 Hello, welcome back to yet another revision video now when it comes to English language paper two Which is going to be your final set of exams in terms of this exam The main challenging aspect is you basically need to do double the work in exactly the same amount of time that you've got for Language paper one you've got read two extracts You've got to compare both extracts of question two and four and of course you also have a fairly challenging question number five We've either got to write a letter speech or articles So mr. Saleh's and I will be presenting our own approaches when it comes to language paper two because we know that Different students have different learning styles and then it's down to you to select which one you prefer So let's go over the language paper two structure now I think question number one is actually quite straightforward It's a multiple choice question and you're asked to usually look at Source aid now from my perspective I think when you are answering this multiple choice question where you're simply shading in the circles You simply just make sure you don't look at the wrong line numbers Keep your answer to just five minutes before you move on. I completely agree with all of that I thought I don't ever stress about question one because just like in paper one the average mark is 3.5 everybody gets nearly all the marks. So just settle into the exam Relax and enjoy Now for question number two, which is your first comparison question So the level of difficulty goes up significantly This question is worth eight marks But you've got work pretty hard for these eight marks because you've got to write a summary of either similarities or differences Between the two texts that you are presented now for question number two, which is a summary My suggestion is aimed to write at least two pill paragraphs where within each paragraph You were comparing both source a and source b either are they similar or are they different? However, given this is a summary question. It's not where you need to talk about language or structure Keep it simple. So you say text one and text two. This is either similar to a difference evidence to support that Then you explain it and link it back and you just do it two times So my channel as you probably know is aimed at people getting the top grade. So my advice is slightly different You have to make your comparisons But I try to train my students to write in P sentences rather than p paragraphs So you'll give the writers perspective and some evidence in the same sentence That means you can make four comparisons instead of two and I recommend four comparisons for all eight marks However, it's only worth eight marks and you have to read both texts for it So there isn't the universe where I would want to do question two before question three because question three You only have to read one text and there are 12 marks So I'm going to go in with question three after question one because I know I'm going to get more marks And there's less reading to do and then when I do question two, I'll already know one text really well Okay, and that leads us to question three now with question number three You only need to look at one extract. It comes as a little bit of a relief Usually you're asked to look at the modern source However, there have been some past paper questions that have asked you to look at language use in the Victorian source Whichever it is just remember that question number three tests your awareness of language things like alliteration Metaposimilies and so on my suggestion for this question as it's worth 12 marks is right three pill paragraphs mentioning within each paragraph a language observation so Again, it's 12 marks. How are you going to school the points? Most students will really like the idea of writing people paragraphs was really familiar to you But when I read exam answers, they often don't get really high grades because students just don't write enough They tend to think a paragraph is like a massive effort and so they don't write many and so instead I reckon I recommend thinking of this as points I need to make 12 separate points in order to get 12 marks You don't need 12 quotations because you might have two interpretations of the same quote, but you need 12 explanations and however many quotations to get to those explanations It's a tough one because you just got a right like crazy In fact, most of my revision would be can I write really fast? I know that sounds mad because it's an English exam, but that's the way it is Now for question number four This is I would argue the most challenging question Yeah, primarily because you've got to compare two sources also talk about writers perspectives and Equally make sure you are mixing in some language and structure points Okay, so this is the question relating to writers perspectives. Are they similar? Are they different now for this question? My suggestion would be aim to write Three comparison pill paragraphs where in your opening point you're talking about both sources in your evidence You're adding evidence from both sources in your explanation You're talking about either language or structural observations from both sources before you link back to the question referring back to both sources You do this times three So that is super advice and again, I think that's More easy to follow than the advice I'm going to give you so if you are after the very top grades You've got to think well, there are 16 marks here. How am I going to get all 16 marks? You you need to come up with all those explanations again, and that's really really hard When I pulled my YouTube viewers I gave them an exam answer that has already been marked and I asked them to give it a mark between nine ten Eleven and twelve marks. It was worth ten marks No, sorry, it was worth eleven marks and only fourteen percent of viewers were able to mark it correctly And the reason for that isn't because viewers are stupid. It's because it's really difficult to mark So if only fourteen percent of viewers can work out what's going to get the marks You really need a method and I've racked my brains to find a method and I'm embarrassed I am embarrassed by this method, but it's this On average, whatever grade you're writing You'll get one mark for every 26 words you write and I've tested that with loads of answers And so if I got 16 marks, I've got to write 26 words 16 times try to put my explanations into each 26 words It's mad, but the more you write the more points you get So on balance, it's probably easier to think about just doing it in paragraphs Now for question number five, which is worth half of the overall papers marks You were asked to write a piece of non-fiction writing It's either going to be a letter, an article or a speech Of course, in addition to making sure you allocate half of the exam time to this Okay, so minimum 45 to 50 minutes on this My approach is firstly make sure you're clear on the form of each When it comes to letter, make sure you start with your address, date, dare You write your main points, right? So make sure you write three main points in support of your perspective Two counterarguments before you finish off by concluding your discussion And then ending with kind regards, your name and surname When it comes to an article, start off with a headline Then your opening paragraph should be setting out your argument Then you have your first upheading, which introduces your main points So at least three main points for your perspective Then the second stopheading with two points against your perspective So counterarguments before you have your concluding discussion That's for an article However, for a speech, when it comes to speech, make sure you show an awareness of your audience Start them off with either ladies and gentlemen If it's just a general grown-up audience or fellow students If you're writing your speech for other students' new year group Then a speech is actually quite simple Because you just have your first paragraph setting up your discussion Then your three main points in support of your perspective Two counterpoints while people disagree with you Before you finish off by thanking your audience Now, of course, within all three, so letter, article, speech Make sure you include anecdotes, made-up examples And statistics I'm exhausted with that So I agree with all of that But I know I do... This is genuine I know if I go into the exam, I'll forget that And so I have to come up with a simpler method It's not necessarily a better method, but The kind of learner I am I know I need something simple that's just going to help me So Whatever the style of writing is Almost doesn't matter The examiners don't really care Because the mark scheme is the same, whichever one of those you do So you only need to think about getting the right form of A genre here, really in your first line Your first line will tell you whether it's a speech or a letter And that's the only kind of decoration you need to do To your writing to say, I'm doing this particular genre The rest of it is just I'm just going to persuade you I'm just going to try and persuade you as best as possible So, I've got Mad Fathers Crotch These are 15 different persuasive techniques That top persuasive writers use Metaphor Alliteration Direct Address Facts Anecdote Triplets Hyperbole Emotive language Repetition Similarly Contrasting pairs Where one thing is like this, but the other thing is like that Rhetorical question Opinion Contrasting pairs Well, I've done that already Creating an enemy And humour I practice this in 15 minutes Because there are only 15 of those So I sit down with the title And I'll go, right, first minute I'm going to write as much as I can I must include Metaphor Next minute I'm going to write as much as I can But I must include Alliteration And so on After 15 minutes I've got something that's packed Full of persuasive techniques First time I do that It's not so awesome Because It's difficult to write about the same thing In this artificial order But once I've done that like three times Using these techniques just becomes second nature And three times is 45 minutes revision That 45 minutes revision Will add at least one grade Probably two Get cracking Check out your mad vultures CROCHE We done Yeah, man That was just so hard What a day, man You are so stressy I just don't know how I cope with this But, hang on What? In a real pleasure You can't hear it Thank you for watching, guys And I hope you enjoyed this video Now, if you are curious To see the video that Mrs. Halle's and I made Looking at English language Paper one Make sure you head over to his channel Where we're going to be going over that together