Cambridge IGCSE Arabic - First Language 0508 — 2011 May/June Paper 1 · Variant 1

0508/11/M/J/11 · 50 marks · ≈56 min

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This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. DC (KN/DJ) 27291/5 © UCLES 2011 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education 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 all questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. * 8 3 3 6 5 8 1 4 3 4 * FIRST LANGUAGE ARABIC 0508/01 Paper 1 Reading May/June 2011 2 hours Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper [ ]

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8 0508/01/M/J/11 © UCLES 2011 Copyright Acknowledgements: Section 1 © Hassan Ahmad; Issue 171; Al Sada Magazine; July 2002. Section 2 © Awataf Al-Zain; Issue 581; Al Arabi Magazine; April 2007. 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. BLANK PAGE

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2011 question paper for the guidance of teachers 0508 FIRST LANGUAGE ARABIC 0508/01 Paper 1 (Reading), maximum raw mark 50 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. • Cambridge will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2011 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.

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Page 2 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2011 0508 01 © University of Cambridge International Examinations 2011 Question 1 • 20 marks are available for Reading: these are awarded according to the detailed mark scheme below. • 5 marks are available for Writing (see table below). Reading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Page 3 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2011 0508 01 © University of Cambridge International Examinations 2011 9 38A  !#  = . 1   % ! ,K & F  . = 1   L . ' . = 1  1  A  % 0LA   # K 8  M! %E 01  !  .+  ,*  * &E 0  F  L  38A  =. 1   @   = 4  Writing: Accuracy of Language 5 (Excellent) Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate. Varied, precise vocabulary. Hardly any or no technical errors. 4 (Good) Clear, appropriate language. Appropriate vocabulary. Few technical errors. 3 (Adequate) Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax. Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors. 2 (Weak) Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with some clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors. 1 (Poor) Thin, inappropriate use of language. Confused and obscure. Many errors. [Total: 20 + 5 = 25] Question 2 • 15 marks are available for Reading: each relevant point extracted by the candidate from the texts is ticked (see below). A mark is awarded for each tick up to a maximum of 15 marks. • 10 marks are available for Writing (see tables below). Reading    :  7   ,.A N8  200 – 250  . D  :  - 7    .   %   4  E F(  67 &  B  . . &A  0 E 4 4+ 15  . 15      + 10     

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Page 6 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2011 0508 01 © University of Cambridge International Examinations 2011 Writing: Style and Organisation 5 (Excellent) Excellent expression and focus with assured use of own words. Good summary style with orderly grouping of ideas; excellent linkage. Answer has sense of purpose. 4 (Good) Good expression in recognisable summary style. Attempts to focus and to group ideas; good linkage. 3 (Adequate) Satisfactory expression in own words. Reasonably concise with some sense of order. Occasional lapses of focus. 2 (Weak) Limited expression but mostly in own words. Some sense of order but little sense of summary. Tendency to lose focus (e.g. by including some anecdote); thread not always easy to follow. 1 (Poor) Expression just adequate; maybe list-like. Considerable lifting; repetitive. Much irrelevance. Writing: Accuracy of Language 5 (Excellent) Clear, carefully chosen language with complex syntax where appropriate. Varied, precise vocabulary. Hardly any or no technical errors. 4 (Good) Clear, appropriate language. Appropriate vocabulary. Few technical errors. 3 (Adequate) Language generally appropriate, but unsophisticated and generally simple syntax. Adequate vocabulary. Some technical errors. 2 (Weak) Unsophisticated language, not always appropriate. Very simple syntax with some clumsiness. Thin vocabulary. A number of technical errors. 1 (Poor) Thin, inappropriate use of language. Confused and obscure. Many errors. [Total: 15 + 10 = 25]

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2011 May/June, Paper 1 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A40/50
C30/50
E19/50
F14/50