Here's a list of loads of previous questions from the AQA A spec and in days to come we'll have a look at how you might approach these if they were set on the ENGA1 paper.
A plan for answering question 4 (grammar acquisition) can be found here on the Teachit website, if you want to have a look at some approaches to it.
- Discuss the ways in which young children up to the age of four learn words and their meanings.
- Give examples of how children develop their ability to use the sounds of English. What do your examples reveal about the nature of children’s language acquisition?
- To what extent do children learn language by copying the language that is spoken to them?
- Give examples of how children learn to use the grammar of English. What do your examples reveal about the nature of children’s language acquisition?
- To what extent do children acquire language by actively working out its rules?
- To what extent is it appropriate to describe children’s early uses of language as wrong or incorrect?
- To what extent do children learn language through imitation? Give examples of sounds, vocabulary, grammar and meaning.
- How important is the interaction between children and adult speakers in the process of children’s language acquisition?
- What have you discovered about the nature of language acquisition from the ways children develop their grammatical skills?
- It has been suggested that children’s language acquisition is a more interesting process than the simple imitation of adult speech.
- What have you found interesting about the ways children acquire language?
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