UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

MANDARIN CHINESE 0547/03

Paper 3 Speaking Role Play Cards One – Nine 1 March - 30 April 2010
TEACHERS’ NOTES
15 minutes
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No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Each candidate’s Speaking Examination must consist of the following three parts:

Part One of the examination is two role plays. The role play situations are set out on pages 14–19 of this
booklet and must be followed carefully by the teacher/Examiner. The teacher/Examiner must play his/her role
as prescribed by CIE in order that candidates are given the opportunity to attempt all tasks. Extra tasks must
not be created. Candidates should study the situation for fifteen minutes and then be prepared to act the roles
assigned to them and respond to the parts played by the teacher/Examiner.

Part Two of the examination starts with a presentation by the candidate on a topic of his/her choice. The
teacher/Examiner must allow the candidate to speak for 1–2 minutes on his/her prepared topic and then follow
this up with specific spontaneous questions related to the topic. This section of the examination should last
about five minutes in total.

Part Three of the examination is a spontaneous conversation of a more general nature and should last about
five minutes.

In the interests of candidates, Centres must adhere to the stipulated timings for the Topic Presentation/
Conversation and General Conversation.

The Speaking Examination must be marked by the Centre according to the instructions and a sample recorded
for external moderation.

This document consists of 21 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

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Contents

Page
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS 3
1 Examination period 3
2 Appointment of teacher/Examiner 3
3 Materials for the Speaking examination 3
4 Recorded sample 3
5 Two types of mark sheet are provided 4
6 Despatch of materials to CIE for External moderation 4
7 Arrangements for the examination 4
8 Conduct of the examination 5
9 Recording of candidates 5
10 Internal moderation 6

STRUCTURE OF THE EXAMINATION 7

Test 1: Role Plays 7
Test 2: Topic Presentation/Conversation 7
Test 3: General Conversation 8
Test 4: Impression 9

MARKING INSTRUCTIONS 10
Table A – Test 1: Role Plays 11
Table B – Tests 2 and 3: Topic Presentation/Conversation and General Conversation 12
Table C – Impression 13

ROLE PLAYS 14
Each candidate role play card contains two role plays. The list below gives details of the pages on
which the role play cards appear in this booklet.

Role Play A Role Play B

CARD ONE Page 14 Page 17

CARD TWO Page 14 Page 18

CARD THREE Page 14 Page 19

CARD FOUR Page 15 Page 17

CARD FIVE Page 15 Page 18

CARD SIX Page 15 Page 19

CARD SEVEN Page 16 Page 17

CARD EIGHT Page 16 Page 18

CARD NINE Page 16 Page 19

THE WORKING MARK SHEET 20

THE COVER SHEET FOR MODERATION SAMPLE 21

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ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

1 Examination period

The Speaking examination takes place before the main examination period: between 1 March and
30 April for the June examination. Each Centre decides on a convenient period within these dates
for its Speaking examinations.

It is important that dates given for the completion of the Speaking examination and the despatch
of recordings and mark sheets to CIE (see paragraph 6) are adhered to in order to allow sufficient
time for moderation.

2 Appointment of teacher/Examiner

Each Centre selects its own teacher/Examiner to conduct and assess the Speaking examination
for its candidates. This is normally a teacher from within the Languages department, but could be
someone local from outside the Centre. CIE is not responsible for any fees agreed.

In the interests of standardisation there will be only one teacher/Examiner per Centre.
Where a Centre wishes to use additional teacher/Examiners because it has a large number of
candidates, permission to do so must be sought from the IGCSE Languages Group at CIE before
the start of each Speaking examination period. Permission to use more than one teacher/
Examiner will only be granted on the understanding that teacher/Examiners at the Centre
work together to ensure a common approach to the conduct of the Speaking examination
and the application of the mark scheme. The sample the Centre submits to CIE should include
the work of each teacher/Examiner and a Speaking Examination Working Mark Sheet should be
submitted for each teacher/Examiner, with candidate names and numbers clearly entered.

