OCR A Level English Language And Literature Paper 1 Ms

Get the official OCR A Level English Language and Literature (EMC) H474/01 Exploring Non-fiction and Spoken Texts mark scheme from the June 2025 exam series. This downloadable PDF contains the examiner-approved marking guidance, assessment-objective breakdowns, indicative content, comparative-analysis criteria, contextual-analysis expectations, and level descriptors used by OCR examiners during the 2025 marking process.

Use this mark scheme to master OCR A Level English Language and Literature Paper 1 topics including discourse analysis, spoken-language features, persuasive communication, multimodal-text analysis, audience positioning, contextual interpretation, and comparative analysis across non-fiction and spoken texts. The document provides detailed examiner guidance for the June 2025 comparison between George Saunders’ Syracuse University speech on kindness and the 52 Lives School of Kindness fact sheet about the science of kindness. It explains exactly how OCR awards marks across AO1, AO2, AO3, and AO4, helping students understand top-band comparative analysis, contextual evaluation, and integrated linguistic-literary methods. Pair it with the matching OCR H474/01 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard practice and accurate self-marking. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade OCR English Language and Literature revision.

This document is designed for OCR A Level English Language and Literature students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 13 students, retake candidates targeting A/A* grades, independent learners, private candidates, and home-schooled students studying spoken and non-fiction text analysis. It is especially valuable for candidates aiming to improve OCR-specific comparative-analysis technique, contextual interpretation, discourse analysis, and linguistic terminology accuracy in Exploring Non-fiction and Spoken Texts.

It is also essential for English Language and Literature teachers, sixth-form colleges, private tutors, revision-course providers, and parents supporting revision at home. The mark scheme can be used for examiner-style assessment, timed mock marking, discourse-analysis walkthroughs, multimodal-text interpretation, AO1–AO4 performance tracking, and identifying weaknesses in comparative analytical writing before the 2026 OCR English Language and Literature examinations.