UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

GCE O Level

MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2006 question paper

3248 SECOND LANGUAGE URDU

3248/01 Paper 1 maximum raw mark 55

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and students, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were initially instructed to award marks. It does
not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking
began. Any substantial changes to the mark scheme that arose from these discussions will be
recorded in the published Report on the Examination.

All Examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in
candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills
demonstrated.

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Examination.

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CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2006 question papers for most IGCSE and
GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level
syllabuses.
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Part 1: Directed Writing (15 marks)

The syllabus specifies that the candidates are to write an essay in Urdu of about 150 words.

Points to be written about:

• Benefits of hobbies
• Which hobbies are popular these days
• Effect of hobbies on our life

Language (out of 10) Content (out of 5)

9-10 Very good 5 Very good
Confident use of complex sentence Detailed, clearly relevant and well
patterns, generally accurate, extensive illustrated; coherently argued and
vocabulary, good sense of idiom. structured.
7-8 Good 4 Sound knowledge and generally
Generally sound grasp of grammar in relevant; some ability to develop
spite of quite a few lapses; reads argument and draw conclusions.
reasonably; some attempt at varied
vocabulary and sentence patterns.
5-6 Adequate 3 Adequate
A tendency to be simple, clumsy or Some knowledge, but not always
laboured; some degree of accuracy; relevant; a more limited capacity to
inappropriate use of idiom. argue.
5-6 Poor 2 Poor
Consistently simple or pedestrian Some attempt at argument, tends to be
sentence patterns (basic sentence sketchy or unspecific; little attempt to
structure) with persistent errors; limited structure an argument; major
vocabulary. misunderstanding of question.
0-2 Very poor 0-1 Very poor
Only the simplest sentence patterns, Vague and general, ideas presented at
little evidence of grammatical random.
awareness, very limited vocabulary.

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Part 2: Letter, Report, Dialogue or Speech (20 marks)

The syllabus specifies that the candidates are to write in Urdu of about 200 words.

Language (out of 15) Content (out of 5)

13-15 Very good 5 Very good
Confident use of complex sentence Detailed, clearly relevant and well
patterns, generally accurate, extensive illustrated; coherently argued and
vocabulary, good sense of idiom. structured.
10-12 Good 4 Good
Generally sound grasp of grammar in Sound knowledge and generally
spite of quite a few lapses; reads relevant; some ability to develop
reasonably; some attempt at varied argument and draw conclusions.
vocabulary and sentence patterns.
7-9 Adequate 3 Adequate
A tendency to be simple, clumsy or Some knowledge, but not always
laboured; some degree of accuracy; relevant; a more limited capacity to
inappropriate use of idiom. argue.
0-3 Very poor 0-1 Very poor
Only the simplest sentence patterns, Vague and general, ideas presented at
little evidence of grammatical random.
awareness, very limited vocabulary.
4-6 Poor 2 Poor
Consistently simple or pedestrian Some attempt at argument, tends to be
sentence patterns (basic sentence sketchy or unspecific; little attempt to
structure) with persistent errors; limited structure an argument; major
vocabulary. misunderstanding of question.

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