Cambridge A Level Arabic - Language (AS Level only) 8680 — 2017 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1

This document consists of 2 printed pages. DC (LEG) 154614 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level ARABIC LANGUAGE 8680/31 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2017 1 hour 30 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer one question. Write your answer in Arabic on the separate answer paper provided. Dictionaries are not permitted. You should write between 250 and 400 words. Your essay will be marked out of 40 with 16 marks for Content and 24 marks for Quality of Language. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. * 6 4 6 9 3 0 7 1 3 0 *

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® IGCSE is a registered trademark. This document consists of 2 printed pages. © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level ARABIC LANGUAGE 8680/31 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2017 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 40 Published 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 should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2017 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.

8680/31 Cambridge International AS Level – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 2 of 2 Language (24 marks) Content (16 marks) 21–24 Very good 14–16 Very good Confident use of complex sentence patterns, generally accurate, extensive vocabulary, good sense of idiom. Detailed, clearly relevant and well illustrated; coherently argued and structured. 16–20 Good 11–13 Good Generally sound grasp of grammar in spite of quite a few lapses; reads reasonably; some attempt at varied vocabulary. Sound knowledge and generally relevant; some ability to develop argument and draw conclusions. 10–15 Adequate 7–10 Adequate A tendency to be simple, clumsy or laboured; some degree of accuracy; inappropriate use of idiom. Some knowledge, but not always relevant; a more limited capacity to argue. 5–9 Poor 3–6 Poor Consistently simple or pedestrian sentence patterns with persistent errors; limited vocabulary. Some attempt at argument, tends to be sketchy or unspecific; little attempt to structure an argument; major misunderstanding of question. 0–4 Very poor 0–2 Very poor Only the simplest sentence patterns, little evidence of grammatical awareness, very limited vocabulary. Vague and general, ideas presented at random.