Cambridge IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) - Foreign Language 0547 — 2024 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 2

0547/42/M/J/24 · 45 marks · ≈51 min

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MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/42 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2024 1 hour 15 minutes You must answer on the question paper. No additional materials are needed. INSTRUCTIONS ● Answer three questions in total: Answer Question 1. Answer Question 2. Answer either Question 3(a) or Question 3(b). ● Use a black or dark blue pen. ● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. ● Write your answer to each question in the space provided. ● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid. ● Do not write on any bar codes. ● Dictionaries are not allowed. INFORMATION ● The total mark for this paper is 45. ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ]. NL 330448/1 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over This document has 8 pages. Any blank pages are indicated. Cambridge IGCSE™ * 0 0 2 4 4 7 1 0 6 5 * , , * 0019656626301 * ¬Oz> 3mEsa‚U~-tE€W ¬78kGD‡`ƒqŒ6œn‚ ¥UUUuUe•5U¥•5¥e¥5U

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2 0547/42/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 1 你是张云。你邀请朋友白水参加一个派对。请用中文 中文填写下面的邀请信。 You are Zhang Yun. You are inviting your friend Bai Shui to a party. Please fill in the following invitation letter in Chinese: 朋友姓名 白水 派对日期 … 派对时间 下午四点到六点 派对地点 … 要带的东西 (写两个) …;… 要穿什么 … 我的手机 07888-999000 [5] * 0019656626302 * , , ĬÍú¾Ġ³íÅóáĂÕþ°òÇþ× Ĭ·¶ìÆĩÈġ×ðõĎ´À¯äöĂ ĥąÅÕµµĥõąĕµÕµåÅåĕÕ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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3 0547/42/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 [Turn over 2 你喜欢散步。请写一写: You like to go walking. Write about: • 你一般什么时候去散步; • 你常常跟谁去散步; • 你喜欢在哪里散步; • 在那里你常常看见什么; • 下个周末那里有什么活动。 用中文 中文写80–100个字。 Write 80–100 characters in Chinese. 90 180 [12] * 0019656626303 * , , ĬÏú¾Ġ³íÅóáĂÕþ°ôÇþ× Ĭ·µë¾ğÌđâĊČÛĨ¸īäĆĂ ĥąµĕõÕąĕĕĥĥÕµÅåĥąÕ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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4 0547/42/M/J/24 © UCLES 2024 3 从题目3(a)和3(b)中选择一个 一个,用中文 中文写150个字左右。 Answer Question 3(a) or Question 3(b). Write about 150 characters in Chinese. (a) 帮忙 帮忙 你在一个儿童活动中心帮忙。写一封电子邮件给你的朋友,说说: • 你从什么时候开始在那里帮忙; • 你在那里做过什么; • 那里的环境怎么样; • 你为什么在那里帮忙; • 明年你想去什么地方帮忙。 [28] 或者 或者 (b) 照顾老人 照顾老人 《中学生杂志》想了解学生对照顾老人的看法。请给杂志写一篇文章,说 说: • 你在哪里照顾老人; • 你照顾过什么样的老人; • 你为他/她做了什么; • 你觉得照顾老人怎么样; • 照顾老人后你有什么变化; [28] 90 * 0019656626304 * , , ĬÍú¾Ġ³íÅóáĂÕþ®òÇĀ× Ĭ·µê¾ĥºĘÕĈăÔÆĜÉ´îĂ ĥµĥĕµÕąµõÅĕÕõÅąĥĕÕ DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN DO NOT WRITE IN THIS MARGIN

