MARKING SYMBOLS

SYMBOL

DEFINITION

SYMBOL

Correct sentence

Repetition

Omission of word
Grammatical
Word ?

Rd

Punctuation
_______
_______

Unclear meaning
Redundancy

sp
(

Chunking
One word

Two words (separate)

New words / phrases /

sentences / expressions
used correctly

V
word

Total distortion / blatant

irrelevancy

Structural
Spelling error

Word order
/

DEFINITION

Irrelevancy / general
statement
Inappropriate word /
vocabulary

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR

MARKING SECTIONS A, B & C

CHECKLIST FOR MARKING

READ THE ANSWER SCRIPT AS A WHOLE

PLACE IN BANDS
REREAD AND IDENTIFY THE ERRORS AND MERITS
USE THE GIVEN SYMBOLS TO HIGHLIGHT THE MERITS AND ERRORS
OR ADDITIONAL DETAILS LIKE NEW WORDS OR INTERESTING
EXPRESSIONS
RECONFIRM BAND
AWARD MARKS ACCORDINGLY

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

TION A

ASSESS CANDIDATES ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT SENTENCES.

K : TO WRITE GRAMATICALLY CORRECT SENTENCES BASED

ON THE PICTURE WITH THE GIVEN WORDS TO HELP THEM

TION B

ASSESS CANDIDATES ABILITY TO TRANSFER INFORMATION

ROPRIATELY WITHOUT CHANGING ITS ORIGINAL MEANING FR
EXT INTO A GIVEN FRAMEWORK.

K : a) TO TRANSFER INFORMATION FROM ONE TEXT TYPE INTO

A GIVEN FRAMEWORK.

SECTION C
TO ASSESS CANDIDATES ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT A VARIETY OF
SENTENCE STRUCTURES GIVEN IN THE RECOMMENDED
SENTENCE PATTERNS AS IN THE SYLLABUS, e.g. SIMPLE AND
COMPOUND SENTENCES AND TO ASSESS THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS
IDEAS USING CORRECT LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND PARAGRAPHING.
TASK :
a) TO WRITE A STORY USING THE GIVEN PICTURES AND WORDS AS
STIMULUS.
b) TO EXPRESS IDEAS CREATIVELY.

GUIDELINES SECTION A

Total marks 10
Assessed as a whole
Construct grammatically correct
sentences
OK to change order of words
- not using all the words
given
Merits and errors should be
noted

MARKING
SCHEME

BAND

DESCRIPTORS

MARKS

EXCELLENT

Task well fulfilled

All sentences constructed correctly
Hardly any grammatical, spelling or punctuation
errors
Good presentation of ideas, relevant to the stimulus

9, 10

GOOD

Task fulfilled
Most sentences constructed correctly
Few single word errors found in the sentences
Few grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors
Satisfactory presentation of ideas, relevant to the
stimulus

Task almost fulfilled

Some single word errors
SATISFACTORY Some grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors
Meaning is clear

WEAK

Task partially fulfilled

Disorganised sentence structure but meaning is still
clear
Chunking of words
Poor use of language

7, 8

5, 6

1, 2, 3, 4

GUIDELINES SECTION B

Section B (a)
Total marks 10
One mark for one answer
No spelling / punctuation errors
- half mark
Section B (b)
Full mark 5
Marks awarded according to given
scale

MARKING
SCHEME

BAND

EXCELLENT

GOOD

SATISFACTORY

WEAK

DESCRIPTORS
Excellent & confident use of the language
Reason(s) conveyed clearly through a variety of
sentence structures
Reason(s) are well-planned, relevant and are linked
to sustain interest
Overall correct use of spelling and punctuation
Proficient use of the language throughout
Attempts made to construct a variety of sentence
structures but occasional errors occur
Most reason(s) are well-organised, relevant and
conveyed clearly
Punctuation and spelling errors may occur
occasionally but overall meaning is still clear
Correct use of the language
Simple sentence(s) with minor errors but meaning
is still clear
Vocabulary is adequate to convey meaning
A few punctuation and spelling errors
Chunking of words
Direct lifting
Poor use of language
Multiple errors
Limited & incorrect use of vocabulary
Many spelling & punctuation errors

MARKS

2, 3

GUIDELINES SECTION C

Total marks 15
Assessed as a whole + coherence
Show ability to construct a variety of
sentences
Write in a paragraph/paragraphs
Expected to add new words &
interesting expressions correctly
Well-organised ideas strength
Repetition of ideas
- weakness

MARKING
SCHEME

BAND

EXCELLENT

GOOD

SATISFACTORY

WEAK

DESCRIPTORS
Excellent & confident use of the language
Ideas conveyed clearly through a variety of
sentence structures
Confident use of new words to express ideas
Ideas are well-planned, organised and are linked to
sustain interest
Overall correct use of spelling and punctuation
Proficient use of the language throughout
Attempts made to construct a variety of sentence
structures but occasional errors occur
Most ideas are well-organised, relevant and
conveyed clearly
Punctuation and spelling errors may occur
occasionally but overall meaning is still clear
Simple sentence(s) with minor errors but meaning
is still clear
Satisfactory presentation of ideas
Vocabulary is adequate to convey meaning
A few punctuation and spelling errors
Chunking of words
Direct lifting
Poor use of language
Multiple errors
Ideas are incomprehensible even after a few
readings

MARKS

13, 14,
15

9, 10,
11, 12

5, 6, 7, 8

1, 2, 3, 4