Top band, student written model answer for A Level English Language. This essay demonstrates how to convey understanding of linguistic ideas by evaluating and challenging the views presented in the question and by other linguists. Students of all abilities will benefit from an example of effective essay writing which they can emulate in their own work. There is also a marking activity at the end & opportunity for students to plan their own answer to the question. Why it works: Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017 Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) essays Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Check out my shop for more essays and revision resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels

Paper 2 mock for AQA A Level English Language. Includes Text A and Text B. Top band model answer for question 3 on this paper! You may be interested in more mocks for this paper. Follow my Twitter @astarlevels to be notified as they come out. “Mind your slanguage” mock paper American words mock paper

Everything I think that I did, that others might not have, that helped me achieve an A* in 2017. Techniques and advice, student to student, to make revision effective, efficient and relevant to the exam. I truly believe that anyone can do well with the right approach. So here we go! My article links you to other free resources i have, like mock exams, templates and essays, which can be downloaded with a TES account. I have written five pages that explain my unique approach to: saying something useful about studies/ theories analysing data/ grammar getting AO3 marks planning essays and using these to hack the exam <-- game changer! reducing workload memorising theory Follow my twitter @astarlevels and check out the linked resources at the end that will no doubt help you revise. Good luck you can do it!!! :-)

Paper 2 mock for AQA A Level English Language. Includes Text A and Text B. This time covering the topics of gender, new words, change and slang! Please leave a review & follow my Twitter @astarlevels Young people’s language mock American words mock paper Top band model opinion article I have a model answer for every single question - check them out!

This is a collection of exam questions for the new AQA Psychology specification (2016) focused on the topic of cognitive psych/ memory. I also have made workbooks for attachment, social psych and psychopathology - if you liked this then don’t miss them - linked below!! The questions are usefully grouped so that once you have revised the topic you can test yourself on a range of questions that have appeared in the past, giving you ample opportunities to get familiar with the types of questions the exam board have asked in the past and no doubt will again. Even students who can recite their notes off by heart may struggle to achieve the top grades because they have poor exam technique, but this workbook is the ideal resource to improve exam technique simply by practicing! I have meticulously gone through past papers for the old specification and carefully selected the most relevant questions to the new spec, allowing students to prepare for exam questions that are likely to reappear. I found this very useful on the way to getting an A*. I also have these workbooks for attachment, social psychology and psychopathology- https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/attachment-exam-question-booklet-a-level-psychology-aqa-new-spec-11684162 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/social-psychology-exam-question-booklet-a-level-psychology-aqa-new-spec-11684168 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/psychopathology-revision-exam-question-booklet-a-level-psychology-aqa-new-spec-11684165

Paper 2 mock for AQA A Level English Language. Includes Text A and Text B. This time on American English. Please leave a review & follow my Twitter @astarlevels. “Mind your slanguage” mock paper Young people’s language mock paper I have a model answer for every single question on my shop, please take a look!

Checklist to guide revision for A Level English Language. Guides students to revise & plan an essay question for every topic & question. Please see my shop for all my resources to help revise and practice for A Level English Language!

This blew up on twitter! Download the simple but incredibly useful template today. Tried and tested by an A* student. Over 100 resources now uploaded to help you revise A Level English Language, check it out: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/astarlevels This resource: “blank canvas” revision - a wacky font on a blank canvas for every topic. Encourage students to try out different ways of filling each poster. Experimenting with a variety of techniques will keep them interested and starting to think about the topics in different ways. Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

Used in relation to AQA A Level English Language to get discussions going on the way different occupational groups may use language. Would make a good starter… A little freebie to say ‘thank you’ to everyone that has supported the shop! Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

A fun lesson starter for A Level students introducing some 'new words' that they will definitely want to remember as examples in their essays and articles. Great way to show the basic idea that the language is not static (in an entertaining way).

This template is designed to guide students through close language analysis. I found this kind of approach the fastest and most effective way to label language features for AO1 and then to score really good AO3 with in depth analysis and links to wider ideas and meaning. Slide one is a blank template and the second slide is an example of how the template can help analyse a quote. Hi! If you came from Twitter, thanks for all the retweets, this blew up! If you want to try out the technique yourself, download this resource for free :-) Download to get an editable copy of the BLANK template! Made for A Level but can be adapted for any level really. Even year 7s or GCSE will benefit from this technique. Please leave a review! Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

Fill in the gaps - language and social groups. A great starter, or, once complete, excellent revision resource with lots of AO2! More gap fills

Activity based on jargon where students decide what occupation uses that language. Get students talking about jargon! Got time to leave a review? Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels Enjoy!

“It is a widely held belief that women have larger colour vocabularies than do men. For example, Robin Lakoff (1975) states this as a fact and suggests as an explanation the observation that in this society women spend much more of their time on colour-related activities such as choosing clothes than men do” Have you got time to leave my resource a review? Put this statement to the test with your class! Fun little activity where students try and name as many as the colours as they can, then check them off and see if on average boys or girls have larger colour vocabularies. Links to Lakoffs findings Opportunity to counter argue with the diversity approach Potential NEA investigation

Poster giving an explanation and examples of jargon. Could be used as a starter or as part of a display alongside students own posters. Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

The answer to the question. Download for free to access. Good luck in your exams :-) Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

Fill in the gaps activity that turns into a model essay once complete! More gap fills

A Level English Language activities to help students become more confident with using theories and studies for the first year exam especially. Task 1: card sort activity with 11 theorists and their theories. Great revision activity, and, once complete, little glossary of AO2 for students to refer back to. Task 2: Jargon activities, main task being to read an article from the guardian (useful overview) and use it as data to write an essay/ or to write an opinion article on the use of jargon. Task 3: a transcript of a doctor/ patient conversation where students should apply the theories to what is being said. Great way to consolidate theories and to think about how occupational language is used and how it affects people outside the group. There is also an essay opportunity. The poster included complements the activities pack. It is a straightforward resource giving a bedrock of theories, can be used for reference, revision or to support class/ home work. Check out my shop for more! Complete Revision Bundle

Examples of the stages of children’s writing. Starter idea: ask students to note: progression in the writing any mistakes they notice can they apply nay theories Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels

“blank canvas” revision - a wacky font on a blank canvas for every topic. Encourage students to try out different ways of filling each poster. Experimenting with a variety of techniques will keep them interested and starting to think about the topics in different ways. Just delete the irrelevant topics on the last three slides (covering paper 3) ;) Follow my twitter to stay updated with more essential free resources and news - @astarlevels