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AQA B Lang: Language and Power Teaching Pack

An up-to-the-minute teaching pack with detailed commentaries, engaging student activities and helpful answers. It guides you and your students through how written and spoken texts reproduce ideas about social values, focusing on the topic of Language and Power.

Varied examples are given throughout using the following groups:

  1. Introducing Language and Power
  2. Advertising
  3. Politics
  4. News and Television
  5. Culture
  6. Religion
  7. Law
  8. Education
  9. Occupations

Also includes 20 theories and exam help/practice to consolidate knowledge and understanding, and to help prepare students for the exam.

Essential for teachers new to this topic, but also effective support for those more experienced. With such an accessible style, it could easily be used independently by students.

Examples are varied including lots of contemporary and interesting sources making it fun to work through. Student friendly, [with] lots of potential for differentiation [and] useful support for teachers new to the subject. P Town, English Teacher & Independent Reviewer