 Hello, and welcome back to another GCSE revision video now within this lesson I want to go over the infamous aos in language paper 2 now you might have come across assessment objectives In fact, if you're currently near 11, hopefully you have come across assessment objectives, right? You've probably done a round of mocks in year 10 and year 11 and perhaps you've seen your teachers feedback, right? You've seen okay great a01 but very weak a06 for instance, and maybe you've looked at it and it's looking like hieroglyphics Okay, I need to improve on a06 but I literally don't know what a06 is and then you've looked perhaps at the mark scheme for a Aqa and it's still kind of you know the mentioning words like select and synthesize these massive massive words And you're like okay. I've read the mark scheme. I still don't understand what these aos mean So what I want to do is to definitively show you the meaning of each of these aos and the reason why you need to Understand these assessment objectives is because they are the aim of the game Okay, if you are striving for that grade five six seven eight and of course nine You need to know what my examiner is looking for okay when I'm answering all five questions within language paper two I might ensuring that I'm consistently hitting all of these assessment objectives So that can be getting that grade seven eight and nine in my final GCSE is okay so I'm going to do is show you in very simple English what the different aos are and Which questions they correspond to so that you can once and for all know Okay, when I'm now practicing going forward a different past paper question language paper two I now know what I'm supposed to be including and most importantly if I also get mocked feedback from my teachers And they say I need to improve on my A02. I know exactly what I need to do Okay, so let's go over the different aos now You're going to see that I've put a one a two a three a five and a six These are the different assessment objectives that you are tested on in language paper two section eight test your a one A02 and a03 this is the two extracts you read and then write Responses for in questions one to four and then section B Which is where you're giving your statement where you argue for against the statement it test your a five and a six Let's begin by going over a one assessment objective one now remember for this assessment objective This is tested in question number one Which is a multiple choice question and question number two which is the summary where you've got a look at Source a source B then you summarize are the similarities and differences and simply a one simply means are you able to find? explicit obvious Information that's said in the sources for instance if it tells you can you you know how does the writer describe? Sweets or even look at lines one to six and describe how the writer sees her expensive sleeplessness, right? You then just find quotations or information that literally where the writer says I find sleeplessness really difficult If you mentioned that that's a one, okay? It's a very obvious explicit information also a one is it's testing your ability to find Implicit information in other words, especially for question number two Are you able to talk about the indirect messages that the writers in both source a and source B are trying to convey to you? Is there any kind of hint any tonality a sense of optimism a sense of pessimism? That's implied in between the lines as opposed to explicit words really in your face The writer says I'll find it hard to sleep. Okay, the writer finds it really hard to sleep in source a what's the writing source B? Finds it really easy to sleep. That's explicit information However, when you're thinking about the tonality, right when you're thinking about the writer Are they writing sarcastically because you're picking up on those nuances? That is what we call implicit information That's really really important to convey in question number two, which is your summary question and also a one Test your ability to compare text from different eras, okay? Of course remember in question in paper two You are always given the modern text and your Victorian text and question number two Which is a summary question after your multiple choice question in number one Test your ability to when you look at, you know, are the similarities or differences between source a and source B? Are you able to compare? Okay? That's a one. Let's talk about now a oh two, okay? This is to do with do you have an understanding of relevant subject terminology and a oh two is actually tested in Question three, which is the language question? What is simply test is are you able to distinguish the difference between language techniques? I eat illiteration similes metaphors and so on versus structure beginning middle and end Sentence types right flashback flash forward and are you also able to ensure that you don't mention structure for the language? Question remember also a oh two is tested in language paper one question number two, okay? So are you able to talk about language identify the right terminology? But also mention its effects on the reader. This is tested in question number three then now Let's look at a oh three. This is the final assessment objective That's tested in question number four, which is the writer's viewpoints and perspectives question So what is a oh three test specifically? Okay? Now firstly you need to demonstrate your understanding and your ability to compare two different sources Depending whether you're supposed to talk about writers viewpoints and similarities or rather writer viewpoints and perspectives Are they similar? Are they different? Okay? You need to make sure if you ask to talk about similarities You only talk about similarities if you talk to if you're asked to talk about differences You only do that if you fail to do that you're now not hitting a oh three a oh three also means Are you able and this is really really important? Are you able when you look at both source a and source being question number four to find any? Interesting patterns because remember that in language paper to especially for question number four the insets you're given they always very similar Thematically therefore if you're able to understand the overall theme Are you also able as you're reading through both texts to find any interesting patterns again when I go over? Especially this question in my masterclass on Sundays I teach all of my students were part of that group class how to find those interesting patterns and then comment on it very clearly in Question number four because this satisfies a oh three, okay? And of course are you able to finally include an observation of both language and structure which is terminology? That's a one a oh two and a three which is tested in Section a questions one two four So now hopefully when you get marked feedback from your teacher and your teacher saying improve a oh two now You're clear on okay. That means in question number three. I'm not using enough language or I'm using the wrong Techniques, I need to work on that right if you're asked to improve a oh one, okay? Are you able to find explicit and implicit information and so on? Let's now talk about the final two a ohs which is tested in section B for language paper to this is the argument question Okay, you're given a statement to what extent do you agree? Do you disagree? You've got a right an article letter or newspaper now a oh five tests the following and you need to be super super Confident with all of these skills. Okay, either if you ask write a letter article speech You need to show firstly an awareness of form for instance Are you able to follow the correct format? You need to know how to lay out an article as opposed to a letter or a speech if you're not clear literally I've done a Whole number of shorts as well as videos in the past showing how to lay out an article in the seven easy steps How to lay out a letter and I think it's maybe five easy steps and also how to lay out your speech Watch those if you're not clear because that's really really significant and important also A oh five tests your ability to argue in other words Can you discuss the statement that you are given? Okay, and to show that you kind of have some sort of informed ideas about the issue that you ask to express Of course, you also need to debate in or in addition to expressing your opinion Okay, you're given the statement you see you show whether you're for or against that statement You also need to show counter arguments why people would disagree with this with your belief Okay, and of course you include things like anecdotes. You're made up statistics and examples and finally Register this is just a fancy way of saying are you able to write formally? You don't use any abbreviations that are unnecessary. You don't use informal language You just make sure that you write formally Regardless of whether it's an article letter or a speech. Okay, and the final a oh six Which is tested in question number five is firstly, are you able to display a vast and wide range of ambitious words and vocabulary Okay, and of course the second thing that's really important in a oh six is your spag points What does spag mean spag is simply spelling punctuation and grammar So that's really I want to come to it assessment objectives And remember it's really important to know about your assessment objectives because that's literally the aim of the game Okay, when you're finally eventually sitting your GCSEs your language paper to GCSEs in June You need to be able to be hitting all those different aos. Okay. Thanks so much for listening and I hope this helped