CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2013 series

0508 FIRST LANGUAGE ARABIC

0508/01 Paper 1 (Reading), maximum raw mark 50

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of
the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began,
which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner
Report for Teachers.

Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2013 series for most IGCSE, GCE
Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level components and some Ordinary Level components.
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Question 1: 20 marks are available for Reading, awarded according to a detailed mark scheme
written specifically for each question paper.

5 marks are available for Writing, awarded as follows:

5 (Excellent) Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate. Varied,
precise vocabulary.
Hardly any or no technical errors.

4 (Good) Clear, appropriate language. Appropriate vocabulary. Few technical errors.

3 (Adequate) Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax.
Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors.

2 (Weak) Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with some
clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors.

1 (Poor) Thin, inappropriate use of language. Confused and obscure. Many errors.

Writing: Accuracy of Language

Question 2: 15 marks are available for Reading. The examiner ticks each relevant point extracted
from the text by the candidate; a mark is awarded for each tick, up to a maximum of 15.

10 marks are available for Writing, awarded as follows:

5 (Excellent) Excellent expression and focus with assured use of own words. Good summary style
with orderly grouping of ideas; excellent linkage. Answer has sense of purpose.

4 (Good) Good expression in recognisable summary style. Attempts to focus and to group
ideas; good
linkage.

3 (Adequate) Satisfactory expression in own words. Reasonably concise with some sense of
order. Occasional lapses of focus.

2 (Weak) Limited expression but mostly in own words (i.e. may contain some lifting). Some
sense of order but little sense of summary. Tendency to lose focus (e.g. by including
some anecdote); thread not always easy to follow.

1 (Poor) Expression just adequate; maybe list-like. Considerable lifting; repetitive. Much
irrelevance.
Writing: Accuracy of Language

5 (Excellent) Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate. Varied,
precise vocabulary. Hardly any or no technical errors.

4 (Good) Clear, appropriate language. Appropriate vocabulary. Few technical errors.

3 (Adequate) Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax.
Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors. Some lifting.

2 (Weak) Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with some
clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors OR language is almost

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entirely lifted.

1 (Poor) Thin, inappropriate use of language. Confused and obscure. Many errors.

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