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Language A Level English Worksheets, Questions and Revision
5 original Language worksheet packs - 58 printable pages with full mark schemes. Textual variation, child language development, language change and diversity. View any pack in the browser or open the print-ready PDF.
See the method: Language: Textual Variations
Text X is a formal email from a headteacher to parents announcing a new uniform policy; Text Y is an informal message between two parents reacting to the news. Compare how mode and purpose shape each text's register.
- Identify mode: both are written, but Text X is a formal, planned institutional email; Text Y is informal, unplanned digital messaging.
- Identify purpose: Text X aims to inform and instruct; Text Y aims to express reaction and maintain a social relationship (phatic talk).
- Compare lexis: Text X likely uses formal, institutional vocabulary; Text Y likely uses colloquialisms and emotive lexis.
- Compare grammar: Text X likely uses complete, complex sentences and formal phrasing such as 'parents are requested to'; Text Y likely uses ellipsis and minor sentences.
- Link findings to audience: the headteacher addresses parents as an institutional authority, while the parents address each other as social equals, explaining the contrasting registers.
1.1 Language: Textual Variations6p + answers · 139 marks · PDF
1.2 Language: Child Language Development5p + answers · 109 marks · PDF
1.3 Language: Language Change and Diversity3p + answers · 152 marks · PDF
1.11 Language: Child Language Acquisition6p + answers · 126 marks · PDF
1.12 Language: Language and Power7p + answers · 147 marks · PDF
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