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This document consists of 17 printed pages. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 [Turn over Cambridge IGCSE™ MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/42 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2024 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 2024 series for most Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and some Cambridge O Level components.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 2 of 17 Generic Marking Principles These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptions for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1: Marks must be awarded in line with:  the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question  the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question  the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2: Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3: Marks must be awarded positively:  marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate  marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do  marks are not deducted for errors  marks are not deducted for omissions  answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4: Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 3 of 17 GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5: Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6: Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 4 of 17 Additional guidance  Crossing out: (a) If a candidate changes his/her mind over an answer and crosses out an attempt, award a mark if the final attempt is correct. (b) If a candidate crosses out an answer to a whole question but makes no second attempt at it, mark the crossed out work.  For Questions 2 and 3, if the candidate has written an answer in the space provided for that purpose, you should ignore anything written anywhere else, unless: (a) there is an indication from the candidate that other material should be considered. (b) the candidate has continued their answer outside the space provided. (c) there is no answer in the space provided.  Annotation used in the Mark Scheme: (a) tc = ‘tout court’ and means that on its own the material is not sufficient to score the mark.  No response and ‘0’ marks (a) Award NR (No Response): If there is nothing written at all in the answer space or If there is only a comment which does not in any way relate to the question being asked (e.g. ‘can’t do’ or ‘don’t know’) or If there is only a mark which isn’t an attempt at the question (e.g. a dash, a question mark). (b) Award 0: If there is any attempt that earns no credit. This could, for example, include the candidate copying all or some of the question, or any working that does not earn any marks, whether crossed out or not.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 5 of 17  Optional questions: Mark all questions attempted by the candidate. Where the candidate attempts more than one of the alternatives in Question 3, the marking system will take the best mark.  Using mark schemes with grade descriptors: Start at the bottom of the mark scheme and work upwards through the descriptors when awarding marks. The marker should look at the work and then make a judgement about which level statement is the ‘best fit’. In practice, work does not always match one level statement precisely so a judgement may need to be made between two or more level statements. Once a ‘best-fit’ level statement has been identified, use the following guidance to decide on a specific mark: – If the candidate’s work convincingly meets the level statement, award the highest mark. – If the candidate’s work adequately meets the level statement, award the most appropriate mark in the middle of the range (where middle marks are available). – If the candidate’s work just meets the level statement, award the lowest mark.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 6 of 17 Detailed mark scheme Question Answer Marks 1 Candidates are required to complete 5 gaps in Chinese. Read all of the items that the candidate has listed and award marks as follows:  Award 1 mark for each correct item.  On Question 1, award marks for items wherever the candidate has written them provided the candidate has made clear which part of the form they refer to.  Mark for communication. Tolerate inaccuracies, provided the message is clear. Ignore any measure word, possessive adjective, etc. Ignore any verbs.  If a character is inaccurate, start by referring to the table below. Refer to the questions below if no decision on the character you have encountered is recorded there.  Does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer, e.g. one stroke missing but no other word created? Would a native speaker of the target language understand it?  Reject inaccurate characters which suggest a word with a quite different meaning.  All answers must fulfil the communicative purpose described in the rubric. 5

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 7 of 17 Question Answer Marks 1 你是张云。你邀请朋友白水参加一个派对。请用中文填写下面的邀请信。 You are Zhang Yun. You are inviting your friend Bai Shui to a party. Please fill in the following invitation letter in Chinese ACCEPT Reject Gap 1 Any appropriate date, e.g. 一月八号 Refuse vocabulary which cannot be considered as a date e.g. 二零二二年、2024年5月3号、日期五、 . Gap 2 Any appropriate places, e.g. 学校、运动中心 Refuse English address and vocabulary which cannot be considered as a places e.g. 中国. If the key word in pinyin, e.g. 餐guan前面, 我的jia, although three or two characters are correct, mark cannot be awarded. Gaps 3 + 4 (1 mark each) Any appropriate items, e.g. 包、礼物、水瓶、手机 Refuse vocabulary which cannot be considered as a items e.g. 人、电信、毛子、手现、有趣、可了、咖非、阳光大夏、午奶、气水、 看电影、画画、踢足球 Gap 5 (1 mark) Any appropriate clothing items, e.g. 运动衣、鞋、正式的服装、自己的衣 服 Refuse vocabulary which cannot be considered as a clothes e.g. 眼镜、酉装、上依、有趣、白色的上穿、黑色或者百色、以衣、手衣

