AS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACTUAL 2025 PAPER
MERGED WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 2 Language varieties
Monday 19 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book.
Instructions
• 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.
• There are two sections:
– Section A: Language diversity
– Section B: Language discourses.
• Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 from Section A. Answer Question 3 from Section B.
• 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.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
• 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.
Either
0 1 Discuss the idea that some accents are more suitable for jobs than other accents.
In your answer you should discuss concepts and issues from language study.
You should use your own supporting examples and the data in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1 shows the results of a study that asked people of different ages to rate people
with different accents in terms of their suitability for a job. Higher numbers indicate a
higher level of perceived suitability.
[30 marks]
Figure 1
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or
0 2 Discuss the idea that the English language needs to be made gender inclusive.
In your answer you should discuss concepts and issues from language study. You should
use your own supporting examples and the data in Text A below.
Text A is an extract from a set of guidelines. This extract defines ‘gender inclusive
language’ for staff at the United Nations and explains how they should use gender
inclusive language.
[30 marks]
IB/G/Jun25/7701/2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACTUAL 2025 PAPER
MERGED WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 2 Language varieties
Monday 19 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book.
Instructions
• 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.
• There are two sections:
– Section A: Language diversity
– Section B: Language discourses.
• Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 from Section A. Answer Question 3 from Section B.
• 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.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
• It is recommended that you use:
– about 40 minutes writing your Section A answer –
about 50 minutes writing your Section B answer.
, 2
IB/G/Jun25/G4006/E4 7701/2
Section A Language
diversity
Answer one question from this section.
Either
0 1 Discuss the idea that some accents are more suitable for jobs than other accents.
In your answer you should discuss concepts and issues from language study.
You should use your own supporting examples and the data in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1 shows the results of a study that asked people of different ages to rate people
with different accents in terms of their suitability for a job. Higher numbers indicate a
higher level of perceived suitability.
[30 marks]
Figure 1
IB/G/Jun25/7701/2
, 3
or
0 2 Discuss the idea that the English language needs to be made gender inclusive.
In your answer you should discuss concepts and issues from language study. You should
use your own supporting examples and the data in Text A below.
Text A is an extract from a set of guidelines. This extract defines ‘gender inclusive
language’ for staff at the United Nations and explains how they should use gender
inclusive language.
[30 marks]
IB/G/Jun25/7701/2
