Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2019 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 3

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 0547/43 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2019 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. NL 167341/2 © UCLES 2019 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education This syllabus is regulated for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. * 4 0 5 8 3 9 1 3 0 4 *

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3 [Turn over 0547/43/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 第一部分 Section 1 问题一 Question 1 请用中文写出你去野餐要带的五件东西。 Make a list in Chinese of five things you want to take to a picnic. 例： 筷子 … 1 … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5 … [Total: 5]

4 0547/43/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 问题二 Question 2 你住的地方有一个植物园。请写一写： Write about a botanic garden where you live. Say: · 植物园里有什么； · 谁常常去那里； · 在那里，你最喜欢做什么； · 那里的工作人员怎么样； · 你想再去那里吗；为什么。 用中文写80–100 个字。 Write 80–100 characters in Chinese. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total: 15]

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6 0547/43/M/J/19 © UCLES 2019 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))。写一百五十字左右。 Choose one of the following topics (3(a) or 3(b) or 3(c)) and write about 150 Chinese characters. (a) 你最近去旅行了，你对旅馆不满意。请给奶奶写一封信。信里说说： · 你和谁一起去的； · 你们在旅馆住了多长时间； · 你觉得早餐怎么样； · 你为什么对旅馆不满意； · 下次旅行你想去哪里。 or 或者 (b) 《学校周报》想了解一下大家对新的课外活动的看法。请给报社写一篇文章， 谈一谈： · 你以前参加过什么课外活动； · 学校有什么新的课外活动； · 这些活动是从什么时候开始的； · 这些活动对学生有什么好处； · 你觉得这些活动怎么样。 or 或者 (c) 你到一个朋友家参加派对，但是发现那里没有人： • 你是什么时候到的； • 这是什么派对； • 他／她为什么不在家； • 你打算怎么找到他／她； • 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 14 printed pages. © UCLES 2019 [Turn over Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/43 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2019 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 International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2019 series for most Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and some Cambridge O Level components.

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 2 of 14 Both simplified and traditional characters are accepted and should be marked in the same way. Question Answer Marks SECTION 1 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 5 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 • 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.中语书

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 3 of 14 Question Answer Marks 1 Session specific instructions for Question 1: 请用中文写出你去野餐要带的五件东西。 Make a list in Chinese of five things you want to take to a picnic. • Accept any reasonable items • If candidates list a single item with different descriptive word/adjectives, a maximum of 2 marks can be awarded • Ignore measure words • 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, no mark will be awarded. 5 The following are examples. Accept anything the candidate might want to take on a picnic. 肉，食物，饮料，盘子，碗 Total for Question 1: 5 marks

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 4 of 14 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 15 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 o for language, use ‘rules’ in Question 1: miswritten characters, etc. o incorrect word order will not usually compromise communication (vii) LISTS = a maximum of 3 marks for communication. LISTS最多给三分。 o 我星期一、星期二、星期三、星期四、星期五都有外语课。(3 marks) (viii) Up to 5 further marks available for additional details (ix) 我我我我我我我我我 欢 欢 欢。Award 1 mark since it is one sentence without a comma. (x) Do not penalise factual errors (xi) What the candidate writes may not follow the order of the tasks on the question paper – this is fine Total marks for Communication: 10

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 5 of 14 Question Answer Marks 2 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. See 2.2 page 12 for Language marks. 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: 星期一我有中文课，星期二我有西班牙语课，星期三我有拉丁语 课，星期四我上英语课。(4 Communication marks are awarded for this response) However, if the extra piece of information is not directly answering any of the bullet points, we only award 1 mark even if it is a list, e.g. 我学中文(1 mark)，我还学数学、化学、科学等科目 (1 mark). 15

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 6 of 14 Question Answer Marks 2 Session specific instructions for Communication marks (Question 2): 你住的地方有一个植物园。请写一写： Write about a botanic garden where you live. Say: Tick Answer Guidance 1 植物园里有什么； What does the botanic garden have? REWARD: any relevant feature Present timeframe 2 谁常常去那里； Who goes there often? REWARD: any suitable answer Present timeframe 3 在那里，你最喜欢做什么； What do you most like doing there? REWARD: any activities Present timeframe 4 Task: 那里的工作人员怎么样； What are the staff like there? REWARD: any opinions or description Opinion 5 Task:你想再去那里吗；为什么。 Would you like to go there again? Why? REWARD: any relevant answer Future time frame, opinion 15

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 7 of 14 Question Answer Marks 2 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] [Total for Question 2: 15 marks] 15 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.

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 8 of 14 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 25 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]

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 9 of 14 Question Answer Marks 3 Session specific instructions for Communication marks (Question 3): Question 3(a): 你最近去旅行了，你对旅馆不满意。请给奶奶写一封信。信里说说： You recently went on a trip. You were not satisfied with the hotel. Please write a letter to your grandma and in it say: Tick Accept Mark 1 你和谁一起去的； With whom you went on the trip; [1] REWARD: anyone 2 你们在旅馆住了多长长长； How long you stayed at the hotel; [1] REWARD: any duration 3 你觉得早餐怎么么； What you thought of the breakfast; [1] REWARD: any opinion 4 你为什么么旅馆不满意； Why you were not happy with the hotel; REWARD: any relevant answer [1] 5 [1] 下次旅行你想去哪里。 Next time you travel, where you want to go. REWARD: any time in future timeframe or a future time phrase 25

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 10 of 14 Question Answer Marks 3 Question 3(b): 《学校周报》想了解一下大家对新的课外活动的看法。请给报社写一篇文章 ，谈一谈： The Weekly School News wants to know what everyone thinks of the new extra-curricular activities. Please write an article for the newspaper, discussing Tick Accept Mark 1 你以前参加过什么课外活动； What activity you participated in before; Allow any activity, past timeframe [1] 2 学校有什么新的课外活动； What the new activities in the school are; Allow any activities, present timeframe [1] 3 这些活动是从什么时候开始的； When these activities started; Allow any relevant answer, past timeframe [1] 4 这些活动对学生有什么好处 What benefit do these activities have for students Allow any opinion [1] 5 你觉得这些活动怎么样。 What your opinion of the new activities is. Allow any opinion [1] 25 Question 3(c): 你到一个朋友家参加派对，但是发现那里没有人： You went to a friend’s house for a party but discover no one is there. Tick Accept Mark 1 你是什么时候到的； When you arrived Allow any relevant answer [1] 2 这是什么派对; What the party was for Allow any relevant answer [1] 3 他／她为什么不在家 Why he/she is not at home Allow any reason or justification [1] 4 你打算怎么找到他／她 How you are going to find him/her; Allow any relevant answer [1] 5 后来发生了什么事； What happened next. Allow any sequence of events/explanation expressed in past timeframe [1]

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 11 of 14 Question Answer Marks 3 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] 25

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 12 of 14 Question Answer Marks 3 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] 25 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.

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 13 of 14 Question Answer Marks 3 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] 25

0547/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2019 © UCLES 2019 Page 14 of 14 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.