Cambridge A Level French (A Level only) 9716 — 2015 May/June Paper 3 · Variant 2

This document consists of 8 printed pages. DC (ST) 98905/2 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Level * 2 4 7 3 0 7 1 7 2 0 * FRENCH 9716/32 Paper 3 Essay May/June 2015 1 hour 30 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page. 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 in French in the space 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. LISEZ D’ABORD CES INSTRUCTIONS Écrivez le numéro de votre Centre, votre numéro de candidat et votre nom dans les espaces en haut de cette page. Écrivez en bleu foncé ou en noir. N’utilisez ni agrafes, ni trombones, ni colle, ni liquide correcteur. N’ÉCRIVEZ PAS SUR LES CODES-BARRES. Répondez à une question en français dans l’espace approprié. L’utilisation des dictionnaires n’est pas permise. Écrivez entre 250 et 400 mots. 40 points sont accordés dont 16 pour le contenu et 24 pour la qualité générale du français.

2 9716/32/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 Écrivez une rédaction sur un des sujets suivants. Écrivez en français entre 250 et 400 mots. La vie quotidienne 1 Les vacances scolaires sont-elles trop longues ou trop courtes ? L’ordre public 2 La prison crée autant de problèmes qu’elle en résout. Qu’en pensez-vous ? La santé et la forme 3 Les nouvelles technologies : ennemi majeur de la bonne santé. Discutez de cette affirmation. Le travail et le chômage 4 Le taux de chômage parmi les jeunes a atteint des niveaux record. Que faire pour remédier à cette situation ? Les progrès scientifiques et médicaux 5 Le clonage : phénomène positif ou négatif ? Écrivez ici le numéro de la question que vous avez choisie : …………

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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Cambridge International Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series 9716 FRENCH 9716/32 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 should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2015 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge International A Level – May/June 2015 9716 32 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 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. 0–4 Very poor Only the simplest sentence patterns, little evidence of grammatical awareness, very limited vocabulary. 0–2 Very poor Vague and general, ideas presented at random.