1B - Possible questions (Not official, just my ideas)

 Hi everyone,

A couple of people asked if I could provide any more potential questions for 1B as there are so few actual past papers. I will attempt to suggest some areas where you could write practice paragraphs.

1. A good study technique would be to print these off and jot down the case studies you would use if they came up. You have been given enough to cover any of these.

2. Answering example PGs on some of the trickier ones will help too.

All questions will begin with 'Using this extract as a starting point...'

Power

1. How can language be used to dominate?
2. How can language be used to manipulate?
3. How can language exploit certain types of people?
4. How can language be used to make people do things?
5. How can people break expectations of their role using language?
6. How is power shown in situations LIKE court cases?
7. How is power shown in the classroom and other SIMILAR situations?
8. How does the media use language to exert power over people?

Situation

1. How has Political Correctness changed language?
2. Discuss the idea that the context of a situation is as important as the language chosen.
3. How does language change in sensitive situations?
4. How does a person's job affect the language they use?
5. How does a situation's formality change how people use language?


Standard and Non-Standard English

1. How does a person's accent or dialect affect what people think about them?
2. Do people see a link between language and class?
3. Do people see a link between language and intelligence?
4. Do people see a link between language and crime/anti-social behaviour
5. "In general, people see Standard English and RP as BETTER than regional English." Do you agree?
6. "It is unlikely that Regional Varieties of English will ever be seen as equal to RP/STD". DO you agree?

Remember that you need to KEYWORD the question as it may state something very specific that you don't want to ignore.