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The material outlines skills for selecting language examples, understanding their impact, and developing critical analysis rather than relying on inference. It also summarizes June 2022 exam mean marks, highlights where students performed less well, and provides discussion prompts for classroom practice.","GCSE English Language: Virtual Communities  \nSpring 2023   \n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n\n| Welcome |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| |  |  |\n| 2 | © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Overview\u003Cbr>• Criteria for AO2 language • Teaching selection of language examples • Activities to encourage analysis |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 3 | © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\nAO2  \nAO2: Explain, comment on and analyse how writers’ use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views.  \nSkills  \n• Selection  \n• Understanding the impact  \n• Critical analysis  \n4  \n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n| June 2022 mean marks |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| PAPER 1 Section Question AO Max.\u003Cbr>mark 2019 2022 +/ - A Reading 1 AO1 4 3.94 3.83 -0.11 2 AO2 8 3.75 3.73 -0.02 3 AO2 8 3.26 3.26 = 4 AO4 20 9.74 9.52 -0.22\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>PAPER 2 Section Question AO Max.\u003Cbr>mark 2019 2022 +/ - A Reading 1 AO1 4 3.53 3.75 +0.22 2 AO1 8 3.78 3.60 -0.18 3 AO2 12 6.32 5.73 -0.58 4 AO3 16 6.77 6.88 +0.11\u003Cbr>|  |  |\n| 5 | © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Findings from the June 2022 exams |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Where students did less well:\u003Cbr>• Selecting appropriate language examples Students find it difficult to comment on examples they don’t really understand or are unable to make the links between.\u003Cbr>• concentrating on why the language feature selected is effective rather than making inferences.\u003Cbr>• maintaining focus on the effect of language not making generalised comments |  |  |\n| 6 | © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\n\n| Discussion point |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| What methods do you use to teach language selection and analysis with your students? |  |  |\n| 7 | © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. | |\n\nBuilding confidence  \n1. Analysis over inference – what is the difference?  \n2. Restricted signification  \n3. Figurative use of language  \n4. Specific selection of words  \n5. Cumulative effect / impact  \n6. Ideas before methods  \n7. Big idea planning  \n8  \n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n1. Analysis over inference  \n9  \n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n| Analysis over inference\u003Cbr>• Students need to concentrate on why the language feature selected is effective rather than making inferences. • Think of inference as ‘prediction’ and analysis as the ‘why’. • Inference questions will focus on what can be understood or predicted by something. For example, what do we learn about x from this description? The skills in this type of question will be selection of evidence and comment on what is ‘learnt’. • Analysis questions will focus on ‘how’ and ‘why’ a writer has chosen specific language choices. For example, how does the writer create a sense of x in this extract? These are language focused questions and require students to consider the impact of writers’ choices. |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 10 | © 2023 AQA and its licensors. 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