morphology, pragmatics and discourse, framed by genre, audience, purpose and mode.
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What is contemporary English in the digital age, and how do you write the compulsory Section B response on present-day language in use?

Contemporary English: present-day language in use, including the influence of technology, electronic communication and social change, analysed for Unit 1 Section B.
How to answer WJEC Unit 1 Section B on contemporary English: the features of present-day language in electronic and digital communication, the influence of technology and social change, and how to discuss them with the language levels.
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