ESL Paper 1 Nov 2020 MS
ESL Paper 1 Nov 2020 MS
ESL Paper 1 Nov 2020 MS
November 2020
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Autumn 2020
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General Marking Guidance
READING
Questions 1-10
Questions 26-30
Questions 41-45
Question Mark
Number
Part 6 Part 6 is marked out of 25. 20
Use the indicative content below for 5 marks (AO1), plus
the grid on the next page for 20 marks (AO2).
Award up to 5 marks for each column.
2
Indicative Content:
Two reasons why hiking is a good form of exercise:
• free
• good for the mind / mental health / wellbeing
• being outdoors stimulates the senses
• good way of escaping the pressure of city living
• can escape technology
• sociable / hiking groups.
Reward all other valid points.
(Any two, one mark each.)
3
Indicative Content:
Three ways in which you can prepare for a hike:
• look at maps / check out the ground / routes
• check the weather / dress for the weather
• prepare for hiking in the dark
• learn how to read a map
• practise walking / do exercises to build muscles
• wear gloves
• take enough water / snacks.
Reward all other valid points.
(Any three, one mark each.)
Assessment criteria: writing skills assessment grid This grid should be used for marking Parts 5 and 6.
Mark Communication and content Lexical range and accuracy Grammatical range and Effective organisation
(AO2b/AO2d) (AO2c) Accuracy (AO2c) (AO2a)
5 Candidates have referred to • Wide range of vocabulary. • Wide range of both • Very coherent piece of
all three bullet points. • Appropriate and effective use straightforward and complex writing.
The response… of vocabulary to address the grammatical structures. • Appropriate use of cohesive
• communicates most requirements of the task. • Appropriate and effective use devices, paragraphing and
successfully. • Very good control of of these structures to punctuation.
• conveys the information set vocabulary with very few address the requirements of • High degree of fluency that
out in the task. errors. the task. would require no effort on
• uses appropriate tone and • Very good control of these the part of a native speaker.
register for the audience. structures with very few
errors.
3-4 Candidates have referred to • Good range of vocabulary. • Good range of both • Generally coherent piece of
at least two bullet points. • Generally appropriate and straightforward and complex writing.
The response… effective use of vocabulary to grammatical structures. • Generally appropriate use of
• generally communicates address the requirements of • Generally appropriate and cohesive devices,
successfully. the task. effective use of these paragraphing and
• conveys more than half of the • Occasional lapses in lexical structures to address the punctuation.
information set out in the task. control. requirements of the task. • Moderate degree of fluency
• generally uses appropriate • Occasional lapses in control that would cause a native
tone and register for the task. of more complex structures. speaker to hesitate.
1-2 Candidates have referred to • Adequate but predictable • Adequate but predictable • Occasionally coherent piece
at least one bullet point. range of vocabulary. range of straightforward of writing.
The response… • Occasionally uses appropriate grammatical structures. • Limited or repetitive use of
• occasionally communicates and effective vocabulary to • Occasionally appropriate and cohesive devices,
successfully. address the requirements of effective use of these paragraphing and
• conveys less than half of the the task. structures to address the punctuation.
information set out in the task. • Frequent lapses in lexical requirements of the task. • Low degree of fluency that
• only sometimes uses control. • Frequent lapses in requires some effort on the
appropriate tone and register grammatical control. part of the native speaker.
for the task.
0 No rewardable material. No rewardable material. No rewardable material. No rewardable material.
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