Oxford Cambridge and RSA - 2025
Monday 19 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level English Language
H070/02 Exploring contexts
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
, INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question
numbers must be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
• Use the Resource Booklet to answer the questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 60.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
Section A
Writing about a topical language issue
You should spend about 40 minutes on this section.
‘We need to embrace linguistic variations, not condemn them.’
1 Write the opening script for a podcast that critically engages in any way with the
statement above and persuades listeners to agree with a particular point of view.
Your podcast should be aimed at a non-specialist, reasonably well-educated
audience. You should write about 500 words. [24]
Section B
Exploring language in context
Answer either Question 2 or Question 3.
You should spend about 50 minutes on this section.
EITHER
2 Language and Power
Read Text A in the Resource booklet and answer the question.
Using appropriate terminology, examine Text A in the light of the ways in which power
is represented. In your answer you should:
• analyse the relevant language features of the text
• explore how contextual factors and language features construct meanings
• consider the ways in which your understanding of concepts and issues relating
to power in language use illuminates the representation of power within the
text.
[36]
OR
3 Language and Gender
Read Text B in the Resource booklet and answer the question.
Using appropriate terminology, examine Text B in the light of the ways in which gender
is represented. In your answer you should:
• analyse the relevant language features of the text
• explore how contextual factors and language features construct meanings
• consider the ways in which your understanding of concepts and issues relating
to gender in language use illuminates the representation of gender within the
text.
[36]
END OF QUESTION PAPER
© OCR H070/02
2025 Jun25
Monday 19 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level English Language
H070/02 Exploring contexts
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
, INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question
numbers must be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
• Use the Resource Booklet to answer the questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 60.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025
OCR is an exempt
[601/4703/9] DC (ST)
Charity Turn over
339166/1
, 2
BLANK PAGE
© OCR H070/02
2025 Jun25
, 3
Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
Section A
Writing about a topical language issue
You should spend about 40 minutes on this section.
‘We need to embrace linguistic variations, not condemn them.’
1 Write the opening script for a podcast that critically engages in any way with the
statement above and persuades listeners to agree with a particular point of view.
Your podcast should be aimed at a non-specialist, reasonably well-educated
audience. You should write about 500 words. [24]
Section B
Exploring language in context
Answer either Question 2 or Question 3.
You should spend about 50 minutes on this section.
EITHER
2 Language and Power
Read Text A in the Resource booklet and answer the question.
Using appropriate terminology, examine Text A in the light of the ways in which power
is represented. In your answer you should:
• analyse the relevant language features of the text
• explore how contextual factors and language features construct meanings
• consider the ways in which your understanding of concepts and issues relating
to power in language use illuminates the representation of power within the
text.
[36]
OR
3 Language and Gender
Read Text B in the Resource booklet and answer the question.
Using appropriate terminology, examine Text B in the light of the ways in which gender
is represented. In your answer you should:
• analyse the relevant language features of the text
• explore how contextual factors and language features construct meanings
• consider the ways in which your understanding of concepts and issues relating
to gender in language use illuminates the representation of gender within the
text.
[36]
END OF QUESTION PAPER
© OCR H070/02
2025 Jun25
