Cambridge IGCSE Malay - Foreign Language 0546 — 2017 May/June Paper 4 · Variant 3
0546/43/M/J/17 · 50 marks · ≈56 min
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Question paper, page 1
This document consists of 6 printed pages and 2 blank pages. DC (ST/FC) 131315/2 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education * 2 6 5 7 8 3 1 9 6 7 * MALAY 0546/43 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2017 1 hour Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page. 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.
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2 0546/43/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 BLANK PAGE
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3 0546/43/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Bahagian 1 1 Anda berada di lapangan terbang. Senaraikan 8 benda yang ada di lapangan terbang. Tulis jawapan-jawapan anda dalam Bahasa Melayu. Anda boleh menggunakan benda-benda yang ditunjukkan di dalam gambar sebagai panduan, atau anda boleh fikirkan sendiri benda-benda lain sebagai jawapan. Contoh: beg pakaian Contoh: _______________________ 1 _____________________________ 2 _____________________________ 3 _____________________________ 4 _____________________________ 5 _____________________________ 6 _____________________________ 7 _____________________________ 8 _____________________________ [Total: 5]
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4 0546/43/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 2 Tulis tentang sebuah filem yang anda telah tonton baru-baru ini. Beritahu… • apakah tajuk filem itu dan dengan siapakah anda pergi menonton filem itu? • mengapakah anda pilih filem itu? • apakah yang menarik tentang filem itu? • apakah filem yang anda ingin tonton selepas ini? Tulis antara 80–90 patah perkataan dalam Bahasa Melayu. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total: 15]
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5 0546/43/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Sila buka halaman untuk Bahagian 2.
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6 0546/43/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 Bahagian 2 3 Pilih salah satu daripada soalan-soalan berikut. Anda harus menulis antara 130–140 patah perkataan dalam Bahasa Melayu. (a) Berpindah rumah Anda telah berpindah ke rumah baharu dua bulan lepas. Tulis surat kepada nenek anda untuk menceritakan pengalaman anda berpindah rumah. • Mengapakah anda berpindah dari rumah lama? • Bagaimanakah anda membantu ibu bapa anda ketika berpindah rumah? • Apakah yang anda suka tentang rumah baharu anda? • Apakah yang anda tidak suka tentang rumah baharu anda? • Jemput nenek anda datang ke rumah baharu anda. ATAU (b) Restoran baharu Sebuah restoran baharu dibuka di bandar anda. Tulis rencana untuk majalah sekolah anda tentang pengalaman anda di restoran itu. • Di manakah restoran itu dan bagaimanakah anda tahu tentangnya? • Apakah makanan atau minuman yang telah anda cuba di restoran itu? • Apakah yang istimewa tentang restoran itu? • Adakah anda akan mencadangkan restoran ini kepada kawan anda? ATAU (c) “Saya telah mengikut ayah ke pasar malam. Di pasar malam itu saya terdengar seorang lelaki menjerit-jerit. Kemudian polis pergi ke arah lelaki itu…” Sambung cerita ini. • Apakah yang lelaki itu lakukan apabila dihampiri oleh polis? • Ceritakan apa yang berlaku antara polis dan lelaki itu. • Mengapakah lelaki itu menjerit-jerit? • Ceritakan reaksi anda melihat peristiwa itu. • Akhirnya, apakah yang berlaku kepada lelaki itu?
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7 0546/43/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 TULIS JAWAPAN UNTUK SOALAN 3 DI SINI … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … [Total: 30]
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8 0546/43/M/J/17 © UCLES 2017 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. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge International Examinations Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cie.org.uk after the live examination series. 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. BLANK PAGE
Mark scheme, page 1
® IGCSE is a registered trademark. This document consists of 16 printed pages. © UCLES 2017 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MALAY 0546/43 Paper 4 Writing May/June 2017 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 50 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.
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 2 of 16 1 General Marking Principles 1.1 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. 1.2 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. 1.3 Annotation used in the Mark Scheme: (a) ^ = on its own, the material is not sufficient to score the mark. (b) BOD = benefit of the doubt and is used to indicate that the Examiner has considered the answer/that part of the answer and judged it to be more correct than incorrect: the benefit of the doubt is given to the candidate and the mark is awarded.
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 3 of 16 1.4 No response and ‘0’ marks There is a NR (No Response) option in RM Assessor. 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). 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. 1.5 Optional questions: You must mark all questions attempted by the candidate. Where a question has not been attempted then NR must be entered. (For Question 3 only, after marking the question(s) the candidate has answered, NR is populated automatically when you click on ‘Complete’.) Where the candidate attempts more than one of the alternatives in Question 3, RM Assessor will automatically only aggregate the candidate’s best result. 1.6 English words Do not allow English words which are not yet acceptable in Bahasa Melayu. Our point of reference is Kamus Dewan.
