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 MARKINGSCHEME
THEBI
BLE112/
1ENGLISHLANGUAGE(
AMENDED)

I
NTRODUCTI
ON

Al
lexami
ner
sshoul
dnot
ethat
:

1. I
tisessent
ialt
hatexaminer
s,who,thr
oughil
lnessorf
orsomeother
r
easons,fi
nditi
mpossiblet
ocontinuemarki
nginthefi
rsti
nst
ance,
i
nfor
mt hei
rteam Leader
sorChiefExaminer
.

2. Thepay mentformarki
ngisdependentonthecorrectnumberof
scri
ptsrepor
tedtohavebeenmar kedbytheindi
vi
dual exami
ner
,the
team,theTeam LeaderandChiefExaminer
.

3. (a) Whenopeningscriptenvel
opesbesuretocount&numberof
scri
pts
i
ntheenv
elopeandensur ethati
tcor
respondswi
tht
henumber
wri
tt
enontheoutsideoftheenvel
ope.

(
b) Incaseofanydiscr
epancybetweenthenumberofscri
pts
encl
osedandthenumberi ndi
catedontheenv
elope,
reportt
o
Team Leaderi
nchargeofscri
ptsortotheChi
efExaminer.

4. Reportanysuspect
eddishonest
yonthepartofthecandidat
etoy
our
team Leaderwhowil
lref
erthematt
ertotheChiefExaminer.

5. TheUgandaNat i
onalExaminat i
onsBoar dwishest odr awt he
att
entionofitsexami nerstothewi depublicinterestwhi chtheirwork
att
racts,andtoi t
sdesirabil
it
yofr eassuri
ngthepubl i
ct hatthis
i
mpor tantworki scarri
edoutwi thduer esponsibil
ityand
concentrati
on.Theboar dwi shesalsotoemphasi zethest andi ng
i
nstructi
ont otheexami nersthatallmat t
ersconnect edwi tht he
markingofscr i
pts,i
ncludingphot ocopiedscripts,mustbet r
eat edas
CONFI DENTIAL.Al l
confidentialmateri
almustber eturnedt oy our
Team Leaderatt heendoft hemar ki
ngsession.Noscr iptsshoul dbe
remov edfrom theroomsal locatedformar ki
ngexceptwi t
ht he
permissionoftheC/ E.

6. Foranyquer
iesdur
ingt
hemar
kingper
iod,
seey
ourTeam Leader
2
 orChi
efExami
ner
.

112/
1MARKI
NGSCHEME

I
. THEMARKI NGSYSTEM
Exami ner
saretoassessbyimpr essionthel
ingui
sti
cabil
i
ty,andthen
make
adjustment,i
fnecessar
y,f
orcont entandarr
angement.The
exami nat
ioni
sdesignedforcandidateswhosenativ
elanguageisnot
English.
Theai
mist
ouset
hef
ull
mar
krange0-
20

I
I. GENERALI NSTRUCTI ONS
A. Co- ordinationPr ocedur e
1. TheQuest ionpaperwi l
lbedi scussedt ogetherwi ththe"poi nt
s
ofinterpretation. "
2. Af terstudy ingt hemar kingScheme, examiner swillmarkaset
ofselectedphot ocopi edscr ipt
s( dummyscr ipts)from section
Aont hei
rownandhandi nthemar kstotheirTeam Leader s.
3. Thedummyscr iptsmar kedbyt heexami nerswi l
lbeanal ysed.
4. Poi ntsofi nterpr etati
onandr el
ev ancewillbedi scussed.
5. Sel ecteddummyscr iptsofsect i
onBwi l
lbemar kedby
exami nersandhandedi nt otheirTeam Leader s.
6. Mor edummyscr iptofSect i
onAandBmaybemar kedand
discussedwhenneedar ises.
7. Quer i
esandpr obl emswi llhedeal twit
h.
8. Fur therinfor mat ionont hemar kingprocedurewi llbegiven.

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 B. Co-
ordi
nat
ionPr
ocedur
e(Cont
inued)
1. (a)From themarkedpackets,
Team Leaderswil
lsel
ect
approximatel
y10%oft hescri
ptsf
orco-ordi
nati
on.Thescri
pts
selectedwil
lbefrom arangeofmarks(wherev
erpossibl
e).