3 Materials for the Speaking examination

Confidential test materials (Teachers' Notes Booklet and Role Play Cards) are despatched by CIE
approximately two to three weeks before the assessment period. These should be opened four
working days before the Centre’s assessment starts and studied carefully by the teacher/Examiner
before conducting his/her first Speaking examination. Teacher/Examiners who have prepared their
own roles fully and are confident in what they are doing are better able to help candidates who
experience any difficulty. Once the materials have been opened, the Speaking examinations must
be completed as soon as is realistically possible. Once the Centre has completed its Speaking
examinations, the materials remain confidential and must be kept in a secure place by the Centre
until the end of the examination period (e.g. until 30 April for the June examination).

4 Recorded sample

In order to allow CIE to check accurately the standard of assessment, each teacher/Examiner
must record and send to CIE a sample from each Centre at which he or she examines.

The teacher/Examiner must select and record SIX candidates who are representative of the range
of marks awarded by the Centre, e.g. 2 good, 2 middling, 2 weak. The candidates selected should
be spread as evenly as possible across the Centre's range of marks. If possible, the recordings
of the strongest and the weakest candidates at the Centre should be included, with the other
recordings spaced at equal intervals in between.

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The recording should be carried out in accordance with the instructions headed ‘Recording of
Candidates’ (see paragraph 9). The recording must be sent to CIE together with the Moderator
copy of the completed MS1 mark sheet and copies of the completed Speaking Examination
Working Mark Sheet and Cover Sheet for Moderation Sample (see pages 20 and 21).

5 Two types of mark sheet are provided

(a) The Speaking Examination Working Mark Sheet is provided in this booklet (see page 20) and
should be photocopied as required. It is a working document to be completed during each
candidate's Speaking examination. Candidates must be marked as they are being examined
and not afterwards from a recording. The marks for each section of the examination must
be entered in detail as specified in the Marking Instructions. All additions must be carefully
checked.

(b) The total marks must then be transferred to the computer-printed Internal Assessment Mark
Sheet (MS1) or to CAMEO for Centres submitting marks electronically.

6 Despatch of materials to CIE for External moderation

(a) Mark sheets and recordings must be returned to CIE as soon as all the Speaking examinations
have been completed. The deadline for receipt by CIE of these items is 15 May for the
June examination. Centres must not wait until the end of the assessment period before
despatching them.

(b) (i) The Board copy of the completed Internal Assessment Mark Sheet (MS1) must be
returned to CIE in the separate envelope provided.

(ii) The following items must be sent, to reach CIE by no later than 15 May for the June
examination.

• the Moderator copy of the completed Internal Assessment Mark Sheet (MS1) or a
signed print-out of the marks file for Centres submitting marks using CAMEO
• a copy of the completed Speaking Examination Working Mark Sheet
• a copy of the completed Cover Sheet for Moderation Sample
• the recorded sample.

(c) Copies of both types of mark sheet are to be retained by the Centre in case of postal losses
or delays.

7 Arrangements for the examination

(a) Quiet conditions: Centres should ensure well in advance of the Speaking examination that
a suitably quiet room will be available. Rooms which are too close to a playground, recreation
room or noisy classroom are to be avoided. It is essential to exclude unnecessary background
noise, e.g. lawn-mowers, phones. Notices must be displayed to prevent interruptions from
people entering the room unaware that an examination is in progress.

(b) Invigilation: examination conditions must prevail in the area where the Speaking examination
takes place, including the space set aside for a candidate to study the role play situations.
Adequate supervision must be provided to ensure that each candidate can study alone and in
silence and that candidates leaving the interview room do not communicate with those waiting
to enter. Candidates are not allowed to bring any notes for use during their preparation time.
Nor are they allowed to make notes.

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(c) The examination room: Centres should ensure that a suitably-sized, e.g. not too big, room
will be available. Candidates must be examined singly. No other person should be present
during the examination with the exception of another teacher/Examiner or an Officer from
CIE. In those cases where it is necessary for a second teacher/Examiner to be present during
the Speaking examination, only one teacher/Examiner must conduct each examination.

