Cambridge A Level Spanish - Language (AS Level only) 8685 — 2012 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 2

This document consists of 2 printed pages. DC (SLM) 64260 © UCLES 2012 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary 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 Spanish. 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 16 marks for Content and 24 marks for Quality of Language. EN PRIMER LUGAR, LEE ESTAS INSTRUCCIONES Si se te ha dado un Cuadernillo de Respuestas, sigue las instrucciones de la tapa del Cuadernillo. Escribe el número del Centro, el número de estudiante que se te ha adjudicado y tu nombre en todo el trabajo que vayas a entregar. Usa tinta negra o azul oscuro. No uses ni grapas, ni clips, ni rotulador, ni goma de pegar, ni corrector líquido. Escribe una redacción en español basada en uno de los temas al dorso. No se permite el uso de diccionario. Escribe entre 250 y 400 palabras. Al terminar el examen, sujeta bien todo tu trabajo. Hay 40 puntos: 16 para el Contenido y 24 para el Uso del lenguaje. * 1 6 7 5 3 7 3 7 3 1 * SPANISH LANGUAGE 8685/32 Paper 3 Essay October/November 2012 1 hour 30 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper

2 8685/32/O/N/12 © UCLES 2012 Escribe en español una redacción de 250 a 400 palabras (como máximo) sobre uno de los temas siguientes. Es importante que el contenido de tu respuesta esté relacionado directamente con el título de la redacción elegida. El trabajo y el ocio 1 No debería haber una edad obligatoria para jubilarse. ¿Estás de acuerdo? Los medios de comunicación 2 La censura de la prensa nunca puede ser justificada. ¿Qué opinas tú? La conservación 3 El agua es oro. ¿Qué opinas tú? La enseñanza 4 La enseñanza ofrece la oportunidad de realizar todas tus ambiciones. ¿Estás de acuerdo? La vida cultural y el patrimonio 5 La música pop no está relacionada con la cultura. ¿Qué opinas tú? 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.

CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2012 series 8685 SPANISH LANGUAGE 8685/32 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 October/November 2012 series for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level components and some Ordinary Level components.

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper GCE AS LEVEL – October/November 2012 8685 32 © Cambridge International Examinations 2012 COMPONENT 3: Essay Language (out of 24) Content (out of 16) 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.