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They demonstrate knowledge and understanding of linguistic concepts, methods and approaches but do nat always Include enough details when referencing, Total mark awarded = 1B out of 25 How the candidate could have improved their answer ‘The candidate selected some very long quotes as evidence for the points they made. To Improve their answer, the ‘candidate could have selected shorter quotes that were completely relevant to the points being made, ‘The candidate introduced in the conclusion an idea that new and more appropriate medical terms should be ‘created, but they needed to explore this key point much earlier in the response. To improve their answer, the candidate needed to use more quotes from the text to evidence their own ideas, for example the use of metaphor and euphemism, and 3s particular point could have been incorporated more effectively ‘The candidate needed to refer to the relevant theorists when they discussed the linguistic concepts in their response. To improve their answer, they needed to explore concepts, methods and approaches more fully. For ‘example, the candidate could have incorporated Aitchison into their discussion on descriptivism and prescriptivism.Common mistakes candidates made in this question ‘+ The most common mistake made by candidates was to make no reference to linguistic concepts, methods and ‘approaches and some candidates were not awarded marks for AOA, In this question, candidates were asked 10 use examples from their wider study ofthe topic; those who did not were not fully answering the question. ‘Appropriate theories for discussion in this question might have included Aitchison, Philipson or Fodor, for example. ‘Many candidates chose to chronologically paraphrase the text provided, but did not develop the discussion. This approach could, to an extent, demonstrate some understanding of the stimulus material. However, candidates needed to carefully select some of the key points raised and then develop those as fully as possible. ‘This question required a discursive response which discussed the ideas raised in the text. It did not require an analysis ofthe form, language andior structure of the text. Many candidates attempted a linguistic analysis of the \wrter’s language, and even in some cases used ito try to interpret the writer's gender which was not relevant to the question ‘Many candidates used very long quotes from the tex toilustate the points made. The clearer responses were ‘those which used shor, salient and moce frequent quotes, rather than long quotes which took more time for the candidates to write out.