Official June 2024 AQA A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE 7702/2 Paper 2 Language diversity and change Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme + Insert Ace your Mocks!!! IB/G/Jun24/G4005/E3 7702/2 Friday 7 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 12-page answer book • the Insert for Section B (enclosed). Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7702/2. • There are two sections: – Section A: Diversity and change – Section B: Language discourses. • Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 from Section A. • Answer both Question 3 and Question 4 from Section B. • Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The maximum mark for this paper is 100. • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • There are 30 marks for either Question 1 or Question 2. There are 40 marks for Question 3 and 30 marks for Question 4. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice • It is recommended that you use: – 45 minutes writing your Section A answer – 15 minutes preparing the material for Section B – 45 minutes writing your answer to Question 3 – 45 minutes writing your answer to Question 4. A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Language diversity and change 2 IB/G/Jun24/7702/2 Section A Diversity and change Answer one question from this section. Either 0 1 Evaluate the idea that a person’s language use is determined by their identity. [30 marks] or 0 2 Evaluate the idea that language needs to be reformed to remove prejudice and bias. [30 marks] 3 IB/G/Jun24/7702/2 Section B Language discourses Answer both Question 3 and Question 4. Text A and Text B are on the Insert. Text A is an article about teaching standard English. It was published by The Guardian in 2021. Text B is an article about the need for standard English in university assessments. It was published by MailOnline in 2021. 0 3 Analyse how language is used in Text A and Text B to present views about the importance of standard English. In your answer you should: • examine any similarities and differences you find between the two texts • explore how effectively the texts present their views. [40 marks] 0 4 Write an opinion article on views about the importance of standard English. In your article you should: • assess the ideas and issues raised in Text A and Text B • refer to ideas from language study • argue your own views. [30 marks] END OF QUESTIONS 4 IB/G/Jun24/7702/2 There are no questions printed on this page Copyright information For confidentiality purposes, all acknowledgements of third-party copyright material are published in a separate booklet. This booklet is published after each live examination series and is available for free download from www.aqa.org.uk Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright-holders may have been unsuccessful and AQA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgements. If you have any queries please contact the Copyright Team. Copyright © 2024 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. *246A7702/2* IB/G/Jun24/G4005/E3 7702/2 Insert Texts for Section B A-level ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Language diversity and change 2 IB/G/Jun24/Insert to 7702/2 Text A Text A is an article about teaching standard English. It was published by The Guardian in 2021. 3 IB/G/Jun24/Insert to 7702/2 Text B