Cambridge IGCSE German - Foreign Language 0525 — 2007 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 1

0525/41/M/J/07 · 50 marks · ≈56 min

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This document consists of 4 printed pages. IB07 06_0525_04/4RP © UCLES 2007 [Turn over *7609886288* For Examiner's Use 1 2 Total UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education GERMAN 0525/04 Paper 4 Continuous Writing May/June 2007 1 hour 15 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No additional materials are required. 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. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer either Question 1 (a) or Question 1 (b) and Question 2. All questions on this paper carry equal marks. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. www.XtremePapers.com

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2 © UCLES 2007 0525/04/M/J/07 1 Wählen Sie eins der Themen (entweder 1(a) oder 1(b)). Schreiben Sie nicht mehr als 140 Worte. (a) Ihre Groβmutter hat bald Geburtstag und Ihre Eltern möchten eine Überraschungsparty für sie organisieren. Sie helfen Ihren Eltern einen Saal zu finden. Sie schreiben einen Brief an die Managerin. • Stellen Sie sich vor. • Erklären Sie, wie alt Ihre Groβmutter wird. • Schreiben Sie, wann Sie den Saal haben möchten. • Sagen Sie, was Sie für die Party planen. • Bitten Sie um Auskunft über: - Mietkosten - Parkmöglichkeiten (b) Sie müssen im kommenden Schuljahr eine neue Sprache in der Schule lernen. Sie schreiben einen Brief an Ihren deutschen Brieffreund/Ihre deutsche Brieffreundin. • Erklären Sie, welche Sprachen Sie schon lernen. • Sagen Sie, wie oft Sie Sprachunterricht haben. • Erklären Sie, welche Sprache Sie im kommenden Schuljahr lernen werden. • Sagen Sie, was Sie von dem neuen Schulfach halten. • Bitten Sie Ihren Freund/Ihre Freundin, etwas über den Sprachunterricht in seiner/ihrer Schule zu erzählen.

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3 © UCLES 2007 0525/04/M/J/07 [Turn over For Examiner's Use SCHREIBEN SIE IHRE ANTWORT AUF DIE FRAGE 1 AUF DIESE SEITE

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4 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. © UCLES 2007 0525/04/M/J/07 For Examiner's Use 2 Sie waren auf Urlaub mit Freunden und machten eine Wanderung in den Bergen. Plötzlich bemerkten Sie, dass einer der Freunde nicht mehr mit der Gruppe war. Erzählen Sie, was weiterhin geschah. Schreiben Sie nicht mehr als 140 Worte.

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2007 question paper 0525 FOREIGN LANGUAGE GERMAN 0525/04 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. All Examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills demonstrated. 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 2007 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. www.XtremePapers.com

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Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 25 marks per question. Each question is marked over a maximum of 140 words. 1 Communication: 5 marks Put a stroke in the right-hand margin for each of the 5 relevant points. Record 0 for a failure to score a point. 2 Language: 15 marks Examiners are required to award ticks beside each Marking Unit which is substantially correct. Errors are not to be indicated. The total number of ticks should be recorded at the foot of the page and converted to a mark out of 15 using the Conversion table at the end of the mark scheme. 3 General Impression: 5 marks The pro rata mark based on the Language mark should serve as the first guide. This mark should be adjusted up or down by one mark where this is justified by positive or negative qualities of the candidate’s work. 0–1 Does not rise above the requirements for the Directed Writing task in Paper 2. 2 Fairly good use of idiom, vocabulary, structures and appropriate tenses. 3 Good use of the above. 4 Very good use of the above. 5 Excellent use of the above.

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Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 Accuracy will be assessed using the generic marking scheme attached. Relevant Communication 1 (a) 1 point for each of the following: • Stellen Sie sich vor. • Erklären Sie, wie alt Ihre Groβmutter wird. • Schreiben Sie, wann Sie den Saal haben möchten. • Sagen Sie, was Sie für die Party planen. • Bitten Sie um Auskunft über: Mietkosten; Parkmöglichkeiten. Where applicable, both points are required to gain the mark. [Total: 5] (b) 1 point for each of the following: Erklären Sie, welche Sprachen Sie schon lernen. Sagen Sie, wie oft Sie Sprachunterricht haben. Erklären Sie, welche Sprache Sie im kommenden Schuljahr lernen werden. Sagen Sie, was Sie von dem neuen Schulfach halten. Bitten Sie Ihren Freund / Ihre Freundin, etwas über den Sprachunterricht in seiner / ihrer Schule zu erzählen. [Total: 5] 2 1 mark up to 10 is available for each point relevant to the development of the storyline in an appropriate tense, excluding transcription of the rubric. Total: 10 which is then halved to give Relevant Communication points out of 5.

