Cambridge A Level French (A Level only) 9716 — 2016 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1

This document consists of 8 printed pages. DC (LEG) 117029 © UCLES 2016 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Level * 8 9 7 1 4 1 8 1 0 8 * FRENCH 9716/31 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2016 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 9716/31/O/N/16 © UCLES 2016 Écrivez une rédaction sur un des sujets suivants dans l’espace approprié. Écrivez en français entre 250 et 400 mots. Les Jeunes 1 Les jeunes devraient se comporter de façon plus responsable. Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez ? Les Médias 2 On a trop tendance à critiquer les médias et à sous-estimer leur contribution à la société. A votre avis, dans quelle mesure est-ce le cas ? L’Éducation 3 La société attache trop d’importance à une éducation purement intellectuelle. Êtes-vous d’accord ? Les Innovations technologiques 4 Le premier but de l’innovation technologique devrait être d’améliorer l’économie d’un pays. Selon vous, jusqu’à quel point est-ce vrai ? L’Environnement 5 La planification et la gestion des transports doivent être au centre de la lutte pour protéger l’environnement. Discutez de cette affirmation.

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® IGCSE is the registered trademark of Cambridge International Examinations. This document consists of 2 printed pages. © UCLES 2016 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Level FRENCH 9716/31 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2016 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 will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2016 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 – October/November 2016 9716 31 © UCLES 2016 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.