The teacher/Examiner should be positioned so that they face the candidates when they enter
the room, with a table between themselves and the candidates. Candidates should not be
positioned where they can see what the teacher/Examiner is writing on the mark sheets as
this can be distracting.

Teacher/Examiners must not smoke in the examination room or in the presence of candidates.
Smokers should arrange for breaks in the timetable as necessary.

8 Conduct of the examination

(a) Teacher/Examiners should do their best to put candidates at their ease, e.g. by smiling
when they enter the room, and indicating where they should sit. A good teacher/Examiner
will usually send a candidate out of the interview room smiling, no matter how good or bad
the performance has been. However, the use of expressions such as ‘very good’, which
candidates may interpret as a comment on performance, should be avoided.

(b) In addition, teacher/Examiners should not walk about or distract candidates in any way (e.g.
by doodling or fiddling with papers, etc.); should always appear interested, even in mundane
matters; should never show undue surprise, impatience or mockery; and should never correct
a candidate.

9 Recording of candidates

The Centre is responsible for supplying recording equipment (e.g. cassette recorder and
microphone) of as high a standard as possible. In order to ensure that recording levels are
satisfactory for both candidates and teacher/Examiner, the equipment to be used must be tested
in situ some time before the actual examination, ideally with one of the candidates.

If at all possible, external microphones should be used so that separate microphones can be
used for the candidate and the teacher/Examiner. If only one microphone is used it should be
placed nearer to the candidate than to the teacher/Examiner. With a softly-spoken candidate the
microphone should be placed even nearer to the candidate before the start of the examination.

Moderation samples must be recorded at normal speed onto either C90 audiocassettes or standard
format CDs. Mini cassettes and mini CDs must not be used. Where Centres make use of digital
recording software, each candidate's file must be saved individually and saved as .mp3 so that it
can be accessed for the purposes of moderation.

If C90 cassettes are used, these are 45 minutes per side and one tape should be sufficient for
6 Speaking examinations, 3 on each side. An audio CD will record approximately 80 minutes of
sound/5 candidates.

The recording must not be stopped once a candidate’s examination has started.

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Each cassette/CD must be introduced by the teacher/Examiner, as follows:

‘Cassette/CD number...
Centre number e.g. HK215
Centre name e.g. King’s College
Examination number 0547
Examination name IGCSE Mandarin Chinese
Name of Examiner e.g. Mr R Peters
Date e.g. March 2nd 2010’

Each candidate must be introduced by the teacher/Examiner, as follows:

‘Candidate Number e.g. 047

Candidate Name e.g. William Lee
Role Play Card e.g. Number 4’

After the last recording on side A of a cassette the teacher/Examiner must announce ‘No more
recordings on this side. Recording continues on side B’. Cassettes must be wound on to the end
before turning over or starting a new cassette.

After the last candidate on each cassette/CD, the teacher/Examiner must announce ‘end of
cassette/CD no. ...’; and after the last candidate on the last cassette/CD ‘end of examination’.

Cassettes
Each cassette box must be clearly labelled with syllabus name, syllabus/component number,
Centre name/number and candidate name/number in recording order. Labels are provided by CIE
for this purpose. In addition each cassette must be labelled with syllabus/component number and
Centre number.

CDs
Each CD sleeve must be labelled with syllabus name, syllabus/component number, Centre name/
number and candidate name/number in recording order. Each CD must be labelled with syllabus/
component number and Centre number. CD friendly marker pens must be used to label CDs as
the use of biro, for example, may make the contents of the CD unreadable.

Each recorded file on the CD must be clearly named using the following convention:

Centre number_candidate number_syllabus number_component number.

Before cassettes/CDs are despatched, spot checks must be made to ensure that every
candidate is clearly audible. Cassettes must then be rewound to the start of side 1.

If for any reason the cassette/CD has failed to record or there are problems with the audibility of
the recordings, the Centre must contact CIE Customer Services immediately to seek advice.

