Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2009 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 1

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education *3399697385* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 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 Question 1(a) or Question 1(b) and Question 2. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/04 Paper 4 Continuous Writing May/June 2009  1 hour 15 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. This document consists of 4 printed pages. (NL) V01200/1 © UCLES 2009 [Turn over 1 2 Total For Examiner's Use www.XtremePapers.com

0547/04/M/J/09 2 © UCLES 2009 1 下列题目，选择其中一个（1(a) 或者 1(b)）。写一百五十个字左右。 (a) 你的中国笔友想了解一下你将来的计划。请给笔友写一封信。 信里说说： – 你明年要学习哪些科目？为什么？ – 你准备上大学吗？为什么？ – 你将来要做什么工作？为什么？ or 或者 (b) 《中学生杂志》要了解一下学生对互联网的看法。请给这家杂志写一封信。 信里说说： – 对年轻人来说互联网有什么用处 – 用互联网学习有什么好处 – 用互联网学习要注意哪些问题 – 你对互联网的看法

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2009 question paper for the guidance of teachers 0547 MANDARIN CHINESE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 0547/04 Paper 4 (Continuous Writing), 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. • CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2009 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. www.XtremePapers.com

Page 2 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2009 0547 04 © UCLES 2009 Each essay is marked out of 25, making a total of 50 marks awarded for the paper. Marks for each essay are awarded under the following headings: RELEVANT COMMUNICATION 1 (a) Letter to penfriend about future plans: ticks will be awarded in the righthand margin up to a maximum of 5. Candidate must refer to each of items 1-4 to gain full marks, eg if no mention of future job, maximum mark is 4 for communication; if no appropriate beginning or ending, maximum mark is 4 for communication. 1 What subject(s) candidate wants to study and why 1 + 1 2 Is candidate going to University and why • No mark for just yes or no • 1 mark for further detail re University, e.g. where or what it is like 1 • 1 mark for reason 1 3 What job the candidate wants to do and why 1 + 1 4 Appropriate beginning or ending 1 (b) Letter to express thoughts on internet: ticks will be awarded in the righthand margin up to a maximum of 5. 1 tick available for each of the 4 guidelines/sub-questions in the question and then 1 left over to be awarded for an appropriate beginning or ending to the letter. 2 This composition allows candidates to use their imagination and candidates are allowed to develop the initial situation in a variety of ways. Ticks will be awarded in the righthand margin, up to a maximum of 5, for each point relevant to the development of the story. ACCURACY The 15 marks for accuracy will be divided into: Accuracy of Characters: 5 marks 5 marks Highly accurate, with a wide range of characters including some more difficult or unusual ones correctly written, with occasional minor slips. 4 marks Not as consistently accurate nor as wide a range as the highest level, but a good range of characters attempted with easy and moderately easy characters correctly written. 3 marks Limited range, but with most easy characters correctly written (or a wide range with a lot of errors). 2 marks A number of examples of easy characters correctly written. 1 mark Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of correctly written characters.

Page 3 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2009 0547 04 © UCLES 2009 Accuracy of Grammar and Structures: 10 marks 10/9 marks Highly accurate including use of more complex structures, but with occasional minor slips. 8/7 marks A little more ambitious than the 5/6 band. Accurate in use of simple structures, except for occasional more serious errors/more frequent slips. 6/5 marks Limited in range, but displays some control of simple structures. 4/3 marks Inconsistent, but a number of examples of accurate usage. 2/1 marks Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of accurate usage. IMPRESSION The good candidate will be further rewarded for the use of 'extended' language in making the points of relevant communication, i.e. by using a range of vocabulary and structure or idioms to clarify or define further the points made. 5 marks are available for impression. The Examiner has to decide whether the candidate has used vocabulary and structures which go beyond the minimum required to convey adequately the thought involved and has so given him/herself greater flexibility or self-expression. 5 marks Comprehensive range of vocabulary and sentence structure with more complex language predominant. 4 marks Considerable variety of vocabulary and sentence structure with more complex language clearly in evidence. 3 marks Some variety of vocabulary and sentence structure with several items of more complex language. 2 marks Limited variety of vocabulary and sentence structure with occasional more complex language. 1 mark Only isolated examples of variety of vocabulary and sentence structure and more complex language. 0 No examples of variety of vocabulary or more complex language.