(
b)Ift
herear
esever
aldev
iat
ionsofmor
ethan2point
s,a
f
urt
her10%will
beCoordi
nat
edandthepacketmayberet
urned
f
orre-
marki
ng.

2. Start
ersshouldensurethatt
heyopenoneenvel
opeatati
me.
Aftermarking,
ensurethatal
lscr
ipt
sfort
hatenvel
opehav
e
beenreturned.

3. Keepacl
earr
ecordofall
scr
ipt
smarked(Centr
enameand
number
,numberofscr
ipt
smarked,
scri
ptsmissi
ng,
etc.
..
.)

4. I
fyouar
euncer
tai
naboutanyscr
ipt
,consul
tyourTeam Leader
.

I
II
. THEMARKI
NGSCHEME

A. Gener
alPr
ocedur
e

1. Usearedpen-Underli
neallmist
akes(excepti
n' D'scri
pts-see
par
agraph.12)
.
Markli
ghtl
y.Donotdelet
eorcor r
ectanerror
.Ifthecandidate
hadaddedpencilcor
rect
ions,
pleaseannotat
et hisinthe
margi
n.Team Leadersaretomarkthei
rownscr i
ptsinred.

TLs,A/
CEsandtheCEcoordi
nat
ewit
hGreenpens.Al
lmar
ks
byExaminer
smustbewri
tt
eninRedi
nk.

2. Themar
k,maxi
mum 40,
shoul
dbepl
acedatt
het
opr
ight
-hand

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 comerofthefi
rstpage.Showmarksforbothquesti
ons.
Quest
iononefi
rstandt hent
het
otal
,e.g.09+08=17.Then
tr
ansf
erthefi
nalmar konthemar
kgridont heanswerbookl
et.

B. Showi
ngEr
ror
sandMer
it
s

Themainsi
gnsi
ndi
cat
ethreedegr
eesofser
iousness:
UNDERLINI
NG OMI SSION PUNCTUATI ON I NMARGI
N

(
i) (
a)GROSSERROR
(
'C'
)maybeusedi
nthemar
gint
odenot
easer
iouser
rorof
const
ruct
ionoragr
eementbutnott
enseer
ror
s.

(
b)ERROR_
___
___
___
___
under
li
ne

(
c)MI
NORORPOSSI
BLEERRORS wav
yli
ne.

Themar
ginal
signi
susedwhent
heer
roraf
fect
smor
ethanone
l
i
ne.

Thef
oll
owi
ngsy
mbol
smayal
sobeused

PARAGRAPHI
NG P

REPETI
TION R

I
LLEGI
BILI
TY

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VAGUENESS Vague/
obscur
e

WORDORDER WO

(
ii
)Toi
ndi
cat
eMERI
T,useat
ick(
)ei
therabov
eawor
dori
nthemar
gin.

(
ii
i)
.GROSSERRORS
(
a)Almostanyer rorofagreement .
(
b)Ser i
oust enseer rors.
(
c)Element aryer rorsofsentenceconstructi
on
(
d)Mi suseofel ementaryvocabulary.
(
e)Gr ossmi s-spelli
ngofelement aryvocabul
ary.
(
f)Punctuationwhi chcausesseriouslackofbalanceor
misunderstandi ng.
(
g)Ridiculousi diom.

C. THESCALEOFMARKS
TOTALSecti
onA.
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TOTALSecti
onB.
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..20
GRANDTOIALof(
A+B)..
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(i
v).THESCALEI
SDIVI
DEDINTO4CLASSES:
SECTIONBCREATIVECOMPOSI
TIONS

ACLASS Sect ionB: 16-20

 Positi
v eli
nguist i
cabi l
ity, f
ewer rorsor
sli
ps.
 Adequat eandr elevantt ot hesubject .
 Verygoodar rangement .Passagest hatarousether
eader
's
enthusiasm andi nterest .Verywel ldeveloped.Manyit
emsof
mer i
t.Theessayshoul dbemeani ngf ul
.
A+Excel l
entWi derangeofaptv ocabularyandi diom.
19-20 Greatvariet yofsent encestructures.
Manyi t
emsofmer it
.
Vivi
dandsust ainedaccount .
Nopr oblemswi t hSpel l
ing,punctuat i
onand
tenses.

