OCR As English Language And Literature Paper 1 Ms

Get the official OCR AS English Language and Literature (EMC) H074/01 Non-fiction Written and Spoken Texts mark scheme from the June 2025 exam series. This downloadable PDF contains the examiner-approved marking guidance, assessment-objective breakdowns, comparative-analysis criteria, contextual-analysis expectations, transactional-writing standards, and level descriptors used by OCR examiners during the 2025 marking process.

Use this mark scheme to master OCR AS English Language and Literature Paper 1 topics including discourse analysis, spoken-language features, multimodal communication, audience positioning, contextual interpretation, persuasive writing, and comparative analysis across spoken and written non-fiction texts. The document provides detailed examiner guidance for the June 2025 comparison between the Off Menu podcast featuring Motsi Mabuse and Roxane Gay’s speech Effective Ways of Being Heard, including commentary on humour, identity, multilingualism, trauma, audience engagement, and spoken interaction. It also explains exactly how OCR awards marks across AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, and AO5 for analytical and transactional-writing responses such as blogs, speeches, and reviews. Pair it with the matching OCR H074/01 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 AS English Language and Literature revision.

This document is designed for OCR AS English Language and Literature students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 12 students, retake candidates, 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, discourse analysis, contextual interpretation, transactional-writing skills, and linguistic terminology accuracy in Non-fiction Written 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–AO5 performance tracking, and identifying weaknesses in comparative analytical writing before the 2026 OCR AS English Language and Literature examinations.