Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2017 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 2

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, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer three questions: Question 1, Question 2 and Question 3(a) or Question 3(b) or Question 3(c). The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/42 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2017 1 hour 15 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. KI 145441/1 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. * 7 9 2 0 7 8 1 8 4 3 *

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3 [Turn over 0547/42/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 第一部分 Section 1 问题一 Question 1 请用中文写出你可能放进旅行箱里的五件东西。 Make a list in Chinese of 5 things you might put in a suitcase. 例： 衣服 … 1 … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5 … [Total: 5]

4 0547/42/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 问题二 Question 2 请写一写你最喜欢的食物: Write about your favourite food. Say: · 你喜欢吃什么； · 你喜欢喝什么； · 你家一般谁做晚饭； · 晚饭怎么样； · 明天你想几点吃晚饭。 用中文写80–100 个字。 Write 80–100 characters in Chinese. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total: 15]

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6 0547/42/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 第二部分 Section 2 问题三 Question 3 下列题目，选择其中一个(3(a) 或者3(b) 或者3(c))。用中文写一百五十个字左右。 Choose 1 of the following topics (3(a) or 3(b) or 3(c)) and write about 150 Chinese characters. (a) 你的笔友想了解你最喜欢的一位演员。请给笔友写一封信，信里说说： · 他/ 她是哪国人； • 长得怎么样； • 他/ 她来过你的国家吗； • 除了演电影以外，他/ 她还做过什么； • 你为什么喜欢他/ 她。 or 或者 (b) 《中学生杂志》想了解一下学生对公园的看法。请给杂志写一篇文章，谈一 谈： • 你家附近有没有公园； • 最近你跟谁一起去了公园； • 你们在公园做了什么； • 你觉得那个公园怎么样； • 你觉得有公园对中学生有什么好处。 or 或者 (c) 昨天你收到了从学校寄来的一封信，你马上拿给爸爸妈妈看。请说说： • 信里写了什么； • 看完信以后你怎么想； • 爸爸妈妈做了什么； • 后来发生了什么事。

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® IGCSE is a registered trademark. This syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. This document consists of 15 printed pages. © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/42 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2017 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 45 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 May/June 2017 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and some Cambridge O Level components.

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 2 of 15 Both traditional and simplified characters are accepted and should be marked in the same way. SECTION 1 Question Answer Marks 1 Candidates are required to list 5 items in Chinese. Read all the items the candidate has listed and award marks as follows: • Select the most correct items up to a maximum of 5 • Award 1 mark for each correct item up to a maximum of 5 • Stop ticking once 5 items have been rewarded • On Question 1 award marks for items wherever the candidate has written them • If the candidate offers more than one word per line, award a mark for each acceptable item Generic mark scheme for Question 1 • Mark for communication. Tolerate inaccuracies, provided the message is clear • Do not award marks to words written in pinyin and English • If you suspect a word is used in another region e.g.手巾、手信, please check with the team leader or award BOD • Miswritten characters: (a) Look-alike test: award the mark when the character the candidate has written looks like the correct answer e.g. strokes missing or added, but character still recognisable. However, when the miswritten character creates a new character with a different meaning, the mark cannot be awarded. (b) If a prefix or suffix is missing, or a modifier word is miswritten, award a mark if meaning is still communicated, e.g. 面条: if a candidate has only written条, it does not mean anything and a mark shouldn’t be awarded. If a candidate has written面 which contains the main meaning of the word noodle, the mark should be awarded. (c) If the mis-formed characters create a different meaning, e.g. 书木， no mark will be awarded (d) Candidates must communicate the meaning very clearly. If there are more than two characters in the answer, and the meaning is clearly communicated, we can tolerate the wrong characters, e.g.照 想机，可口可了

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 3 of 15 Question Answer Marks ACCEPT REFUSE 食物 人 饮料 动物 书 衣 玩具 木 水 火 果汁 晚衣 水果 毛巾 鞋 包 电脑 手机 皮带 大衣 毛衣 牙刷 纸 [Total mark for Question 1: 5] Session specific instructions for Question 1: Make a list in Chinese of 5 things you might put in a suitcase. (请用中文写出你可能放进旅行箱里的五件 东西。) • If there are five clearly acceptable items, e.g. food & drink, clothes, daily use items, toys, books, award marks wherever these are in the list. • If candidates list a single item with different descriptive word/adjectives, a maximum of 2 marks can be awarded, e.g. 蓝衣服、大衣服、小衣服 award 2 marks • Ignore measure words and verbs. • If more than 5 words have been written, award the 5 correct ones even outside of the space provided • If words are directly copied from the question e.g. 衣服，旅行箱，东 西，no mark will be awarded Examples are listed above. Accept anything the candidate might put in a suitcase. 5