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 4 of 16 Question Answer Marks Question 1 Candidates are required to list 8 items in Malay. Read all of the items that the candidate has listed and award marks as follows: (i) 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. (ii) On Question 1, award marks for items wherever the candidate has written them. (iii) If the candidate offers more than one word per line, award a mark for each acceptable item (iv) The pictures provided on the question paper are only suggestions. (v) Mark for communication. Tolerate inaccuracies, provided the message is clear. Ignore any verbs/ unnecessary adjectives. (vi) If spelling is wrong, refer to the bullet points below: • ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer? • Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer, e.g. one letter missing but no other word created. • If the first part of the word is correct, small errors in what comes next are less likely to impede communication (unless they suggest another meaning). • Where letters are transposed, the word is likely to communicate (unless another word has been created). (vii) Award marks wherever these are in the list. This approach may allow questionable versions to be ignored. (viii)Refuse all nouns which are repeated and which do not have a separate meaning: • Football boots, hockey boots: award one mark for the first boots (if the test is about clothing, there is no reward for using a list of sports as adjectives, and repeating the same item of clothing) (ix) Reject misspelt words which suggest a word with a different meaning. Where nouns are usually plural, accept the singular and vice versa.
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 5 of 16 Question Answer Marks 1 Things you can see at the airport (can include airport staff) pasport kafe / kantin / kanteen restoran / restoren (but not restaurant) / kedai makan/minum farmasi / kedai ubat kapal terbang / pesawat (accept one) pejabat pos kaunter (but not counter) maklumat / pertanyaan / informasi hotel juruterbang tandas kaunter bayar jambatan pramugari / pramugara barisan / orang beratur pegawai keselamatan / pegawai sekuriti lif / lift bank kerusi taman tangga polis juruwang mesin tiket telefon awam kedai klinik perhentian teksi/bus (can only accept one) bunga bagasi kereta api / tren / monorel lobby / lobi teksi (but not taxi) tempat / ruang tidur (do not accept bilik tidur) Do not accept answers where the first noun is repeated (accept the first use only) E.g. kedai makan / kedai bunga E.g. pejabat imigresen/pejabat keselamatan E.g. mesin wang/mesin timbang E.g. bilik solat/bilik makan (however ‘bilik tandas’ is acceptable because the word ‘bilik’ is not needed) Do not accept acronyms for transport eg. LRT, MRT Total for Question 1: 5 marks 5
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 6 of 16 Question Answer Marks Question 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.
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 7 of 16 Question Answer Marks 2 A film you have seen 2.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication (i) Place the appropriate ‘numbered’ tick as close as possible to each relevant communication point in the body of the answer. (ii) For each piece of relevant information conveyed, award the big green tick 9 flexibly across the tasks, up to a maximum of 5. HOWEVER, each of the 5 communication points must be covered to get the 10 communication marks: • If 1 of the tasks is missing, the maximum communication mark is 9. • If 2 of the tasks are missing, the maximum communication mark is 8 (and so on). (iii) Add up the ticks to give a mark out of 10 for Communication. (iv) For COMMUNICATION • be tolerant of time frames/spelling (for spelling, use ‘rules’ in Question 1: look alike, sound alike, etc). (v) LISTS = a maximum of 3 marks for communication: lists of 1–3 items = 1 mark; lists of 4 items = 2 marks; lists of 5–6 items = 3 marks. • Kakak saya suka membaca surat khabar, novel dan cerita pendek= 1 mark (1 verb = a list of 3) • Rambutnya hitam (1), bermata biru (1), dan dia pandai menyanyi (1) = 3 marks (3 constructions) (vi) Only reward each piece of information once, e.g. “dia pandai” cannot score both as description and reason for liking (“dia pandai” and “dia pandai melukis” can both be rewarded). (vii) Do not penalise factual errors. (viii)What the candidate writes may not follow the order of the tasks on the question paper – this is fine. 15
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 8 of 16 Question Answer Marks TASK Accept Annotate 1 Name the film. REWARD: any reasonable name. 31 2 Say who you saw it with. REWARD: anything sensible. (accept even if ‘seorang diri”) 32 3 Say why you chose that film. REWARD: any explanation mentioning reasons why he/she chose that film. 33 4 State what was interesting about the film. Allow anything reasonable. (do not accept ‘filem itu menarik’ without a reason) 34 5 What film you will see next. Allow anything reasonable 35 Additional Points The extra relevant information must support any of the 5 communication points, i.e. it must be about the film or the experience of watching the film (e.g. selepas menonton, kami pergi makan bersama). If not sure about the relevance, use BOD where necessary.
