Explain how you would study written, spoken and electronic texts about a range of subjects, audiences, purposes and genres. in the context of Language diversity and change.

Read the example as a designed act of communication. This answer should show how the response meets the learning objective: Study written, spoken and electronic texts about a range of subjects, audiences, purposes and genres.

In Language diversity and change, the strongest explanation links the answer to Examples and data for diversity and change, uses accurate linguistic terminology, and makes the evidence serve a clear analytical purpose. If the question is exam-style, the student should move beyond naming a feature by explaining how representation works in a newspaper article representing social groups through evaluative choices.

That means connecting language choice to meaning, context, representation, audience, genre, mode or method as appropriate. The conclusion should not be a personal opinion; it should be a supported judgement about how the language data operates in relation to the task.