In-Service Teacher Training
Assessment in IGCSE English as a Second
Language 0510
Session 3: Mark schemes and Examiners
Reports
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Welcome
• Introductions
• Background
• Aim of training
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Session 3 looks at:
Resources
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Mark schemes as a resource
Principal Examiners’ Reports
Recommended books
Other resources
Learners and their needs
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Using mark schemes as a resource
Mark schemes:
• Give the allocation of marks
• Indicate the range of acceptable answers
• Give examples of unacceptable answers
• Give an indication of what Examiners are looking
for in an answer
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Mark schemes and Principal Examiners’
Reports:
• Both give information about each part of each
question
• Should be used side by side to analyse students’
answers to questions
• Provide information which can be passed on to
students
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Principal Examiners’ Reports
After each examination session the Principal Examiner:
• Writes a full and detailed report for each component
• Comments on strengths and weaknesses of the
candidates
• Aims to provide advice to help teachers improve their
own teaching and their students’ performance
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Some areas covered in Principal
Examiners’ Reports
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Tiering - how effective it was
Completion of the examinations
Very detailed comments on specific questions
Acceptable and unacceptable answers
The rubric - how well was it followed?
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Principal Examiners’ Reports: Extracts
on the Reading and Writing paper (1)
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‘Some candidates are not reading for meaning they are copying out chunks of information
indiscriminately’
‘About one third of candidates wrote well over the
word length for the summary’
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Principal Examiners’ Reports: Extracts
on the Reading and Writing paper (2)
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‘Many candidates did not notice the requirement
for capitals in the form-filling exercise’
‘A common difficulty noticed by Examiners in
extended writing was with subject and verb
agreement’
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Principal Examiners’ Reports: Extracts on
the Listening paper (1)
• ‘Spelling was not taken into account in
accordance with the ‘listening for understanding’
ethos’
• ‘Phonetic attempts at the answer could be
rewarded, unless this made a difference in
meaning’
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Principal Examiners’ Reports: Extracts on
the Listening paper (2)
• ‘Many gaps were left. It is always a good strategy
to have an attempt at the answer’
• ‘Further work on numbers and quantities and
time lengths is to be recommended’
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Principal Examiners’ Reports: Extracts on
the Speaking paper (1)
• ‘There was a considerable difference in the
duration and the effectiveness of the warm
ups’
• ‘It is permissible to use the main topic as a
springboard for further discussion - prompts
are only guides’
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Principal Examiners’ Reports: Extracts on
the Speaking paper (2)
• ‘Some Examiners are reminded that it is a
conversation that is required and not a
speech’
• ‘Where adjustment was made to Centres’
marks, it tended to be the result of lenient
marking’
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Books/Texts
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CIE maintains a Resource list of endorsed and
other recommended textbooks on CIE Online.
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Visit your qualifications page at www.cie.org.uk
for further information.
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Other resources and support material
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CD-ROMs of past papers and mark schemes
(‘Tool Kit’)
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A CD of a range of Listening material has been
produced. Activities and structured lessons have
been written to support this
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Online training. Teachers can follow a 6-week
course of online training in IGCSE E2L
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The Internet – some useful websites
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www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
[BBC World Service]
www.learnenglish.org.uk/welcome/english.html
[British Council]
www.englishspace.org
[English Space]
www.selfaccess.com
[Self Access]
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The CIE Teacher Support site (1)
Access to this site allows you to download:
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Schemes of Work
Question papers and mark schemes from
November 2001
Syllabuses
Principal Examiners’ Reports
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The CIE Teacher Support site (2)
You can also:
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Access a number of other useful resources
Engage with a subject specific FAQ area
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The learners: time for reflection
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How might learning on this course be different to a
regular E2L programme?
What level do you think your E2L students need to
be at when starting the IGCSE course? And to do
well?
Can you anticipate some questions that might be
asked by your learners?
How will you introduce your learners to the
background knowledge they will need to acquire?
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Your teaching
And to finish:
• Are you happy with the teaching resources that
you have? What will you need to obtain?
• Does your teaching style suit this IGCSE course?
What IS your teaching style?
• Are you confident about constructing some of
your own teaching Schemes and lessons?
• Are there any final thoughts or issues that you
would like to raise with your colleagues now?
Closing comments