6
 AVer
yGood Posit
iveabi
li
ty.Har
dlyanyerr
ors,
butthesedonotmar
t
he 18 impactofthestor
y.Fl
uencyofsentencest
ruct
ure.
Good
vocabul
aryandidi
om.
Nogr ammarpr obl
ems.

A-Quit
e Lacksthe"spark"andv i
vi
dnessofA+andA.
Good Vocabular
yandi diom st
il
l i
mpr
essi
ve.
16-
17 Sentencevari
ety.Goodgr ammar.

BCLASS Sect
ionB[11-15]
Goodabil
it
yinEngli
sh.Someer
ror
s.Sat
isf
act
oryt
reat
mentof
thesubj
ect.

B+Good Goodar rangement .Goodsentencevari

ety
,butnotasvari
edor
14-15 complexast heAscr i
pts.
Goodrangeofv ocabular
yandi di
om despi
tesomeerror
s.
Tenses,spell
ingandpunct uat
ionisgood.

BFai
ryGoodVar
iet
yofsent
encestruct
urebutofasi
mpl ernat
ure.
13 St
rai
ght
for
ward.Fai
rrangeofvocabul
aryandidi
om.Few
er
ror
s.

B-Fair
11-
12 Fairl
i
nguist
icabi
li
ty.Somev ocabularyrangeandf ai
ruseof
i
diom. Sentencestructurehasli
ttl
ev ar
iet
y.Some
err
orsinspell
i
ng,punctuat
ionandt enses.Sti
llhasfl
uencyand
err
orsdonotdetr
acttoogreatl
yfrom t heaccount.

I
fnoi
temsofmer
itawar
d11mar
ks

CCLASS Sect
ionB6-
10
7
 Fl
atoruncer
tai
n.Manyer
ror
s.

Subj
ectundevel
oped.Somedigressi
on.
Weakarrangement.Jer
kydev
elopment.

C+ Candidatecommuni catesclear
lybuti
naf l
atanduncert
ain
9-
10 manner .Simpleconcepts.Sent
encefor
msof tenst
rai
ned.Much
l
essf l
uencyt hanBscripts.
Lit
tl
ev ocabularyr
ange.
Idi
omsatt i
mesmi sused.Someer r
orsofagreement,
tenses
prepositi
ons,spel
li
nget c.

C Candidatesti
llcommunicatesbuttherear eseri
ousmi stakesthat
08 int
erruptthesmoot hf
lowoft hought.Li
nguisticresourcesv er
y
li
mited.Elementaryer
rors.Dullandfl
at.Jerky.Somegr osserror
sin
sentencestructur
e.Nov ari
ety
.Poorsent enceandpar agr aphi
ngli
nks.

C- Al thoughthecandi datesti
l
lcommuni catestheideas,
theseare
06-07seriousl
yhamper edbyt helimit
edknowledgeofEnglish.Inf
act
many
mistakessuchasser iouserrorsofagr
eement ,
preposit
ions,t
enses,
ver
bf ormati
on,spelli
ngandsent enceconstr
ucti
on.

DCLASS SECTIONB[0-5]
Br
okenEngli
sh.Fr
equenter
ror
s.Subj
ectgl
ancedatordi
stor
ted.
Ar
rangementmuddled,
devel
opmenterr
ati
cornon-
exist
ent.

D+ Alt
houghtheEngli
shisbr
okenandtheaccountfull
ofer
ror
s,we
04-05 cansti
ll
underst
andthemainideabei
ngexpressed.
Recogni
zable
asEngli
sh.

D Fl
owofthoughtal
mostimpossi
bletofol
low.Ful
lofgr
oss
03 er
ror
s.Afewphrasesandwordsrecogni
zedasEngli
sh.

D- Chaot
ic.Li
tt
lemeani
ngwhat
soev
er.
01-02

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 TABLEOFMARKCATEGORI
ESANDERRORFREQUENCY

MARK RANGE LI
KELY
CLASS ERROR
PAPER1B FREQUENCY
CATEGORY %

A A+ 20–19 0-1
A 18 1-2
A- 17-16 2-3

B B+ 15-14 3-4
B 13 4-5
B- 12-11 5-6

C C+ 10-9 7-8
C 8 9-10
C- 7-6 11-12

D D+ 5–4 13-15
D 3 16-20
D- 2-0 21+
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NB:Errorf
requencyi
sanappr
oxi
mat
egui
debutnotamai
ncr
it
eri
onof
assessment.