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 9 of 16 Question Answer Marks 2.2: Award a mark out of 5 for Language 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 (Appendix 1)). Grade descriptors for Language (Question 2) 5 Straightforward vocabulary and structure. The style of writing is basic, but reasonably coherent. Use of a limited range of affixes, generally successful. More accuracy than inaccuracy. 4 Basic vocabulary and structure. Some awareness of affix usage, but inconsistent. The writing is sufficiently accurate for meaning to be conveyed. 3 Very basic vocabulary and structure. Little awareness of affix usage. Despite regular errors, the writing often conveys some meaning. 2 A few phrases or short sentences are accurate enough to be comprehensible. Very simple sentence structure. 1 Disjointed words or short phrases, one or two of them accurate enough to be comprehensible. 0 Nothing worthy of credit. *Consider the whole answer when awarding mark for language Total for Communication: 10 marks Total for Language: 5 marks Total for Question 2: 15 marks
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 10 of 16 Question Answer Marks Question 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 10, according to the instructions in 3.1 • Language: award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy, according to the instructions in 3.2 award a mark out of 10 for Range/Variety/Appropriateness, according to the instructions in 3.3. For question-specific guidance, see later in this mark scheme. 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication (i) There are 5 relevant communication points per question, each worth a maximum of 2 marks. (ii) For each relevant communication point, use the appropriate numbered tick and place up to 2 of these ticks as close as possible to each relevant communication point (in the body of the answer). 2 ticks Message clearly communicated. Minor errors (adjective endings, use of prepositions etc.) are tolerated. 1 tick Communication of some meaning is achieved, but the message may be ambiguous or incomplete. 0 ticks Nothing of worth communicated. (iii) Add up the ticks to give a mark out of 10 for Communication.
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 11 of 16 Question Answer Marks 3.2 – award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures Award a mark out of 10 according to the table below. 9–10 Highly accurate including in the correct use of affixes and classifiers and more complex structures. Minor slips which do not affect the meaning are acceptable. 7–8 Accurate in the use of simple structures. Complex structures may contain occasional more serious errors/more frequent slips, which do not change the meaning. 5–6 Displays some control of simple structures. Unsuccessful with more complex structures. 3–4 Inconsistent, but a number of examples of accurate usage (including the spelling). 1–2 Substantially inaccurate, with only isolated examples of accurate usage. 0 No examples of accurate usage
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 12 of 16 Question Answer Marks 3.3 – award a mark out of 10 for Range, Variety and Appropriateness (Question 3) Award a mark out of 10 according to the table below. 9–10 Apt use of a wide range of vocabulary. Confident use of a wide range of complex sentence patterns and structures. Able to use idiom appropriately (meaning the language flows well). 7–8 Good range of vocabulary with little repetition. A positive attempt to introduce variety. Ambitious in use of a variety of complex sentence patterns. 5–6 Some attempt to extend range of vocabulary but still rather repetitive. Shows some ability to produce syntax and structures appropriate to the task. 3–4 Narrow range of vocabulary. Frequent repetition of common words. Some attempt at more complex sentence patterns but errors occur even in common structures. 1–2 Very limited vocabulary. Very limited range of structures. Only very simple sentence patterns. 0 Nothing worthy of credit. Total for Communication: 10 marks Total for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures : 10 marks Total for Range, Variety and Appropriateness: 10 marks Total for Question 3: 30 marks
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 13 of 16 Question Answer Marks 3(a) Letter to grandmother sharing his/her experience of moving to new house. 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication – see generic guidance above Tick Accept Mark 31 Give the reason for your move to the new house. Allow anything sensible (JUSTIFICATION) 2 32 Describe how you helped your parents during the move. Allow anything sensible (PAST) 2 33 Say what you like about the new house. Allow anything sensible. (OPINION) 2 34 Say what you don’t like about the new house. Allow anything sensible. (OPINION) 2 35 Extend an invitation to your grandmother to visit the new house. Allow anything sensible. (FUTURE) 2 3.2: Award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures – see generic guidance above 3.3: Award a mark out of 10 for Range, Variety and Appropriateness – see generic guidance above 30
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 14 of 16 Question Answer Marks 3(b) Article about a new restaurant 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication – see generic guidance above Tick Accept Mark 31 Mention the location of the restaurant Accept anything sensible. (PRESENT/PAST) 2 32 Say how you heard about the restaurant. Accept anything sensible. (PAST) 2 33 Mention the food/drinks you had at the restaurant. Accept anything sensible. (PAST) 2 34 Say what is special about the restaurant. Accept anything sensible. (OPINION) 2 35 Say whether you would recommend it to your friends. Accept anything sensible. (OPINION/REASON) 2 3.2: Award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures – see generic guidance above 3.3: Award a mark out of 10 for Range, Variety and Appropriateness – see generic guidance above 30
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 15 of 16 Question Answer Marks 3(c) Story – I went to the night market with my father. At the night market, I heard a man shouting. Suddenly a police officer came towards the man… Continue the story. 3.1: Award a mark out of 10 for Communication – see generic guidance above Tick Accept Mark 31 Describe what the man did when approached by the police officer. Accept anything sensible (it can be a feeling or an action). (PAST) 2 32 Describe what happened between the police officer and the man. Accept anything sensible. (PAST) 2 33 Mention the reason why the man was shouting. Accept anything sensible. (JUSTIFICATION) 2 34 Express your reaction to the situation. Accept anything sensible (it can be a feeling or an action). (OPINION) 2 35 Say what happened to the man in the end. Accept anything sensible. (PAST) 2 3.2: Award a mark out of 10 for Accuracy of Grammar and Structures – see generic guidance above 3.3: Award a mark out of 10 for Range, Variety and Appropriateness – see generic guidance above 30
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0546/43 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED May/June 2017 © UCLES 2017 Page 16 of 16 Appendix 1 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. 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. This is 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.
What you needed in this session
Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2017 May/June, Paper 4 · Variant 3. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.