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 8 of 17 Question Answer Marks 2 你喜欢散步。请写一写: You like to go walking. Write about:  你一般什么时候去散步;  你常常跟谁去散步;  你喜欢在哪里散步;  在那里你常常看见什么;  下个周末那里有什么活动。 用中文写80–100个字。 Write 80–100 characters in Chinese. Read the whole answer and award a mark out of 12 using the table below. Additional guidance 1 For TC (Task Completion)1+2: 我一般喜欢早上跟爸爸妈妈一起去散步。We can award both tick 1 and tick 2 2 For TC4: 不但如果你去公园散步可yi看红色的hua,而且风景如画。We can award tick 4 without 常常 3 For TC5: if there is no mention of a future tense, TC5 should not be awarded. If the candidate does not refer back to the place where they take a walk, the mark should not be awarded. 12

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 9 of 17 Marks Descriptor Guidance 10–12  Completes all tasks in the required level of detail.  Provides consistently relevant information and opinions.  Meaning is clear and communication is achieved, although there may be some linguistic inaccuracies.  Uses straightforward vocabulary and structures.  (Links words and phrases using a range of simple connectors.) Examples of linguistic inaccuracies: word order, time frames, characters Examples of linking words and phrases: and, or, but, because, then 7–9  Completes most tasks in the required level of detail.  Provides mostly relevant information and opinions.  Meaning is mostly clear and communication is generally achieved, despite linguistic inaccuracies.  Uses limited vocabulary and structures with some repetition.  (Some attempt to link words and phrases using a range of simple connectors.) 3–4 tasks 4–6  Completes some tasks with some of the required detail.  Provides some relevant information.  Meaning is sometimes clear and some communication is achieved, despite linguistic inaccuracies.  Uses basic vocabulary and structures with frequent repetition.  (Some attempt to link words or phrases using a limited range of simple connectors repetitively (e.g. and, or).) 2–3 tasks 1–3  Attempts task(s), with little or none of the required detail.  May provide information; is almost always irrelevant.  Meaning is unclear and communication is rarely achieved.  Uses isolated words/phrases appropriate to the task.  (Little attempt to link words or phrases.) 1–2 task(s) 0  No creditable content.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 10 of 17 Numbered ticks will be added to the list of annotations to help with task completion. If a candidate has completed most tasks rather than all, but the 10–12 descriptors are the best fit in other respects, then the answer can, in theory, access the lower end of the 10–12 band. On the contrary, if they complete all tasks without submitting much detail, they will drop to the 7–9 band. Very short answers If a response is under 40 characters long, a maximum of 6 marks can be awarded. If a response is between 40–75 characters long, a maximum of 11 marks can be awarded. Pinyin Occasional use of pinyin will not affect marking for communication, but for essays written predominantly in pinyin (i.e. more pinyin than characters) this must be taken into account for marks.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 11 of 17 Question Answer Marks 从题目3(a)和3(b)中选择一个,用中文写150个字左右。 Answer Question 3(a) or Question 3(b). Write about 150 characters in Chinese. 3(a) 帮忙 你在一个儿童活动中心帮忙。写一封电子邮件给你的朋友,说说:  你从什么时候开始在那里帮忙;  你在那里做过什么;  那里的环境怎么样;  你为什么在那里帮忙;  明年你想去什么地方帮忙。 Additional guidance 1 For TC (Task Completion) 1: Exact time can be tolerated e.g. 从八点开始帮忙. 2 For TC2: 我在那里做过有一咖啡店,我去咖啡店喝咖啡。If the activity is not relevant to helping people, tick 2 cannot be awarded. In contrast , 我们做帮学生打篮球和打乒乓球。tick2 can be awarded 3 For TC5: 明年我想去不一样的国家因为… if there is no mention of 帮忙, tick5 cannot be awarded. 4 If the setting is wrong, e.g. candidates misunderstood the question and wrote about working in a restaurant rather than helping in a children’s centre, task completion (TC) cannot be awarded. 28

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 12 of 17 Question Answer Marks 3(b) 或者 照顾老人 《中学生杂志》想了解学生对照顾老人的看法。请给杂志写一篇文章,说说:  你在哪里照顾老人;  你照顾过什么样老人;  你为他/她做了什么;  你觉得照顾老人怎么样;  照顾老人后你有什么变化。 Read the whole answer, award a mark from each of the three tables below and add up the total. Marks are available for:  task completion (maximum 10 marks)  range (maximum 10 marks)  accuracy (maximum 8 marks). 28