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Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 LANGUAGE MARKS General Comments This positive marking scheme is intended to reward both accuracy and ambition. No marks are deducted for errors. There is no 'impression marking' as such; candidates are awarded a mark for General Impression based on their level of accuracy. Punctuation Incorrect punctuation will be tolerated. Capitals Capitals should be used where appropriate, e.g. with nouns. Repetition Rule of three, i.e. that only the first three examples of identical lexis and structure in identical circumstances will be rewarded. Accuracy In letters, ignore any address or date. Ignore also any title which the candidate has invented. No marks may be gained for these items. Irrelevant Material No marks may be obtained for clearly irrelevant material. Count such material in the word count, but bracket it. Lifted Material A maximum of five ticks may be awarded in each instance for lifted material. Word Limit Count up to exactly 140 words. Award no more ticks thereafter, either for Communication or Language. Marking Units A tick is awarded for a correct Marking Unit of which each element is correct. The tick is recorded over the scoring word. Letter Etiquette Do not reward any words used in Frage 2 for letter etiquette when a letter is not required. Start of a Letter Reward with a tick the correct use of a suitable opening in a formal or informal letter; greetings would gain a tick if used correctly in informal letters only. Preamble A maximum of five ticks may be awarded for introductory material. Letter Ending Allow a maximum of three ticks for all formal and informal ‘politesses’.

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Page 5 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 A VERBS 1 Subject/Verb Accord. The verb agrees with the number and person of the subject. Ich, man, wir, Sie, and sie must be correctly written. The present tenses of haben and sein also score ticks, if appropriate. Ich spielt Tennis  Der Hunt hört das Kind Ich speile Tennis Der ist vier katzen hier Mann kann hier schwimmen Herr Schmidt, sie sind nett Wie wohnen in Bonn  Er hat ein Hunt 2 Compound Tenses. An auxiliary and a past participle in the correct position gains one tick (i.e. one tick per correct verbal unit).  Ich habe ein Buch gekauft Ich hat mit den Bus gefahren Wir harben gefahren mit Bus  Wir sind mit Bus gefahren 3 Separable Verbs. A tick for each correct siting of the separable prefix, if the verb is entirely correct (i.e. correct spelling and position). Ich beilege ein Foto   Ich lege ein Foto bei  Ich habe mitgemacht Ich habe gemitmacht 4 Imperatives. A tick for correct use.  Schreib bald!  Schreiben Sie, ob… Schrieben Sie bald!

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Page 6 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 5 Correct use and positioning of infinitives (after modal verbs, um...zu, ohne…zu, (an)statt...zu or simple zu clause): 1 tick for the correct use and spelling of the infinitive and an additional tick (i.e. conditional upon correct infinitive) for the correct use and spelling of um, zu etc. Ohne…zu is credited where correctly sited. Modal and infinitive and werden and infinitive: infinitive credited where correctly formed and sited.  Ich kann Tennis spielen Ich kann spielen Tennis   Ohne einen Augenblick zu verlieren Ohne einen Augenblick zu verleiren  Ich versuche, ein Buch um zu finden Ich versucht vorbeikommen 6 Inversion gains an extra tick, but only if the syntax and spelling are correct:  Oft ich gehe allein   Oft gehe ich allein Oft geht ich allein

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Page 7 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 B NOUNS AND PRONOUNS 1 Nominative Case: a tick will be given for any correctly used and spelled noun in the Nominative preceded by a correctly used definite or indefinite article. Give credit for correct use of Herr, Frau and Fräulein.  Der Mann kommt Die Mann kommt  Mein Hund kommt Meine Hund kommt  Dieser Hund kommt Eine Hund kommt  Eine Katze kommt One tick for an appropriate omission of the article  Er ist Briefträger N.B. Credit correct referral of er, sie but not es (meaning ‘it’) to a preceding, non-human noun. Take the gender of the antecedent as used by the candidate. Do not allow credit for es where it refers to the name of a town. Das ist meine katze. Es ist dick  Das ist mein Hund. Er ist dick  Das ist meine Mutter. Sie ist alt Die Haus ist alt. Es ist groß 2 Correct use of Accusative, Genitive and Dative without a preposition, including nouns and pronouns, reflexives, genitive s and dative plural n on nouns.  Ich sehe den Mann Ich sehe der Mann  DAN  Ich gebe dem Mann einen Hut Er gebt den Mann einen hunt   (P)AD Ich gebe es ihm

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Page 8 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 3 Plural nouns: nominative case: 1 tick if correctly spelt. Plurals in all other cases (including correct use of the dative ‘n’, where appropriate) are credited with two ticks, even if there is no change in the plural. To gain the plural ticks, the article or the preceding adjective, if there is no article, must be correct.   Die Lehrer kommen mit den Schülern Der Kinder sind da  Viele Leute kommen Veile Leute kommen C ADJECTIVES 1 Please note that the adjective will only be credited if the spelling of the adjective and of the noun it describes is correct.  Der junge Mann Der jung Mann  Das junge Mädchen Die junge Mädchen kommen mit das gutes Frau  mit der guten Frau  gute Weine (correct adjective + correct omission of article) gute Wiene   mit langen Haaren (correct adjective + correct omission of article) 2 Predicative Adjectives.  Die Katze ist klein Die Katze ist kleine

