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November 2004GCE ORDINARY LEVELMARK SCHEMEMAXIMUM MARK: 55SYLLABUS/COMPONENT: 3248/01SECOND LANGUAGE URDUComposition and Translationwww.ourpgs.com

Page 1 Mark Scheme Syllabus PaperGCE O LEVEL – NOVEMBER 2004 3248 1Part 1: Directed Writing (15 marks)The syllabus specifies that the candidates are to write an essay in Urdu of about 150words.Points to be written about:• Books have been the best source of knowledge since olden times.• Educational, practical and recreational benefits of reading books.• The need to take an interest in good books.Language (out of 10) Content (out of 5)9–10 Very goodConfident use of complexsentence patterns, generallyaccurate, extensive vocabulary,good sense of idiom.5 Very goodDetailed, clearly relevant and wellillustrated; coherently argued andstructured.7–8 GoodGenerally sound grasp ofgrammar in spite of quite a fewlapses; reads reasonably; someattempt at varied vocabulary andsentence patterns.4GoodSound knowledge and generallyrelevant; some ability to developargument and draw conclusions.5–6 AdequateA tendency to be simple, clumsyor laboured; some degree ofaccuracy; inappropriate use ofidiom.3–4 PoorConsistently simple or pedestriansentence patterns (basicsentence structure) withpersistent errors; limitedvocabulary.0–2 Very poorOnly the simplest sentencepatterns, little evidence ofgrammatical awareness, verylimited vocabulary.3 AdequateSome knowledge, but not alwaysrelevant; a more limited capacityto argue.2 PoorSome attempt at argument, tendsto be sketchy or unspecific; littleattempt to structure an argument;major misunderstanding ofquestion.0–1 Very poorVague and general, ideaspresented at random.© University of Cambridge International Examinations 2005www.ourpgs.com

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus PaperGCE O LEVEL – NOVEMBER 2004 3248 1Part 2: Letter, Report, Dialogue or Speech (20 marks)The syllabus specifies that the candidates are to write in Urdu of about 200 words.Language (out of 15) Content (out of 5)13–15 Very goodConfident use of complexsentence patterns, generallyaccurate, extensive vocabulary,good sense of idiom.5 Very goodDetailed, clearly relevant and wellillustrated; coherently argued andstructured.10–12 GoodGenerally sound grasp ofgrammar in spite of quite a fewlapses; reads reasonably; someattempt at varied vocabulary andsentence patterns.4 GoodSound knowledge and generallyrelevant; some ability to developargument and draw conclusions.7–9 AdequateA tendency to be simple, clumsyor laboured; some degree ofaccuracy; inappropriate use ofidiom.4–6 PoorConsistently simple or pedestriansentence patterns (basicsentence structure) withpersistent errors; limitedvocabulary.0–3 Very poorOnly the simplest sentencepatterns, little evidence ofgrammatical awareness, verylimited vocabulary.3 AdequateSome knowledge, but not alwaysrelevant; a more limited capacity toargue.2 PoorSome attempt at argument, tendsto be sketchy or unspecific; littleattempt to structure an argument;major misunderstanding ofquestion.0–1 Very poorVague and general, ideaspresented at random.www.ourpgs.com© University of Cambridge International Examinations 2005

Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus PaperGCE O LEVEL – NOVEMBER 2004 3248 1Part 3: Translation into UrduEnglish Urdu MarksPeople used to count on their fingers. 1This is why we use the numbers one toten when we count.The abacus, the first countingmachine, was invented in china about5,000 years ago.If we count out a pile of beads, wegroup them in units, tens andhundreds.On the abacus, beads are placed onwires.Ten beads in the units line can bereplaced by one bead in the tens line,while one bead in the hundreds line willtake the place of ten beads in the tensline.In this way the abacus helps us to countand store the results.A computer works so quickly andefficiently that it have magicalpowers!In fact, it is just a machine that onlydoes what it is told to do.12213121Instructions must always be simple. 1If we had to work out long and difficultcalculations, we could spend a wholeday and would probably grow tired andbored.2We might also make mistakes. 1We could spend the rest of our livesdoing work that computers can do in afew seconds.2www.ourpgs.com© University of Cambridge International Examinations 2005