GCE English Language H470/01: Exploring language Advanced GCE Mark Scheme for Autumn 2021

Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations

GCE

English Language

H470/01: Exploring language

Advanced GCE

Mark Scheme for Autumn 2021

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demonstrated.Mark s chemes s hould be read in conjunction with the published question papers and the report on the examination.

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H470/01 Mark Scheme October 2021

Annotations

H470/01 Mark Scheme October 2021

PAPER-SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS: H470/01 Exploring language

Candidates answer all the questions on the paper. The paper addresses all of the assessment objectives: Assessment Objectives AO1 and AO3 are addressed in question 1.Assessment Objectives AO2 and AO5 are addressed in question 2.Assessment Objectives AO1, AO3 and AO4 are addressed in question 3.

In each question, the assessment objectives are given equal weighting.

THE INDICATIVE CONTENT FOR EACH TASK provides an indication of what candidates are likely to cover. The notes are neither prescriptive nor exhaustive: candidates should be rewarded for any relevant response which appropriately addresses the Assessment Objectives.

THE LEVEL DESCRIPTORS FOR EACH QUESTION FOLLOW THE INDICATIVE CONTENT.

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• Each level descriptor covers the relevant assessment objectives.• Where the assessment objectives appear in separate columns, marks should be allocated for each assessment objective independently of one another. There is no requirement for responses to be allocated marks from within the same level across each assessment objective.• An answer does not have to meet all the requirements of a level descriptor before being placed in that level. The extent to which it meets all of the requirements of a level descriptor will determine its placement within that level.• The extent to which the statements within the level have been achieved should be the only criteria used when deciding the mark within a level.• Indicative content indicates possible points candidates might make, but this is not an exhaustive account. Any valid response should be rewarded.