AQA A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE 7702/1 Paper 1 Language, the individual and society Version: 1.0 Final IB/G/Jun23/E8 7702/1// QUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME/ [MERGED] Marl( scheme June 2023

AQA A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE 7702/1 Paper 1 Language, the individual and society Version: 1.0 Final IB/G/Jun23/E8 7702/1 Thursday 25 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 12-page answer book • the Insert for Section A (enclosed). Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7702/1. • There are two sections: – Section A: Textual variations and representations – Section B: Children’s language development. • Answer all questions from Section A. • Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 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 100. • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • There are 25 marks for Question 1, 25 marks for Question 2 and 20 marks for Question 3. There are 30 marks for either Question 4 or Question 5. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. • A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of this paper, for reference. Advice • It is recommended that you use: – 30 minutes reading and preparing the texts – 30 minutes writing your Question 1 answer – 30 minutes writing your Question 2 answer – 20 minutes writing your Question 3 answer – 40 minutes writing your Section B answer. A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Language, the individual and society 2 IB/G/Jun23/7702/1 There are no questions printed on this page 3 IB/G/Jun23/7702/1 Turn over ► Section A Textual variations and representations Answer all questions from this section. Text A and Text B are on the Insert. Text A is an online article from BBC News, published in March 2019. Text B is a magazine article from The Bystander, published in April 1928. 0 1 Analyse how Text A uses language to create meanings and representations. [25 marks] 0 2 Analyse how Text B uses language to create meanings and representations. [25 marks] 0 3 Explore the similarities and differences in the ways that Text A and Text B use language. [20 marks] Turn over for Section B 4 IB/G/Jun23/7702/1 Section B Children’s language development Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from this section. Either 0 4 ‘Children’s language development depends on their experiences of the world around them.’ Referring to Data Set 1 in detail, and to relevant ideas from language study, evaluate this view of children’s language development. [30 marks] Transcription key: (.) pause of less than a second (2.0) longer pause (number of seconds indicated) bold stressed syllables [italics] contextual information / / indicates a phonemic transcription CAPITALS indicates raised volume simultaneous speech A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of the Insert and also on the back of this paper, for reference. Data Set 1 Jo is 4 years old. She is sitting at the kitchen table with her mother, eating her breakfast. She has been given a dried fig to taste for the first time. Mother: what are you eating Jo (.) do you remember what they’re called Jo: Mummy close your eyes Mother: oh okay Jo: OPEN Mother: did you eat some (.) can you talk to me about it 5 Jo: they’re sweet Mother: sweet 5 IB/G/Jun23/7702/1 Turn over ► Jo: Mummy look [pointing at the figs on the table] (.) that one’s getting longer and that one’s getting smaller. Mother: oh very good 10 Jo: not really small ’cause I didn’t eat too much (1.0) Mummy can put your finger (.) can you put your finger in this (1.0) [puts fingertip and tip of thumb together to make a circle shape and lifts hand towards her mother’s face] put your finger in that Mother: inside Jo: yeah [Jo’s mother closes her thumb and fingertip around Jo’s thumb and fingertip so that they are like two connected hoops] 15 Mother: like a (.) like two rings Jo: and then pull (2.0) [Jo pulls her finger and thumb away from her mother’s to break the connected hoops] I winned Mother: yeah [laughs] you winned yeah (1.0) I won 20 Jo: I won (.) you won Mother: well done we both won (.) both winners Jo: is Daddy a winner Mother: yeah Daddy’s a winner Jo: and Nick 25 Mother: Nick’s a winner too Jo: what about Auntie Lynne Mother: yeah everyone’s a winner (.) everyone’s a winner Jo: what about babies Mother: yeah babies are winners (1.0) everyone’s a winner (.) you’ve just got to be kind and gentle and 30 Jo: what (.) what about (.) plants? Mother: that’s a different sort of thing isn’t it (.) plants aren’t sentient they don’t have (.) thoughts in the way that we have thoughts (1.0) plants aren’t human they’re plants Jo: why is 35 Mother: but I think all plants are winners (.) they’re keeping the (.) planet alive aren’t they Jo: Mummy (.) MUMMY Mother: yes Jo: why does bees collect honey from the flowers Mother: why do [laughs] say that again 40 Jo: why does bees collect honey from the flowers Mother: um that’s a good question um that’s what they do (.) bees they do it (1.0) they [laughs] I actually don’t know why they do it [laughs] Jo: that’s why they do it because they love it Mother: because they love it (.) that’s a good answer 45 Jo: and (.) when they (.) when bees die (.) they die Mother: yeah it’s not great when a bee dies (1.0) it’s not good for the planet (.) so we’ve got to protect the bees Jo: yep from monsters Mother: yeah the human monster (2.0) oh hi Nick (1.0) come and have some breakfast 50 Turn over for the next question 6 IB/G/Jun23/7702/1 or 0 5 ‘Being creative is an essential part of learning to write.’ Referring to Data Set 2 in detail, and to relevant ideas from language study, evaluate this view of children’s language development. [30 marks] 7 IB/G/Jun23/7702/1 Data Set 2 Lily is 6 years and 3 months old. She produced this story at school. END OF QUESTIONS 8 IB/G/Jun23/7702/1 There are no questions printed on this page Phonemic symbols Copyright information For confidentiality purposes, all acknowledgements of third-party copyright material are published in a separate booklet. This booklet is published after each live examination series and is available for free download from Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright-holders may have been unsuccessful and AQA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgements. If you have any queries please contact the Copyright Team. Copyright © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. *236A7702/1* A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE 7702/1 Paper 1 Language, the individual and society Mark scheme June 2023 Version: 1.0 Final *236A7702/1/MS* MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE – 7702/1 – JUNE 2023 Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’ responses to questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way. As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts. Alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are required to refer these to the Lead Examiner. It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular p