Before you read the “spoiler” bullet points below take a careful look at the text. Imagine it is a text you are using for one of your DP Language A Language and Literature assessments: the individual oral, the HL essay, or Paper 1 and analyze it accordingly. (This text would not be appropriate for Paper 2).
The following text may be a bit longer and more complex than a Paper 1. Paper 1 texts are sometimes adapted from the original and that adaptation can involve the remove of some elements of a text to simply it and reduce it to a manageable size / length. The full report linked below is four pages long which is far too long for a Paper 1. Only the first two pages are discussed below. The text is published by the Swedish institute which “promotes interest and confidence in Sweden around the world”
Full text: https://sweden.se/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Gender-equality-low-resolution.pdf
Some elements of the text to consider:
- How this particular report differs from a strictly neutral factual / neutral reports
- How the content and style of the report promotes particular viewpoints of Sweden
- The focus on positive aspects of gender equality in Sweden and the few instances where the text refers to negative aspects of Swedish gender equality
- The audience and purpose of the text given that is written in English by the Swedish institute that “that promotes interest and confidence in Sweden around the world”
- The types of people that are included in the photos in texts that fit stereotypes of Sweden
- The specific use of language in the report and how this language is used to depict gender equality in Sweden
- The report’s use of data
- Links to other websites within the report
- The portrait of Sweden’s Minister for Gender Equality on page 2
- The use of yellow in the text box on page 2 to differentiate it from the rest of the text