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Unit 2: Language Issues and Original and Critical Writing (AS)

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How do you write the critical commentary in Unit 2 part (c) that analyses your own original writing?

Critical writing (part c): a reflective commentary analysing the language choices made in the part (b) original piece, explaining how they suit genre, audience and purpose.
How to write the WJEC Unit 2 part (c) critical commentary: analysing your own part (b) writing with linguistic terminology, explaining how your choices serve genre, audience, purpose and mode, and reaching reflective judgements.
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What are the main language issues debated at AS, and how do you write the part (a) essay on a language issue in Unit 2?

Language issues (part a): the key debates including standard and non-standard English, accent and dialect, language and power, language and gender, and language acquisition, discussed with reference to data.
The WJEC Unit 2 part (a) language issues essay: standard and non-standard English, accent and dialect, language and power, language and gender, and language acquisition, and how to argue about them with data and theory.
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How do you write an effective original piece for a given genre, audience and purpose in Unit 2 part (b)?

Original writing (part b): producing a piece of writing for a specified genre, audience, purpose and mode, using deliberate language choices.
How to write the WJEC Unit 2 part (b) original piece: matching genre, audience, purpose and mode, making deliberate linguistic choices, and shaping form and structure so the writing can be analysed in the part (c) commentary.
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