10 Internal moderation

Where Centres with large numbers of candidates have been given permission by CIE to use more
than one teacher/Examiner to conduct and assess the Speaking examination for their candidates,
Internal Moderation must be carried out at the Centre. This is in order to ensure that marks
submitted by the Centre are consistent for all candidates, irrespective of which teacher/Examiner
conducted and assessed the examination. The final column on the Working Mark Sheet (Internal
and/or External moderation) must be used to record the results of Internal Moderation and details
of Internal Moderation procedures must be enclosed with the materials for External moderation.

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STRUCTURE OF THE EXAMINATION

Test 1: Role Plays (about 5 minutes) 30 marks

(a) A number of alternative role play cards are supplied by CIE, and these should be used at random
during each session of examining. The teacher/Examiner gives each candidate one card containing
two role play situations (Role Play A and Role Play B). Each of these situations consists of five
tasks (numbered 1-5 on the Role Play Cards). Candidates must be examined in both role play
situations on the card they have been given and must complete all the tasks specified on their
card. Having given the first candidate 15 minutes to prepare his/her two situations, the teacher/
Examiner should hand a different card to the second candidate to prepare while the first candidate
is being examined.

Candidates may not make written notes during their preparation time. They may take the Role Play
Card they have prepared into the examination room. However, they may not take the Role Play
Card away with them once the Speaking examination is over.

Teacher/Examiners should note that although the timing for the role plays is given as 5 minutes, the
actual time it takes to complete them will often be less and will vary from candidate to candidate.

(b) For each role play situation, the role of the teacher/Examiner is specified on pages 14-19 of this
booklet. Usually, the teacher/Examiner has to initiate the dialogue. The teacher/Examiner is to
assume the role of a well-disposed native speaker with no knowledge of the candidate’s first
language.

Teacher/Examiners must prepare the situations carefully and ensure that they play their role as
prescribed by CIE in order that candidates are given the opportunity to attempt all the required
tasks. The teacher/Examiner must not create extra tasks, nor must s/he omit tasks.

(c) Each situation must be carried out in full. If the candidate cannot handle one of the tasks set, the
teacher/Examiner should not leave too long a pause, but should lead the candidate on to the next
task.

(d) Should a candidate miss out a task, the teacher/Examiner should try to guide him/her back to
it, in as natural a way as possible, e.g. by repeating or rephrasing a question if the candidate
fails to complete the task at the first attempt or gives an ambiguous response. It does not matter
to Moderators that this may lead to tasks occurring in a different order, as long as they are all
attempted. However, teacher/Examiners must ensure that when rephrasing a task they do not
change its nature, e.g. if the task requires a candidate to produce a particular vocabulary item and
this is in fact supplied by the teacher/Examiner, no credit can be given.

For mark scheme, see Table A of the Marking Instructions.

Test 2: Topic Presentation/Conversation (about 5 minutes) 30 marks

(a) This part of the examination starts with a one to two minute presentation by the candidate on a
topic of their choice which they will have prepared in advance, though it should not be pre-learnt.
The teacher/Examiner will follow up the presentation with specific questions on the topic bringing
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(b) It is not expected that all candidates within a Centre will prepare the same topic. Candidates must
be encouraged to choose a topic in which they have a personal interest. Suitable subjects might
be, for example: ‘School life’, ‘Hobbies and pastimes’ (general or specific), ‘My country’, ‘Life in
another country’, ‘My ambitions’, ‘Holidays’. Topics dealing with politics or social and economic
issues are ambitious for this level of achievement and may disadvantage candidates if they do
not possess the linguistic skills and maturity of ideas which such topics necessitate. Candidates
should not be allowed to present ‘Myself’ or ‘My life’ as topics as these can often pre-empt the
General Conversation section.

(c) Candidates may use illustrative material, e.g. photographs, if this seems appropriate to their topic,
but are not allowed to use written notes of any kind.

(d) The teacher/Examiner must allow the candidate to speak for one to two minutes uninterrupted on
their chosen topic before starting the Topic Conversation. Where a candidate has been talking for
two minutes and shows no sign of finishing their Topic Presentation, the teacher/Examiner must
interrupt and start the Topic Conversation.

