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    GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

    LISTENING INSTRUCTIONS
    June 2013

    A801 Dutch
    A811 Gujarati
    A821 Persian
    A831 Portuguese
    * A 8 1 7 4 2 0 6 1 3 *

    A841 Turkish

    1. Test Material

    The question papers and CDs are despatched with the main parcels of question papers.
    CDs will be provided in both audio and MP3 format. Centres should refer to the JCQ
    Instructions for conducting GCSE and GCE Modern Foreign Languages Listening
    Examinations: (Use of Cassettes, MP3 players and digitalising listening material).

    2. Preparation for the examinations

    Centres are reminded that detailed guidance for the copying and playing of digital audio
    files can be found in the “Digital Audio Technology” booklet on the OCR website.

    Listening CDs must be spot-checked for recording and sound quality upon receipt. In
    order to check the acoustics, one of the CDs (GCSE) should be spot-checked in the
    examination room one working day before the examination. The CDs must not be listened
    to in full and must not be removed from the centre for checking. After each check, the
    materials must be returned to the centre’s confidential examination materials store.

    3. Accommodation

    Centres are strongly advised to hold the listening test in a room which is suitable for
    up to 30 candidates. If a centre has equipment which is especially powerful, more
    candidates may be accommodated without special permission, but no applications for
    special consideration will be considered on the grounds of inaudibility. Language
    laboratories may be used, but particular care must be taken to ensure adequate
    supervision.

    4. Examination Procedures

    All candidates do all sections of the test, which is on the CD.

    After the question papers have been distributed to candidates, they are allowed 5 minutes
    to read through the paper in silence before the test begins. After this reading time the
    recording should be started. During the playing of the English introduction invigilators
    should check whether there are any problems in hearing the recording properly.

    All parts of the test are heard twice. There are gaps built in to the recording to give
    candidates time to write their answers. Candidates may make notes at any time during
    the test, including the reading time.

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    Once the actual test has begun, the recording must not be stopped except in the case of a serious
    emergency. Noise from outside the examination room does not constitute a serious emergency and the
    recording must not be stopped in these circumstances. Candidates should be warned of this before the
    test begins. In the event of a recording being stopped in a serious emergency, it should be restarted
    at exactly the same place once the emergency has been dealt with. A statement from the invigilator
    indicating the point where the interruption took place, the nature of the incident and the length of the
    interruption, should be included with the candidates’ scripts. If there is good reason to doubt whether
    certain items have been heard by all candidates, these items should be identified in the report and the
    reason for doubt given.

    When the announcement “That is the end of the test.” is heard, candidates should stop writing.

    Copyright Information
    OCR is committed to seeking permission to reproduce all third-party content that it uses in its assessment materials. OCR has attempted to identify and contact all copyright holders
    whose work is used in this paper. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced in the OCR Copyright
    Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download from our public website (www.ocr.org.uk) after the live examination series.
    If OCR has unwittingly failed to correctly acknowledge or clear any third-party content in this assessment material, OCR will be happy to correct its mistake at the earliest possible
    opportunity.
    For queries or further information please contact the Copyright Team, First Floor, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1GE.
    OCR 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.

    © OCR 2013 A801 Jun13

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