CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series

0508 FIRST LANGUAGE ARABIC

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

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Section 1

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Writing: Accuracy of Language

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

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

Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax.

3 (Adequate)
Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors.

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

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

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Section 2

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Writing: Style and Organisation

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

Good expression in recognisable summary style. Attempts to focus and to group

4 (Good)
ideas; good linkage.

Satisfactory expression in own words. Reasonably concise with some sense of

3 (Adequate)
order. Occasional lapses of focus.

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

Expression just adequate; maybe list-like. Considerable lifting; repetitive. Much

1 (Poor)
irrelevance.

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Writing: Accuracy of Language

Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate.

5 (Excellent)
Varied, precise vocabulary. Hardly any or no technical errors.

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

Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple

3 (Adequate)
syntax. Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors.

Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with

2 (Weak)
some clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors.

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

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