(e) In the Topic Conversation, candidates should be able to respond to the teacher/Examiner's
questions in a spontaneous and natural manner. It is the extent to which candidates can manipulate
their prepared material according to the needs of the teacher/Examiner that determines their
marks: candidates must not be allowed to deliver a prepared monologue or a series of obviously
prepared replies.

(f) The teacher/Examiner must try to extend the candidate as far as possible by giving them the
opportunity to provide opinions and justifications and use a variety of time frames. In order to
extend the candidate as far as possible, the teacher/Examiner should probe, explore, ask for
explanations, enlargements, descriptions (how? when? why? tell me a bit more about…etc.).

For mark scheme, see Table B of the Marking Instructions.

Test 3: General Conversation (about 5 minutes) 30 marks

(a) The teacher/Examiner must indicate to the candidate the point of transition from Topic Conversation
to General Conversation.

It can be helpful to ease the candidate into the General Conversation either by starting out from
a point of interest noted earlier, or by asking a couple of general ‘starter’ questions relating to the
candidate’s everyday life.

Questioning in the General Conversation must not cover the same material as the Topic
Conversation, e.g. if the candidate has talked about Sport in the Topic Conversation, it is not
appropriate for the teacher/Examiner to return to this topic in the General Conversation.

The General Conversation must last the stipulated 5 minutes for each candidate. Some candidates
may dry up after a few minutes, but it is important to persevere with the conversation (e.g. by
complete changes of subject), so that they are given every opportunity to do themselves justice.

(b) The teacher/Examiner should aim to cover at least two or three of the Defined Content Topics in
this section of the examination (these are listed in the Curriculum Content section of the syllabus
booklet). Examples of suitable topics are school (subjects, number of periods, times, games, etc.),
home, town, journey to and from school, free time (evenings, weekends), holidays, hobbies. All
candidates can reasonably be expected to have the command of vocabulary and idiom necessary
to discuss these topics.

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Precise factual information or knowledge is not required, and candidates should not be penalised
for lack of such knowledge. The teacher/Examiner should be ready to pass on quickly to another
topic if candidates are obviously out of their depth. Care should be taken to avoid questions which
might cause embarrassment, e.g. where a candidate has only one parent. (Centres are requested
to supply such information to the teacher/Examiner in advance.)

(c) Candidates are expected to give natural replies to questions so their answers need not be in
the form of complete sentences. However, candidates whose conversation consists largely
of monosyllabic or disjointed replies cannot gain much credit for such a performance, and it is
therefore the teacher/Examiner's responsibility to avoid questions inviting answers of simply ‘yes’ or
‘no’. Instead, the teacher/Examiner must use a variety of question types and interrogative adverbs,
ranging from a basic level of simple questions which demand short predictable responses, e.g.
when? how many? how long? with whom? with what? how? etc. to more searching questions such
as why? tell me about… what do you think about?

(d) Questions should be adjusted to the candidate’s ability. However, as in the Topic Conversation,
the teacher/Examiner must try to extend the candidate as far as possible by giving them the
opportunity to provide opinions and justifications and use a variety of time frames (themes could
be past visits to other countries, plans for the future, etc.). More able candidates may not be able
to do themselves justice if the more stretching questions are avoided.

(e) Candidates should be prompted and encouraged where necessary and long silences should be
avoided. However, a candidate should not be interrupted unless it is clear that he or she cannot
complete the answer. Incorrect answers should never be corrected, nor answers supplied when
none are given. Questions should be rephrased (rather than repeated) in an attempt to maintain
the dialogue.

(f) The use of vocabulary or phrases from the candidate’s first language should be avoided, except in
the case of particular institutions e.g. names of examinations, types of school, etc.

(g) The teacher/Examiner must avoid talking too much themselves and limiting the amount of time
available to the candidate to show what they can do. The onus is on the candidate to show that
he or she can converse adequately in the language, but at the same time it is up to the teacher/
Examiner to make sure that the candidate is given every opportunity to do so by following up any
opening given.

For mark scheme, see Table B of the Marking Instructions.

