February English Exam Paris Anthology

Homework due, Wednesday To improve, we will plan together in today’s lesson. for homework, you will rewrite your exam answers into an A-Grade response! Homework due, Wednesday

First let’s correct some common errors from last week. Explain the difference to a partner between: A simile A sentence literally stating that two things are similar. Informal language Colloquial language Formal language Complex language This These A question/ an interrogative question A rhetorical question First let’s correct some common errors from last week.

Question 1, Paper 2: Anthology Paris The Anthology Paris is worth the most marks of all AS texts. At AS level, both questions on Paper 2 are based on the Anthology Paris and are worth 50% of all marks. Next year, at A-level, Q1 of Paper 1 is on the Anthology Paris and is worth 40% of marks available for AS texts.

40 marks available AS Level: A01: linguistic terminology, 10 marks A03: context, 20 marks A04: 10 marks A-Level: A01: linguistic terminology, 15 marks A03: context, 15 marks

February exam: AS Paper 2, Question 1 Text A: ‘Travelling to Paris with a grandchild’, Gransnet forum Text B: ‘Mike and Sophia’, Visiting Paris

Plan for question 1 Firstly: Context A03 (then add comparisons A04). Secondly: Language A01 (then add comparisons A04).

Context: Genre Text A Text B Website forum with set conventions: Layout features (graphology) Informal, polite language Text B Conversation/dialogue Discourse features Aspects of pragmatics

Context: Mode Text A Text B Written Mode online interaction Easy access to internet (or difficulties for grandparents, suggests cooler more tech-savy audience) Errors (Jane Ann submitted msg twice) Capacity to self correct/add info (eg HildaW name of boat added in second msg) Wide audience= richer resource pool Text B Spoken Spontaneous and temporal =discourse features Private, personal conversation= honest, unaccountable (Mike may not repeat stories of pickpockets he has no experience of) open and trusting due to limited, known audience

Context: Purpose Text A Text B Request (Jane Ann) and offer advice (Tegan, HildaW) Recommend (boat, film) Warn (pickpockets) Text B Share experiences positive (romance of the Sacre- Cour) and negative (danger of muggings) Warn OR entertain via tellability

Context: Audience Text A Text B Visitors to Paris (tourists) Grandparents or carers of children International: www Multi-person interaction Strangers= pragmatics (politeness strategies) Text B Visitors to Paris (tourists) Limited audience of two people= direct address, open and trusting tone due to personally known audience Transcript= reproduction of conversation in written mode for a wider audience (A-level students)

What comparisons can you make? Similarities Genre: interactive conversations, more than one contributor Audience: tourists Purpose: advise ( both address +ve and –ve aspects of Paris). Shared topic of pickpocketing to meet purpose (selectivity). Mode: spontaneity (later error correction not typical of written mode) Differences Mode of communication Audience: Text A specifically for carers of children but wide audience due to internet accessibility, text B may have wider appeal wider but limited audience due to mode

Graphology: typography, layout, use of pause/bold in transcript Lexis: Lexical choices: register, narrative voice Discourse features: fillers, ellipsis, false starts, interruptions, speaker support (solicit and appreciation) Grammar: verb tenses, lack of correct structure Pragmatics: politeness strategies, tone, tellability Phonetics: alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, consonance Language A01: Terminology There are six language levels. Which ones can you apply? Discuss with a partner, finding examples through which you can explain meaning in these texts.

Language A01: Terminology Remember to explain every point/ example of terminology in relation to the specific text you are analysing and not in general terms. Show your understanding and explain the reasoning behind your interpretation.

What comparisons can you make? Similarities Differences