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September 2015 onwards For AS and A-level exams in 2016 onwards |\n\nVersion 1.2 14 October 2021  \nContents  \n1 Introduction 5  \n1.1 Why choose AQA for AS and A-level English Language 5  \n1.2 Support and resources to help you teach 5  \n2 Specification at a glance 8  \n3 Subject content – AS 13  \n3.1 Language and the individual 13  \n3.2 Language varieties 14  \n4 Subject content – A-level 17  \n4.1 Language, the individual and society 18  \n4.2 Language diversity and change 19  \n4.3 Language in action 20  \n5 Scheme of assessment 25  \n5.1 Aims 25  \n5.2 Assessment objectives 25  \n5.3 Assessment weightings 26  \n5.4 Non-exam assessment marking criteria 27  \n6 Non-exam assessment administration (A-level only) 35  \n6.1 Supervising and authenticating 35  \n6.2 Avoiding malpractice 36  \n6.3 Teacher standardisation 36  \n6.4 Internal standardisation 36  \n6.5 Annotation 37  \n6.6 Submitting marks 37  \n6.7 Factors affecting individual students 37  \n6.8 Keeping students' work 38  \n6.9 Moderation 38  \n6.10 After moderation 38  \n7 General administration 39  \n7.1 Entries and codes 39  \n7.2 Overlaps with other qualifications 39  \n7.3 Awarding grades and reporting results 39  \n7.4 Re-sits and shelf life 40  \n7.5 Previous learning and prerequisites 40  \n7.6 Access to assessment: diversity and inclusion 40  \n7.7 Safeguarding 41  \n7.8 Working with AQA for the first time 41  \n7.9 Private candidates 41  \nAre you using the latest version of this specification?  \n• You will always find the most up-to-date version of this specification on our website at  \n• We will write to you if there are significant changes to the specification.  \n1 Introduction  \n1.1 Why choose AQA for AS and A-level English Language  \nSpecifications designed for you and your students  \nWe have worked closely with teachers and universities to develop relevant, engaging and up-todate content that reflects contemporary language study.  \nWith exciting text-and data-based sources of 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