WJEC • English Language

These study notes offer a comprehensive list of common spoken language features found in spoken discourse, providing definitions, explanations, and examples to aid in essay writing and extract analysis for Component 1 Section A of the Eduqas A-Level English Language exam.

This Eduqas A-Level English Language revision guide provides comprehensive notes for the Standard and Non-Standard topic included Component 1 Section B. It covers key concepts, with definitions and in-depth explanations of Standard and non-standard English, standardisation, prescriptivism versus descriptivism and the globalisation of English. It also explains Peter Trudgill's Norwich Study to aid arguments for this question and support AO2. These study notes are designed for effective exam r...

This Eduqas A-Level English Language revision guide provides comprehensive notes for the Language and Power topic as part of Component 1 Section B, including major theorists/linguists, such as Grice, Fairclough, and Wareing, as well as concise explanations of key concepts and terminology, exploring how language operates in politics and media to construct power. These study notes are designed for effective exam revision, essay planning, and independent study to help students confidently apply l...

Comprehensive A-Level English Language revision guide for Child Language Acquisition (CLA). This guide provides clear, concise explanations of the key concepts and terminology, and major theorists, such as Chomsky, Bruner, and Skinner. This exam guide is ideal for independent study, as the content is organised into clear sections with accessible explanations that make complex ideas easy to understand and that can easily be transformed into flash cards for further study. It is suitable for both f...

Comprehensive Eduqas/WJEC revision guide for component two of the A-level English Language course, including Language Change Over Time and English in the 21st century. This detailed guide provides clear, concise, exam-focused notes on key terminology, language change and the major linguistic features of each period. Topics include orthography, grammar and inflection, syntax, lexis, semantics, figurative language, pragmatics, graphology and discourse, alongside the cultural and historical influe...

Detailed revision guide for Eduqas A-level English Language Component 3 (creative writing). These notes are designed to support revision and creative writing by explaining the key conventions, structures, language features and writing techniques for common genres in creative writing to strengthen understanding and improve exam performance. This revision guide includes: short story writing, articles, newspaper reports, blogs, reviews, speeches, Freytag's Pyramid, figurative language technique...

This official Eduqas AS-Level English Language Component 2 exam paper from May 2025 focuses on Using Language. It includes Section A: Investigating Data, featuring a corpus of humorous and socially themed vehicle bumper stickers used for analysis of phonology, lexis, semantics, and grammar. Section B: Creative and Critical Writing offers options for narrative or persuasive writing — either a short story extract about a car passenger or a speech on the topic “Bumper Stickers: Harmless Fun or ...

This document contains the complete Eduqas AS-Level English Language Component 1 exam paper from May 2025. It includes both Section A: Spoken Language of the Media, featuring transcripts from televised award shows (National Television Awards 2021 and Booker Prize Ceremony 2019), and Section B: Written Language, which presents a 1950 Good Housekeeping article titled “Finding Yourself.” Each section includes the original exam questions, detailed context, and phonemic reference materials used f...

This is the official Eduqas A-Level English Language Component 3 examination paper from May 2025, titled Creative and Critical Use of Language. It includes both question options from the exam, each with three parts (a), (b), and (c). Candidates are asked to complete analytical and creative writing tasks, followed by a language commentary. The paper features source extracts from The Guardian (2021) on playground design and Zadie Smith’s Swing Time (2016), offering contemporary, real-world and l...

This is the official Eduqas A-Level English Language Component 2 examination paper from 2025. It includes both sections of the exam: Language Change Over Time and English in the Twenty-First Century. Section A provides three historical and modern extracts (1500, 1773, and 2004) from conduct literature for analysis, while Section B features Instagram data for linguistic evaluation. Each section contains detailed, mark-weighted questions designed to assess analysis, comparison, and contextual unde...

This document contains the official May 2025 Eduqas A-Level English Language Component 1 examination paper from WJEC. It covers Language Concepts and Issues, including the Analysis of Spoken Language and essay questions on Language Issues such as non-standard English, persuasive language, and child language acquisition. The paper includes both Section A and Section B with full transcripts, instructions, and mark allocations. Ideal for practice, mock exams, or revision before official assessments...

Definitions and keywords for Unit 3: Language over time for English Language. This includes archaic words as well as sentence structures and inconsistencies. It is helpful for the first 20 marks on the Lnagauge over time exam.

Essay Planning sheet for the 60 mark essay on the Eduqas Component 1 A Level English Language exam according to the assessment objectives to help students maximise their marks in each AO. Other sheets for comp 2 available on page or in a bundle.

2 page document that is helpful for exam planning - a two page document that guides through each part of question one and contains all common features of question from the specimen paper up to 2023 according to the official mark schemes.

A4 sheet to assist essay planning for A Level English Language Eduqas Component 2 Section A Q2. Suggests features for each assessment objective allowing students to maximise marks for each AO. More available on my page

A4 sheet to assist essay planning for A Level English Language Eduqas Component 2 Section B Q3. Suggests features for each assessment objective allowing students to maximise marks for each AO. More sheets available on my profile