How to analyse language
Jean and Carl show you how to analyse language effectively, avoid common mistakes and explain what, how and why writers use words to create meaning.
Journalist Carl Anka and Historian Jean Menzies guide you through how to analyse language. In this GCSE English Language podcast, they explain how writers select and use words and phrases to create meaning, shape mood and influence reader response - and how you can write about these choices clearly and confidently in your exam.
This episode was made in collaboration with the National Theatre and features actor actor Nina Cassells sharing her tips on understanding writer choices. For more information on the National Theater, go to:
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/
Within the episode Jean and Carl explore common mistakes students make and introduce a simple and reliable method for language analysis built around three key questions: what is the writer doing, how are they doing it and why have they made these choices?
Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR
Presenters: Jean Menzies and Carl Anka
Featured actor: Nina Cassells
Producer and Sound Design: Marc Rigg
Executive Producer: Becky Green
This series is an Audio Always production
