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Advanced Proficiency Examination
Advanced Proficiency Examination
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
PAPER 03/2
MARK SCHEME
2010
SECTION B
Question 2
(i) Registers
- Mrs Jackson begins in a very formal register but there are shifts back and forth in the
intimacy and formality of her register depending on what she wants to communicate
- Andrea uses a formal register throughout the piece indicating her respect for and lack
- The use of Standard English by Andrea: „You‟ve decorated your home so nicely‟
- The use of Standard English by Natasha: „The word is “eat”, mama, not “heat”
- Natasha is ashamed of her mother‟s use of Creole – she looked at her mother
scornfully. She corrected her mother even though they had a visitor.
- Mrs Jackson, on the other hand, is proud of her daughter‟s ability to speak English.
She seems to link her accomplishment at school with her ability to speak English.
- Mrs Jackson welcomes the correction and seems to be making an effort to use