Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0511 English as a Second Language June 2012 Grade Thresholds

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0511 (English as a Second Language) in the May/June 2012 examination.

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maximum mark available Component 11 Component 12 Component 13 Component 21 Component 22 Component 23 Component 31 Component 32 Component 33 Component 41 Component 42 Component 43 Component 5 Component 6 56 56 56 84 84 84 30 30 30 36 36 36 30 30

minimum mark required for grade: A N/A N/A N/A 63 65 65 N/A N/A N/A 29 29 29 26 26 C 36 33 36 52 52 52 25 25 25 22 22 22 21 21 E 32 27 32 41 38 38 19 19 19 17 17 17 15 15 F 23 20 23 N/A N/A N/A 15 15 15 N/A N/A N/A 12 12

The threshold (minimum mark) for B is set halfway between those for Grades A and C. The threshold (minimum mark) for D is set halfway between those for Grades C and E. The threshold (minimum mark) for G is set as many marks below the F threshold as the E threshold is above it. Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component. The thresholds for the syllabus are determined first by adding together the thresholds for the components taken by the candidate. A reduction may be made at the higher grades depending on the correlation of the papers. If the maximum raw marks for the components are not in the weighting/relationship specified in the syllabus, a weighting is applied to arrive at the overall thresholds. The A* threshold is calculated using the difference between A and B as a starting point. The maximum total mark for this syllabus is 200. The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Option AX AY

Combination of components 05, 11, 31 05, 12, 32

A* N/A N/A

A N/A N/A

B N/A N/A

C 136 129

D 125 115

E 114 102

F 85 77

G 56 52

University of Cambridge International Examinations 2012

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0511 English as a Second Language June 2012 Grade Thresholds Option AZ BX CX CY EX EY EZ FX FY GX GY Combination of components 05, 13, 33 06, 11, 31 11, 31, 85 12, 32, 85 05, 21, 41 05, 22, 42 05, 23, 43 06, 21, 41 06, 22, 42 21, 41, 85 22, 42, 85 A* N/A N/A N/A N/A 169 171 171 169 171 169 171 A N/A N/A N/A N/A 155 159 159 155 159 155 159 B N/A N/A N/A N/A 140 142 142 140 142 140 142 C 136 136 136 129 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 D 125 125 125 115 112 109 109 112 109 112 109 E 114 114 114 102 98 93 93 98 93 98 93 F 85 85 85 77 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A G 56 56 56 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Grade Thresholds are published for all GCE A/AS and IGCSE subjects where a corresponding mark scheme is available.

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