Impression 10 marks

At the end of the examination, the teacher/Examiner must make an assessment of the candidate’s
pronunciation, accent and fluency based on the candidate’s overall performance in the Speaking
examination.

For mark scheme, see Table C of the Marking Instructions.

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MARKING INSTRUCTIONS

Use the Speaking Examination Working Mark Sheet (see page 20: to be photocopied as required).

Test 1 Role Plays. 30 marks. Use Table A.

Enter the mark for each task in the ten columns 1–10 of the Speaking Examination Working Mark
Sheet.

Test 2 Topic Presentation/Conversation. 30 marks. Use Table B.

(i) A mark out of 15 on Scale (a) Comprehension/responsiveness.

Enter the mark in column 11.

(ii) A mark out of 15 on Scale (b) Linguistic content.

Enter the mark in column 12.

Test 3 General Conversation. 30 marks. Use Table B.

Mark as for Test 2 using Table B.

Enter marks out of 15 in columns 13 and 14.

Impression. 10 marks. Use Table C.

Enter the mark (maximum 10) in column 15.

Add the marks and enter the total, in large figures, in the column headed Total Mark. Please double
check the addition as even small errors create problems.

Marking: General Principles

1 Teacher/Examiners are urged to use the full range of marks, bearing in mind that it is not necessary
for a candidate to be of native speaker standard in order to be given maximum marks within any
single category.

2 The general approach is a positive one and marks should be awarded based on what the candidate
can do rather than deducted for errors.

3 Above all else, teacher/Examiners should be consistent in their marking. The moderation process
allows for adjustments to be made to consistently harsh or consistently generous marking. Where
teacher/Examiners are unsure of the mark to award, they should err on the side of generosity.

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TABLE A – Test 1: Role Plays (30 marks)

In this part of the examination the teacher/Examiner plays the part of a patient and well-disposed
foreigner with no knowledge of the candidate’s first language.

The role plays test the ability of the candidates to communicate needs, information, requests, etc.,
in plausibly life-like situations. Intelligibility is therefore more important than grammatical or syntactic
accuracy. However, verbal communication only is assessed: credit is not given for gestures, facial
expressions or other non-verbal forms of communication.

Candidates are required to give natural responses, not necessarily in the form of full sentences. The
use of appropriate register and correct idiom is rewarded.

Each of the ten tasks to be performed in the role plays will be assessed on the scale below. Marks may
not be awarded for the completion of tasks other than those specified by CIE in the Role Play Cards/
Teachers’ Notes Booklet, nor for tasks that are omitted.

An accurate utterance which not only conveys the meaning but which is expressed in native
idiom and appropriate register. Minor errors are tolerated. The utterance is intelligible and 3
the task of communication is achieved.

The language used is not necessarily the most appropriate to the situation and may contain
2
inaccuracies which do not obscure the meaning.

Communication of some meaning is achieved, but the native speaker would find the
1
message ambiguous or incomplete.

The utterance is unintelligible to the native speaker. 0

NB 1 If there are two elements in a task and only one is completed, then a maximum of one mark
only may be awarded.

2 When awarding marks, teacher/Examiners should start at the bottom of the mark scheme
and work upwards:

0 = nothing of worth communicated

1 = partial communication
2 = all points communicated – but with some linguistic inaccuracies – meaning clear
3 = meaning clear and accurately conveyed.

3 Short utterances, if appropriate, can be worth three marks – especially true in Role Play A.

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TABLE B – Tests 2 and 3: Topic Presentation/Conversation and General Conversation (2 x 30

marks)

Each of Tests 2 and 3 is marked on two scales:

Scale (a) Comprehension/responsiveness. This assesses the candidate’s response in terms of

comprehension of the teacher/Examiner, immediacy of reaction/response, fluency of
response, presentation of material in the topic.

Scale (b) Linguistic content. This assesses the linguistic content of the candidate’s answers in terms
of the complexity, accuracy and range of structures, vocabulary and idiom.

Category Mark

Outstanding (a) Not necessarily of native speaker standard.

