Cambridge A Level Japanese Language (AS Level only) 8281 — 2014 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1

JAPANESE LANGUAGE 8281/03 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2014 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. Choose one of the topics overleaf and write an essay in Japanese of 600 – 800 characters. Dictionaries are not permitted. Your essay will be marked out of 40 with 24 marks for quality of language and 16 marks for content. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. 初めに注意事項を読みなさい。 試験用紙を受け取った後、表紙の指示に従いなさい。 氏名、受験番号、学校名を試験用紙に記入しなさい。 黒またはこい青のペンを使用すること。 ホッチキス、クリップ、のり、修正液を使用しないこと。 バーコードには、一切何も書かないこと。 トピックから一つ選んで、600〜800字の文を日本語で書くこと。 辞書の使用は禁止。 この試験は40点満点で、24点は日本語の質に、16点はその内容に配点される。 試験終了後、用紙を全てまとめること。 This document consists of 2 printed pages. NL 84005/2 © UCLES 2014 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level * 4 0 3 6 2 0 8 7 5 7 *

2 8281/03/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 つぎのトピックから一つえらんで、600〜800 字の文を日本語で書きなさい。 かんけい 人間関係 けっこん 1 近年、結婚についての考え方や結婚のかたちは、大きくかわってきています。 結婚について、あなたの考えを書いてください。 せいかつ 都会といなかの生活 しゅだん 2 コミュニケーションシステムや交通の手段が発達しても、多くの若者が大都会へ出る大きい 理由は何だと思いますか。それを止める方法はあると思いますか。 じ ゆ う 自由時間 3 あなたは、自由な時間にどんなことをしていますか。自由時間を楽しむことは、大切だ と思いますか。それはどうしてですか。 せんそう へ い わ 戦争と平和 へ い え き せ い ど ぐん 4 今でも、いくつかの国には兵役制度（軍に入って国を守るためにトレーニングをする）が せ い ど ありますが、この制度はよいと思いますか。あなたの意見を書いてください。 こう がい 公害 けいたい 5 携帯電話やアイポッドやMP3などで、いつでもどこでも、音楽をかんたんに楽しめるの もんだい はすばらしいことですが、その一方で、音の公害も問題になっています。 このことを、あなたはどう思いますか。 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. 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.

® IGCSE is the registered trademark of Cambridge International Examinations. CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary Level MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2014 series 8281 JAPANESE LANGUAGE 8281/03 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 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 2014 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 AS Level – October/November 2014 8281 03 © Cambridge International Examinations 2014 Language (24 marks) Content (16 marks) 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.