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 4 of 15 Question Answer Marks 2 Candidates are required to answer the question. Read the whole answer and award marks as follows: • Communication: award a mark out of 10 according to the instructions in 2.1 • Language: award a mark out of 5 according to the instructions in 2.2 2.1: award a mark out of 10 for Communication Generic mark scheme for Communication (Question 2) (i) Place the appropriate ‘numbered’ tick as close as possible to each relevant communication point (ii) Award ticks flexibly across the tasks for each piece of relevant information conveyed up to a maximum of 10 ticks. HOWEVER, each of the 5 tasks must be covered to get the 10 communication marks: (iii) If 1 of the tasks is missing, the maximum communication mark is 9 (iv) If 2 of the tasks are missing, the maximum communication mark is 8 (and so on) (v) Add up the ticks to give a mark out of 10 for Communication (vi) For COMMUNICATION be tolerant of time-frames and minor character errors, provided the characters written are clear enough to be understood • for language, use ‘rules’ in Question 1: miswritten characters, etc. • incorrect word order will not usually compromise communication (vii) LISTS = a maximum of 3 marks for communication. LISTS最多给三 分。 • 我家一般妈妈、爸爸、哥哥和我做饭(3 marks)。 • 我喜欢吃饺子，我也喜欢吃包子，我还喜欢吃米饭，但是我最喜 欢吃北京烤鸭。We award 4 marks. (viii) Up to 5 further marks available for additional details (ix) Do not penalise factual errors (x) What the candidate writes may not follow the order of the tasks on the question paper – this is fine. [Total marks for Communication: 10] 10

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 5 of 15 Question Answer Marks Use of pinyin If a candidate uses pinyin in their answer, you should read the work as if the pinyin words were not there – they do not count towards the Communication mark. If the Communication requirements are still fulfilled, discounting the pinyin, the mark can be awarded. e.g. Question: 你喜欢吃什么 Answer 1: 我喜欢吃 jiao子. (pinyin is used for the word ‘jiao’. This is a key word in the sentence, and relates directly to the question. Therefore, no Communication mark can be awarded.) Answer 2: 我喜欢吃面bao. (pinyin is used for the word ‘bao’. Ignoring this word in the sentence would not affect comprehension – it is not a key word in the sentence. The Communication mark can be awarded here.) How to award marks for extra details: An extra detail is defined as any extra detail which is related in some way to any one of the five tasks. Example: 晚饭很好吃，我吃很多晚饭。我喜欢妈妈做的晚饭。 (3 Communication marks are awarded for this response) In the above example: • Award 1 tick for晚饭很好吃as this is a generic statement which addresses the requirements of task 4 • Award 1 tick for我吃很多晚饭as this is an extra detail which is relevant to task 4 • Award 1 tick for我喜欢妈妈做的晚饭as this is an extra detail which is relevant to task 4

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 6 of 15 Question Answer Marks Session specific instructions for Communication marks (Question 2): 请写一写你最喜欢的食物: Write about your favourite food. Tick Accept Refuse 1 Task: 你喜欢吃什么；What do you like to eat? REWARD: any food 2 Task: 你喜欢喝什么；what do you like to drink? REWARD: any drink 3 Task: 你家一般谁做晚饭；Who usually cooks dinner at your home? REWARD: any family members 4 晚饭怎么样；What is the dinner like? REWARD : any opinions or description, e.g. 晚饭很好吃 5 明天你想几点吃晚饭。What time do you want to have dinner tomorrow? • candidates must reference a future time frame. e.g. 明天我想 /要八点吃晚饭。 REWARD any time given 明天我想早上八点吃晚 饭。 Time should be from 12 noon onward