(b) The highest level to be expected of the best IGCSE candidates. 14–15
Very good (a) Generally understands questions first time, but may require
occasional re-phrasing. Can respond satisfactorily to both
straightforward and unexpected questions.

(b) Wide range of mostly accurate structures, vocabulary and idiom. 12–13
Good (a) Has no difficulty with straightforward questions and responds fairly
well to unexpected ones, particularly when they are re-phrased.

(b) Good range of generally accurate structures, varied vocabulary. 10–11

Satisfactory (a) Understands straightforward questions but has difficulty with some
unexpected ones and needs some re-phrasing. Fairly fluent, but
some hesitation.

(b) Adequate range of structures and vocabulary. Can convey past

and future meaning; some ambiguity. 7–9
Weak (a) Has difficulty even with straightforward questions, but still attempts
an answer.

(b) Shows elementary, limited vocabulary and faulty manipulation of

structures. 4–6
Poor (a) Frequently fails to understand the questions and has great
difficulty in replying.

(b) Shows very limited range of structures and vocabulary. 0–3

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TABLE C – Impression (10 marks)

Very good pronunciation, intonation and fluency; an occasional slight mistake or hesitation.
9–10
Not necessarily of native speaker standard.

Good pronunciation and fluency; makes a fair attempt at correct intonation and expression;
7–8
some mistakes and/or hesitation.

A fair degree of fluency and accuracy in pronunciation despite quite a number of errors;
5–6
some attempt at intonation and expression.

Conveys some meaning despite a lack of fluency and many errors; pronunciation strongly
3–4
influenced by first language.

Many gross errors; frequently incomprehensible. 1–2

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For Role Play Cards One, Two, Three. Role Play A.

你：你自己
老师：你的哥哥或姐姐

你今天开始在新学校上学了。晚上你正跟你的哥哥或姐姐谈
话。

Today was your first day at a new school. In the evening you are talking to your elder brother or elder
sister.

师：今天去学校用了多长时间？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你们班有多少学生？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你的新同学怎么样？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：今天的作业多吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你现在累不累？

生：回答他/她的问题。

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For Role Play Cards Four, Five, Six. Role Play A.

你：你自己
老师：你的朋友

你在上海的一家饭馆，跟你的朋友谈话。

You are in a restaurant in Shanghai, talking to a friend.

师：你想吃什么样的菜？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你要面条还是米饭？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你喜欢喝汽水吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：上海菜你以前吃过没有？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你最喜欢吃哪国菜？

生：回答他/她的问题。

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For Role Play Cards Seven, Eight, Nine. Role Play A.

你：你自己
老师：一位过路人

你在北京。一位过路人来向你问路。

You are in Beijing. A passer-by asks you the way.

师：请问，体育场在哪个方向？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：到那儿要走多长时间？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：这儿附近有汽车站吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：我得坐几路公共汽车？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你也喜欢看体育比赛吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

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For Role Play Cards One, Four, Seven. Role Play B.

你：你自己
老师：你的朋友

你在中国乡村跟一位中国朋友一边走路一边谈话。

You are walking in the Chinese countryside talking with a friend.

师：你们国家的风景跟这儿一样吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你们国家夏天天气怎么样？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你想不想休息一下儿？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：那儿有一条河，你会游泳吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：糟了！迷路了！学校在哪个方向？

生：回答他/她的问题。

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For Role Play Cards Two, Five, Eight. Role Play B.

你：你自己
老师：一位医生

你的手受了伤。你正跟一位医生谈话。

You have hurt your hand, and are talking to a doctor.

师：你哪儿不舒服？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你什么时候受的伤？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你想吃中药吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：疼得厉害吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你一般用哪一只手写字？

生：回答他/她的问题。

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For Role Play Cards Three, Six, Nine. Role Play B.

你：你自己
老师：飞机场工作人员

你在飞机场买票去西安。

You are at an airport buying a ticket to Xi’an.

师：你去哪儿？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你有几个箱子？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你什么时候回来？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你以前去过西安吗？

生：回答他/她的问题。

师：你去西安做什么？

生：回答他/她的问题。

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For Centres with 6 or fewer candidates, the following are enclosed:

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