OCR A-Level English Language and Literature (EMC) - H474 Past Papers
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Available years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
June 2025 H474/01, /02 and /03 together offer 160 written-examination marks in 300 minutes, excluding NEA. Candidates complete four 32-mark analyses, an 18-mark narrative opening and a 14-mark commentary. Difficulty is estimated at 3.7/5. Chapter totals use equal shares across alternative set texts; each chosen set-text essay is actually worth 32 marks. Advice is inferred from marking criteria because no examiner report is attached. The supplied historical categories are not sufficiently aligned with H474 to identify overdue topics.
A comprehensive review of the OCR GCE English Language June 2024 examination series (H470/01 and H470/02), evaluating student-facing insights, examiner standards, and strategic advice.
The 2023 OCR A Level English Language examination (comprising H470/01 and H470/02) presented a balanced yet challenging set of tasks. H470/01 tested micro-analysis of online lifestyle media and comparative skills on spoken/written Doctor Who coverage, alongside a topical writing task on accent prestige. H470/02 evaluated child language acquisition stages, multi-modal media representation of gender-reveal events, and diachronic language change comparing 19th and 21st-century dental advice. Key differentiator elements lay in syntactic analysis and the strict separation of accent from dialect.
A comprehensive assessment of candidates' skills in systemic language analysis, comparative media/diachronic study, and directed sociolinguistic writing across Papers 1 and 2 of the H470 2022 series.
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