Section A Textual variations and representations Answer all questions from this section. Text A and Text B are on the Insert. Text A is from the launch of the Apple Music service in front of a live audience. Tim Cook is the Chief Executive of Apple and Jimmy Iovine is the owner of a record label. Images are projected on a large screen behind the presenters throughout their talk. Text B is an advert for a Graphophone from Munsey’s Magazine in 1906. 0 1 Analyse how Text A uses language to create meanings and representations. [25 marks] 0 2 Analyse how Text B uses language to create meanings and representations. [25 marks] 0 3 Explore the similarities and differences in the ways that Text A and Text B use language. [20 marks] Turn over for Section B 4 IB/G/Jun24/7702/1 Section B Children’s language development Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from this section. Either 0 4 ‘Adults play the most important role in children’s language development.’ Referring to Data Set 1 in detail, and to relevant ideas from language study, evaluate this view of children’s language development. [30 marks] Transcription key: (.) pause of less than a second (2.0) longer pause (number of seconds indicated) bold stressed syllables [italics] contextual information CAPITAL LETTERS indicates raised volume ? indicates questioning intonation / / indicates a phonemic transcription simultaneous speech A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of the Insert and also on the back of this paper, for reference. 5 IB/G/Jun24/7702/1 Turn over ► Data Set 1 Ruben, aged 5 years, is chatting playfully with his aunt and mother at home in his kitchen. His pet dog, Jasper, is with them. Aunt: would you rather eat a slug or eat a worm Ruben: um (.) apple Aunt: no would you rather eat a slug or a worm that’s your choice Ruben: okay slug [laughing] Aunt: a slug okay good choice 5 Ruben: [laughing gleefully] Aunt: would you rather jump in freezing cold water or go down a gigantic slide Ruben: um [laughing] jump in freezing water Aunt: okay (1.0) would you rather kiss a frog or dye your hair pink Ruben: dye my hair pink (2.0) would you rather eat a dog or slug 10 Aunt: a dog Ruben: bad choice Aunt: [laughs] Ruben: would you rather drink dirty water (.) or eat mud Aunt: um I’d rather drink dirty water 15 Ruben: good choice [aunt and mother laugh] Ruben: would you rather eat a dog or Aunt: don’t listen Jasper Ruben: [laughs] eat a dog or (1.0) eat your cat Sinny Aunt: oh no [laughing] eat my cat specifically (.) I’m sorry to say I’d rather eat Jasper [laughing] 20 Mother: JASPER (.) run for your life Jasper Ruben: NO (.) eat Sinny Aunt: [laughs] Ruben: would you rather kiss a (.) um (.) a giant snake or a (1.0) mum what is spiders with a red back 25 Mother: a tarantula Ruben: you would kiss a snake or a (.) a tarantula Aunt: I would kiss a snake (.) any day of the week Mother: ugh 30 Ruben: good choice Aunt: would you rather sleep in a bed with a dead mouse or a dead bird Ruben: a dead mouses (.) no actually a dead rat (.) because I like rats Turn over for the next question 6 IB/G/Jun24/7702/1 or 0 5 ‘Writing with a sense of purpose is the most important skill to develop when learning to write.’ Referring to Data Set 2 in detail, and to relevant ideas from language study, evaluate this view of children’s language development. [30 marks] Data Set 2 Data Set 2 was produced in the classroom by Astrid, aged 7 years and 4 months. She was asked to write instructions for looking after a dog. The child has written in black and purple. The teacher has written in green. Transliteration 7 IB/G/Jun24/7702/1 END OF QUESTIONS 8 IB/G/Jun24/7702/1 There are no questions printed on this page Phonemic symbols 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. *246A7702/1* IB/G/Jun24/G4005/E6 7702/1 Insert Texts for Section A A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of this Insert, for reference