Cambridge A Level French (A Level only) 9716 — 2009 May/June Paper 3 · Variant 1

9716/31/M/J/09 · 40 marks · ≈45 min

The question paper and its mark scheme, free to read here and free to download. This is Cambridge’s own paper, exactly as it was sat.

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Question paper2 pages

Cambridge A Level French (A Level only) 9716 2009 May/June Paper 3 · Variant 1 question paper, page 1 of 2
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Mark scheme2 pages

Answers below. Sit the paper first if you are practising.

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Question paper, page 1

This document consists of 2 printed pages. SP (NH) T72010/4 © UCLES 2009 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level 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, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer one question in French. Dictionaries are not permitted. You should write between 250 and 400 words. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. Your essay will be marked out of 40 with 24 marks for quality of language and 16 marks for content. LISEZ D’ABORD CES INSTRUCTIONS Si vous avez une feuille-réponse suivez les instructions données sur cette feuille. Écrivez le numéro de votre Centre, votre numéro de candidat et votre nom sur chaque feuille que vous rendez à la fin de l’examen. Écrivez en bleu foncé ou en noir. N’utilisez ni agrafes, ni trombones, ni surligneur, ni colle, ni liquide correcteur. Répondez à une question en français. L’utilisation des dictionnaires n’est pas permise. Écrivez entre 250 et 400 mots. A la fin de l’examen, attachez bien toutes vos feuilles ensemble. 40 points sont accordés dont 24 pour la qualité générale du français et 16 pour le contenu. * 7 1 3 7 3 6 3 7 4 0 * FRENCH 8682/03 9716/03 Paper 3 Essay May/June 2009 1 hour 30 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper

Question paper, page 2

2 9716/03/M/J/09 © UCLES 2009 Écrivez une rédaction sur un des sujets suivants. Écrivez en français entre 250 et 400 mots. Les Jeunes 1 Les adultes se plaignent de plus en plus de l’attitude des jeunes envers l’autorité. A votre avis, dans quelle mesure leurs plaintes sont-elles justifiées? Le Tourisme et les voyages 2 Le principal bienfait du tourisme est le rôle qu’il joue dans la protection du patrimoine historique et culturel. Discutez de cette affirmation. La Pollution 3 Technologie et écologie ne peuvent pas coexister. Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez? Les Progrès scientifiques et médicaux 4 Le clonage humain: phénomène positif ou négatif? L’Alimentation et les boissons 5 Toute tentative d’éduquer les gens en matière de régime sain est une perte de temps. A votre avis, dans quelle mesure est-ce vrai? Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

Mark scheme, page 1

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2009 question paper for the guidance of teachers 9716 FRENCH 8682 FRENCH LANGUAGE 9716/03 and 8682/03 Paper 3 (Essay), maximum raw mark 40 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. • CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2009 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.

Mark scheme, page 2

Page 2 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper GCE A/AS LEVEL – May/June 2009 9716/8682 03 © UCLES 2009 Language (out of 24) Content (out of 16) 21–24 Very good Confident use of complex sentence patterns, generally accurate, extensive vocabulary, good sense of idiom. 14–16 Very good Detailed, clearly relevant and well illustrated; coherently argued and structured. 16–20 Good Generally sound grasp of grammar in spite of quite a few lapses; reads reasonably; some attempt at varied vocabulary. 11–13 Good Sound knowledge and generally relevant; some ability to develop argument and draw conclusions. 10–15 Adequate A tendency to be simple, clumsy or laboured; some degree of accuracy; inappropriate use of idiom. 7–10 Adequate Some knowledge, but not always relevant; a more limited capacity to argue. 5–9 Poor Consistently simple or pedestrian sentence patterns with persistent errors; limited vocabulary. 3–6 Poor Some attempt at argument, tends to be sketchy or unspecific; little attempt to structure an argument; major misunderstanding of question. 1–4 Very poor Only the simplest sentence patterns, little evidence of grammatical awareness, very limited vocabulary. 1–2 Very poor Vague and general, ideas presented at random.

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2009 May/June, Paper 3 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A32/40
B28/40
E17/40