(
v)MARKI NGNORMALSCRI PTS
(
a)Decideonl i
nguisticgroundst heCLASSA- D
(
b)Afterunderl
ini
ng, decidet hemar kcategory(A+,A-,
etc.
)
Withspecif
icreferencet o:
i
.Rangeandappr opri
at enessofv ocabular
y;
i
i.Var i
etyofcorrectst r
uct ur
es;
i
ii
.Abi li
tytoli
nkconst ruct i
on,sentencesandparagr
aphscoher
ent
lyand
f
luently
.
(
c)Adjustforcontentandar rangement ,i
fnecessar
y.
(
d)Allocatenumerical mark.

(
e)Al
lB+andabov
eofSect
ionB,
tobecoor
dinat
edbyt
heC/
EandA/
CEs.

(v
i)MARKI
NGABNORMALSCRI
PTS:
All
probl
em scr
ipt
smustgot
oTL
ABNORMALCONTENT

(a)BLATANTI RRELEVANCYi .
e.ev adi
ngthepurposeoftheexaminati
onby
consist
entdist
orti
onorchangeofsubj ectorbyincl
udi
ngmanymemor ized
passages.
ACTION:Awar d00;wr
ite'i
rr
elevant'i
nfrontofmadeonscript
;withyour
comment ssendtoCEv iaTL. ,

(
b)MI
NORI
RRELEVANCYi
.e.i
nter
pret
ati
onnotf
ull
yaccept
abl
e

ACTI
ON:
Deduct1mar
kfr
om t
hescor
e.

(
c)DISJOINTEDSCRI PTSi.
e.lacki
ngshapeorunit
y,cont
aini
nglongsemi
-
rel
evantdigr
essi
on.Forexample,par
agr
aphing,useofsubt
it
lesor
dif
fer
entideas.

ACTI
ON:
Deduct1mar
konSect
ionBandsendt
oTL.

Alwayswri
teacommentont
hescr
iptt
ojust
if
yany
deducti
on.
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(
d)PROBLEMSSCRI
PTSi
.e.cont
rav
ent
ionofr
ubr
ic.

ACTI
ON:Assessonl
i
ngui
sti
cgr
ounds,
sendt
oTL,
wit
hrel
evant
comment
s.

(Vi
i)ABNORMALFORM i .
e.narr
ati
vef
ordi
alogue,r
eporti
nst
eadofl
ett
er
e.t
c.Thi
sisl
ikel
ytooccuronlyi
nSect
ionA.
ACTION: Awar dzero(00)wit
hcomment sandsendtoTL.

(
vii
i
)ABNORMALLANGUAGEi
.e.'
D'scr
ipt
s,'
broken'
Engl
i
sh.

(
a) Mar
ker
ror
sonf
ir
stpage;

(
b) Readnextpage;
ifsi
mil
ar,
err
orcount
,donotunder
li
ne.I
fscr
ipt
i
mproves,marknormal
l
y.

(
c) Dr
awadi
agonal
li
net
hroughpagesof'
D'l
anguageal
ready
r
ead
butnotmar
ked.

(
d) Sendallsuchscr
ipt
stoy
ourTL.Gr
eatcar
emustbet
akeni
n
assessi
ng‘D’scr
ipt
s.

Donotr
aisea'D'
scri
ptoncont
entandarr
angement
,butbequit
esur
e
ofi
tsweakli
ngui
sti
cqual
it
ybefor
eusingt
heaboveprocedur
e.

i
x) SECTI
ONAFUNCTI
ONALWRI
TING

For
mat
: Dependsonthedemandsoffunct
ional
wri
ti
ngwhi
chi
s
at
tachedtot
hequesti
onset.

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Cont
ent
: Shoul
dbei
nresponset
othequest
ion.

Language:Appr
opr
iat
e use of r egi
ster, punctuati
on, par
agr
aphi
ng,
gr
ammare.g.t
ensesandsentencestructur
e.

Thescal
i
ngv
ari
esbutshoul
daddupt
o20.

i
.e. Language5-
6mar
ks
Cont
ent6-
7mar
ks
For
mat8mar
ks
Al
ter
nat
ive1 8,
7,5OR
Al
ter
nat
ive2 8,
6,6.
Thi
smaybedet
ermi
nedbyt
hedemandsoft
hecomposi
ti
on.

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