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 13 of 17 Task completion Marks Descriptor 9–10  Completes all tasks.  Gives detailed information, opinions/reactions and explanations.  The writing is focused and wholly relevant. 7–8  Completes most tasks.  Gives straightforward information, opinions/reactions and explanations.  The writing is mostly relevant.  3–4 tasks 5–6  Completes some tasks.  Gives some information, opinions and simple explanations.  The writing is more relevant than irrelevant.  2–3 tasks 3–4  Attempts some tasks with some success.  Gives basic information and opinions.  The writing is occasionally relevant.  1–2 tasks 1–2  Attempts task(s) with little or no success.  Gives some information and is almost always irrelevant.  0–1 task 0  No creditable response.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 14 of 17 Task completion Numbered ticks will be added to the list of annotations to help award marks for Task completion. A response can only be considered complete if all elements of all part-questions are attempted reasonably successfully. If a task is What did you think about the movie? and the candidate answers The movie was interesting (and nothing else), then they do not meet the criteria Gives detailed information, opinions/reactions and explanations. If a candidate has completed most tasks rather than all, but the 9–10 descriptors are the best fit in other respects, then the answer can, in theory, access the lower end of the 9–10 band. If a candidate completes all tasks without submitting much detail, they will drop to the 7–8 band.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 15 of 17 Range Marks Descriptor 9–10  Uses extended, well-linked sentences frequently.  Uses a wide range of simple and complex structures listed in the syllabus to produce sentences of varying length.  Uses a wide range of vocabulary appropriate to the task(s). 7–8  Uses some extended sentences, mostly well linked.  Uses a range of structures listed in the syllabus, including some complex structures, to produce sentences of varying length.  Uses a range of vocabulary appropriate to the task(s) with occasional repetition. 5–6  Uses some extended sentences, with some evidence of linkage.  Uses simple structures and attempts to use some complex structures listed in the syllabus.  Uses mostly straightforward vocabulary appropriate to the task(s) with some repetition. 3–4  Uses simple structures and makes no attempt at using the complex structures listed in the syllabus.  Relies on repeated use of a small range of straightforward vocabulary. 1–2  Uses isolated phrases and makes some attempt at basic structures.  Relies on repetition of a small range of basic vocabulary. 0  No creditable response.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 16 of 17 Accuracy Marks Descriptor 7–8  Writing in characters and use of grammar are accurate; not necessarily faultless.  Occasional errors in characters and grammar do not impede communication. 5–6  Mostly accurate writing in characters and use of grammar.  Errors in characters and grammar sometimes impede communication. 3–4  Some accurate writing in characters and use of grammar.  Errors in characters and grammar frequently impede communication. 1–2  Rarely accurate writing in characters and use of grammar.  Errors in characters and grammar persistently impede communication. 0  No creditable response. 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 5 for Range and 4 for Accuracy An essay of 75–100 characters can be awarded a maximum of 7 for Range and 6 for Accuracy. 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 Accuracy 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 Accuracy, but for essays written predominantly in pinyin (i.e. more pinyin than characters) this must be taken into account in the Accuracy mark.

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0547/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2024 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 Page 17 of 17 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, use the following guidance:  If most of the descriptors fit the piece (and after you have considered the band above), award the top mark in the band.  If there is just enough evidence (and you had perhaps been considering the band below), award the lowest mark in the band. Irrelevance  Sections of material unrelated to any of the bullet points will be disregarded.  If the whole answer to Question 3 is irrelevant (e.g. contains no evidence of being related to the bullet points set), award 0 for Task completion, Range and Accuracy.  If Question 3 is attempted but communication is not achieved (i.e. the candidate misunderstood the question), award a maximum of 8 for Range and a best fit for Task completion and Accuracy.

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2024 May/June, Paper 4 · Variant 2. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A28/45
B20/45
C13/45
D10/45
E7/45
F5/45
G3/45