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Page 9 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 3 Possessive Adjectives. One tick for an appropriate, correctly spelt possessive in all cases, assuming that the noun is correctly spelt and that the case ending/gender is correct. Meine Bruder kommt  Meine Schwester kommt  Dein Vater kommt  Ich spaziere mit deinem Hund  Meine Schwestern sind klein D PREPOSITIONS Prepostional units are given extra credit. With an article, they gain 2 ticks in the singular and 3 ticks in the plural; without an article, they gain 1 tick in the singular and 2 ticks in the plural. A preposition + a pronoun (singular or plural) gains 1 tick. If the wrong preposition is used with the correct ending, no tick is awarded. Maximum score for a correct prepositional unit (including credit for adjectives) is 4.   mit dem Bus    mit den Bussen mit den Bus  mit Hilfe   mit Freunden mit Freunde  mit Susanne  mit mir  mit uns    für die Kinder  in Frankreich

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Page 10 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 E ADVERBS Adverbial phrase/adverb, excluding bitte, danke, ja, nein, so, sehr, auch, und, oder, aber, gut, OK: but including other one-word adverbs, such as gern, auch, dann, schon, noch, also, ganz.  Ich fahre schnell Ich möchte bitte ein Eis  Ich bin ziemlich müde  Ich spiele gern Tennis F CONJUNCTIONS AND WORD ORDER 1 Correct subordinating or co-ordinating conjunctions are to be credited (except those with und and aber) as is the use of a correct relative pronoun.  Ich weiß nicht, ob er kommt Ich weiß nicht, wenn er kommt Ich trinke gern Bier, aber ich trinke nicht gern Wein  Der Junge, dessen Katze schwarz ist, wohnt hier 2 Correct word order: • in relative and subordinate clauses; • inversion in main clauses; • time, manner, place (TMP) • order of direct and indirect objects (DAN, PAD) [2 noun objects: dative comes first – DAN] [2 pronoun objects: accusative comes first – PAD] In relative and subordinate clauses:  Ich weiß, dass er heute kommt Ich weiß, dass er kommt heute Inversion in main clauses:  Heute wohnt er in Berlin Heute er wohnt in Berlin

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Page 11 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 Time, manner, place (TMP):  TMP Ich trinke zu Mittag schnell im Gasthaus ein Glas Bier Ich trinke ein Glas Bier im Gasthaus schnell = 0 Order of direct and indirect (PAD and DAN) (P)AD Ich gebe es ihm Ich gebe ihm es  DAN Ich gab dem Mann das Bier G MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 1a Interrogatives plus inversion:  Wer bist du? Wann du kommst? 1b Questions involving inversion of subject and verb: √ √ Können Sie? 2 Dates and Times. Telling the time: 1 tick per preposition, up to a maximum of 2.    um 10 Uhr/um zehn Uhr/um halb zehn  Es ist zwei Uhr   um Viertel vor zehn Dates: a tick for correct usage (ordinals should be spelt correctly).   den 12. Juni / den zwölften Juni In conjunction with preposition: 2 ticks per preposition   bis zum 10. Juni von neunten Juni   () vom neunten bis (zum) elften Mai

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Page 12 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 3 Abbreviations will be rewarded if used with the correct punctuation:  den 6. Februar Interjections The following will be credited:    nicht wahr/vielleicht/oder? Not credited: bilte/ja/danke/nein 5 Comparisons. In comparisons, the adjective is treated as normal, but there is an extra tick for the correct usage in the comparison.  Ich bin jünger als du  Du bist nicht so alt wie ich Du bist nicht so jung als ich 6 Units and prices, however expressed, gain a tick:    1m80/1 Meter 80/ein Meter achtzig €6,80/6,80 Euro/sechs Euro 80/sechs Euro achtzig

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Page 13 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2007 0525 04 © UCLES 2007 Conversion Table for 0525/04 Number of ticks Maximum 60 Mark out of 15 (for Accuracy of Language) Pro rata (General Impression)* Max 5 60+ 15 5 55-59 14 5 51-54 13 4 48-50 12 4 45-47 11 4 42-44 10 3 38-41 9 3 34-37 8 3 30-33 7 2 26-29 6 2 22-25 5 2 19-21 4 1 15-18 3 1 11-14 2 0 7-10 1 0 0-6 0 0

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2007 May/June, Paper 4 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

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C19/50
E11/50
F7/50