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 7 of 15 Question Answer Marks 2.2: award a mark out of 5 for Accuracy of Language Generic mark scheme for Language (Question 2): If some characters are written incorrectly without hindering communication, candidates should not be penalised in the Language mark. • Award a mark out of 5 for Language according to the Grade descriptors in the table below (see Note on using mark schemes with Grade descriptors (last page of mark scheme)): Grade descriptors for Language (Question 2) 5 Highly accurate in the use of simpler structures, with occasional minor slips. 4 Accurate in the use of simpler structures, except for occasional more serious errors/more frequent slips. 3 Generally accurate, but with increased incidence of more serious errors. 2 Substantially inaccurate, despite several examples of accurate usage. 1 Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of accurate usage. 0 No examples of accurate usage [Total marks for Language: 5] *Consider the whole answer when awarding mark for language [Total for Question 2: 15 marks] 5 Very short answers If a response is under 40 characters long, a maximum of 4 marks for Language can be awarded. Pinyin The volume of pinyin in the answer should be considered when awarding the Language mark. If pinyin is used extensively, it is no longer genuinely a piece of Chinese writing. Occasional use of pinyin will not affect marking for Language, but for essays written predominantly in pinyin (i.e. more pinyin than characters) this must be taken into account in the Language mark.

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 8 of 15 SECTION 2 Question Answer Marks 3 Candidates answer 1 question from a choice of 3. Read the whole answer and award marks, as follows: • Communication: award a mark out of 5 according to the instructions in 3.1 • Language: • award a mark out of 5 for Accuracy of Characters according to the instructions in 3.2 • award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures according to the instructions in 3.3 • award an Impression mark out of 5 according to the instructions in 3.4 3.1 – award a mark out of 5 for Communication Generic mark scheme for Communication (Question 3): (i) There are 5 relevant communication points per question, each worth a maximum of 1 mark. (ii) For each relevant communication point, use the appropriate numbered tick and place 1 of these ticks as close as possible to each relevant communication point (iii) Add up the ticks to give a mark out of 5 for Communication [Total marks for Communication: 5] 5

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 9 of 15 Question Answer Marks 3(a) Session specific instructions for Communication marks (Question 3): Question 3(a): 你的笔友想了解你最喜欢的一位演员。请给笔友写一封信， 信里说说： Your pen-pal would like to know about your favourite actor/actress. Tick Accept Mark 1 他/她是哪国人；what is his/her nationality? [1] Allow any nationality 2 长得怎么样；What does he/she look like? [1] Allow any description 3 他/她来过你的国家吗； Have he/she been to your country? [1] ACCEPT: Yes / No / Not sure Note: take into account the presence (or omission) of the verbal marker 过when awarding the mark for Accuracy of Grammar. This is not needed for the communication mark. 4 除了演电影以外，他/她还做过什么； Apart from acting, what else has he/she done? [1] ACCEPT: Yes / No / Not sure REWARD: anything or any job Note: take into account the presence (or omission) of the verbal marker 过when awarding the mark for Accuracy of Grammar. This is not needed for the communication mark. 5 你为什么喜欢他/她。 Why do you like him/her? Any opinion, justification [1] 5

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 10 of 15 Question Answer Marks 3(b) Question 3(b): 《中学生杂志》想了解一下学生对公园的看法。请给杂志写 一篇文章，谈一谈： “Middle School Magazine” wants to know students’ views on parks. Tick Accept Mark 1 你家附近有没有公园； Is there a park near your home? [1] present time frame 2 最近你跟谁一起去了公园； Whom did you go to the park with recently? [1] Allow any person or pet Past time frame 3 你们在公园做了什么； What did you do in the park? [1] Any activity, past time frame Present tense allowed if it implies past tense Future tense or conditional clauses (如果。。就), the mark can’t be awarded 4 你觉得那个公园怎么样； What do you think of the park? [1] any opinion and description 5 你觉得有公园对中学生有什么好处。 What are the benefits of having a park for middle school students? Any justification [1] 5

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 11 of 15 Question Answer Marks 3(c) Question 3(c): 昨天你收到了从学校寄来的一封信，你马上拿给爸爸妈妈 看。请说说： Yesterday you received a letter from your school and you immediately showed it to your parents. (narrative) Tick Accept Mark 1 信里写了什么；what was the letter about? [1] Allow any matters past time frame 2 看完信以后你怎么想；What did you think after reading the letter? [1] Allow any reaction/justification 3 爸爸妈妈做了什么；What did your parents do? [1] Reward any action which is related to the letter 4 后来发生了什么事；What happened afterwards? [1] Allow any consequence / sequence of events expressed in past time-frame, future tense can’t be awarded 5 Appropriate elaboration of one of the bullet points [1] Additional communication mark awarded flexibly for extra detail relating to any of the first four bullet points in the question. 5

