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Writing skills key terms

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Writing skills

AqaA LevelEnglish LanguagePaper 2 Language Diversity and Change

Key terms

  • discursively

    discursively is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect discursively to audience positioning, evidence from a health advice text balancing expertise with accessible explanation, and the learning objective: Write discursively about language issues in an academic essay. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • write

    write is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect write to representation, evidence from a newspaper headline using compression and representation, and the learning objective: Write discursively about language issues in an academic essay. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • language

    language is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect language to discourse structure, evidence from a spoken narrative where deixis anchors events to shared context, and the learning objective: Write discursively about language issues in an academic essay. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • issues

    issues is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect issues to methodological control, evidence from a scripted advert using rhythm, repetition and audience assumptions, and the learning objective: Write discursively about language issues in an academic essay. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • write

    write is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect write to creative control, evidence from an online forum post where stance is built through evaluative adjectives, and the learning objective: Write analytically about texts as parts of discourses about language. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • analytically

    analytically is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect analytically to conceptual understanding, evidence from a workplace email where politeness strategies reflect hierarchy, and the learning objective: Write analytically about texts as parts of discourses about language. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • texts

    texts is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect texts to audience positioning, evidence from a health advice text balancing expertise with accessible explanation, and the learning objective: Write analytically about texts as parts of discourses about language. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • parts

    parts is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect parts to representation, evidence from a newspaper headline using compression and representation, and the learning objective: Write analytically about texts as parts of discourses about language. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • non-specialist audience

    non-specialist audience is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect non-specialist audience to discourse structure, evidence from a student NEA data sample with ethical sampling decisions, and the learning objective: Write about language issues in a variety of forms to communicate ideas to a non-specialist audience. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • Write

    Write is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect Write to methodological control, evidence from a historical article showing semantic change and standardisation, and the learning objective: Write about language issues in a variety of forms to communicate ideas to a non-specialist audience. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • about

    about is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect about to creative control, evidence from an online forum post where stance is built through evaluative adjectives, and the learning objective: Write about language issues in a variety of forms to communicate ideas to a non-specialist audience. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

  • language

    language is used in Writing skills to support precise analysis of Writing about language issues. In practice, connect language to conceptual understanding, evidence from a workplace email where politeness strategies reflect hierarchy, and the learning objective: Write about language issues in a variety of forms to communicate ideas to a non-specialist audience. This avoids treating the term as a loose label and shows how it functions in real A-Level English Language data.

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