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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
for the guidance of teachers
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 must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the
examination.
• Cambridge will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.
Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2011 question papers for most IGCSE,
GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level
syllabuses.
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MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2011 question paper
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Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version
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Syllabus
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Paper
01
Question 1
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20 marks are available for Reading: these are awarded according to the detailed mark scheme
below.
5 marks are available for Writing (see table below).
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Syllabus
0508
Paper
01
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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.
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.
[Total: 20 + 5 = 25]
Question 2
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15 marks are available for Reading: each relevant point extracted by the candidate from the texts
is ticked (see below). A mark is awarded for each tick up to a maximum of 15 marks.
10 marks are available for Writing (see tables below).
Reading
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Syllabus
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Paper
01
Writing: Style and Organisation
5 (Excellent)
4 (Good)
3 (Adequate)
2 (Weak)
1 (Poor)
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.
Good expression in recognisable summary style. Attempts to focus and to group
ideas; good linkage.
Satisfactory expression in own words. Reasonably concise with some sense of
order. Occasional lapses of focus.
Limited expression but mostly in own words. 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.
Expression just adequate; maybe list-like. Considerable lifting; repetitive. Much
irrelevance.
Writing: Accuracy of Language
5 (Excellent)
4 (Good)
3 (Adequate)
2 (Weak)
1 (Poor)
Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate. Varied,
precise vocabulary. Hardly any or no technical errors.
Clear, appropriate language. Appropriate vocabulary. Few technical errors.
Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax.
Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors.
Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with some
clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors.
Thin, inappropriate use of language. Confused and obscure. Many errors.
[Total: 15 + 10 = 25]
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