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 12 of 15 Question Answer Marks 3.2 – award a mark out of 5 for Accuracy of Characters Generic mark scheme for Accuracy of Characters (Question 3): • Award a mark out of 5 for Accuracy of Characters according to the Grade descriptors in the table below: Grade descriptors for Accuracy of Characters (Question 3) 5 Highly accurate, with a wide range of characters including some more difficult or unusual ones correctly written, with occasional minor slips. 4 A good range of characters attempted with easy and moderately easy characters correctly written. 3 Limited range, but with most easy characters correctly written (or a wide range with a lot of errors). 2 A number of examples of easy characters correctly written. 1 Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of correctly written characters. 0 No examples of correctly written characters. [Total marks for Accuracy of Characters: 5] 5

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 13 of 15 Question Answer Marks 3.3 – award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures Generic mark scheme for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures (Question 3): • Award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures according to the Grade descriptors in the table below: Grade descriptors for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures (Question 3) 10/9 Highly accurate including use of more complex structures, but with occasional minor slips. 8/7 A little more ambitious than the 5/6 band. Accurate in the use of simple structures, except for occasional more serious errors/more frequent slips. 6/5 Limited in range, but displays some control of simple structures. 4/3 Inconsistent, but a number of examples of accurate usage. 2/1 Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of accurate usage. 0 No examples of accurate usage. [Total marks for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures: 10] 10 How to deal with short essays If the candidate has written less than half the suggested number of characters (75 or less), a maximum of 3 marks can be awarded for Accuracy of Characters and 5 marks for Grammar/Structures. An essay of 75–100 characters can be awarded a maximum of 4 marks for Accuracy of characters and 7 for Grammar/Structures. For a letter, the addressee and ending greeting are not included in the word count. Pinyin The volume of pinyin in the answer should be considered when awarding the Language mark. If pinyin is used extensively, it is no longer genuinely a piece of Chinese writing. Occasional use of pinyin will not affect marking for Language, but for essays written predominantly in pinyin (i.e. more pinyin than characters) this must be taken into account in the Language mark.

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 14 of 15 Question Answer Marks 3.4 – award a mark out of 5 for Impression Award a mark out of 5 for Impression according to the conversion table below. Conversion Table for Impression (Question 3) Mark out of 15 (for Accuracy of Language) Pro rata (General Impression) Max 5 15 5 14 5 13 4 12 4 11 4 10 3 9 3 8 2 7 2 6 2 5 1 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 [Total mark for Impression: 5] [Total for Question 3: 25 marks] 5

0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 15 of 15 Note on using mark schemes with Grade descriptors It is important that you award marks positively. In order to ensure that you reward achievement rather than penalise failure or omissions, you should start at the bottom of the mark scheme and work upwards through the descriptors when awarding marks. You should adopt a ‘best fit’ approach. You must select the set of descriptors provided in the mark scheme that most closely describes the quality of the work being marked. As you work upwards through the mark scheme, you will eventually arrive at a set of descriptors that fits the candidate’s performance. When you reach this point, you should always then check the descriptors in the band above to confirm whether or not there is just enough evidence to award a mark in the higher band. For example when marking Question 3, you may, find that a candidate uses a variety of relevant vocabulary but has varied success with more complex structures. In such cases, you will need to award a mark that takes into account both the strengths and weaknesses of the piece of work. To select the most appropriate mark within each set of descriptors, you should use the following guidance: • If most of the descriptors fit the piece (and after you have considered the band above), then you will award the top mark in the band. • If there is just enough evidence (and you had perhaps been considering the band below), then you would award the lowest mark in the band. Note on irrelevant material In the case of a deliberately evasive answer which consists entirely of irrelevant material exploited in defiance of the rubric, a score of 0 is given. These are extremely rare. A genuine attempt to answer the question which fails due to a misunderstanding of the rubric will normally lose Communication marks but will score for Language. You should consult your Team Leader.