Media paper 2 learner response

1 ) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).

WWW : Some media knowledge and contextual background

EBI: You need to know the CSP's better
More specific references to the content included

2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your target grade for A Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2?

One grade below target grade.

10 more marks needed to achieve my target

These are the grade boundaries we've used, based on real AQA exam grade boundaries (out of 84):  

A* = 70; A = 62; B = 51; C = 40; D = 30; E = 20.

Now read through the real AQA mark scheme for Paper 2. 

3) Write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme:

Q1. Explicit reference to keywords needed
Consistent appropriate and effective use of subject-
specific terminology throughout is needed.

Q2. Focus on the question - industry and regulation, not audience theory.
A more detailed explanation is needed, revise daily so I am able to apply my knowledge effectively.

Q3. More sustained answers needed, demonstrate more detailed and accurate knowledge of the CSP's.
Excellent analysis of the products that is detailed and critically engages with the nuanced aspects of the relationship between social and cultural contexts, media , producers, representations and audiences.

Q4. Need to know the CSP's better
More specific references to the content included and show how accurate knowledge of the extent to which magazines survive through targeting specialised audiences.





















 

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