Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0510 English as a Second Language June 2011 Grade Thresholds

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

International General Certificate of Secondary Education
Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0510 (English as a Second Language) in the May/June 2011 examination.

maximum mark available Component 11 Component 12 Component 13 Component 21 Component 22 Component 23 Component 31 Component 32 Component 33 Component 41 Component 42 Component 43 56 56 56 84 84 84 30 30 30 36 36 36 maximum mark available Component 5 Component 6 30 30

minimum mark required for grade: A N/A N/A N/A 59 65 65 N/A N/A N/A 30 30 30 C 32 36 36 46 51 51 22 22 22 22 22 22 E 27 31 31 36 38 38 16 16 16 17 17 17 F 18 24 24 N/A N/A N/A 12 12 12 N/A N/A N/A

minimum mark required for grade: 1 26 26 3 14 14 5 4 4

The threshold (minimum mark) for B is set halfway between those for Grades A and C. The threshold (minimum mark) for D is set halfway between those for Grades C and E. The threshold (minimum mark) for G is set as many marks below the F threshold as the E threshold is above it. Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component. The thresholds for the syllabus are determined first by adding together the thresholds for the components taken by the candidate. A reduction may be made at the higher grades depending on the correlation of the papers. If the maximum raw marks for the components are not in the weighting/relationship specified in the syllabus, a weighting is applied to arrive at the overall thresholds. The A* threshold is calculated using the difference between A and B as a starting point.

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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0510 English as a Second Language June 2011 Grade Thresholds The maximum total mark for this syllabus is 100. The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Option AX AY AZ BX BY BZ CX CY EX EY EZ FX FY FZ GX GY

Combination of components 05, 11, 31 05, 12, 32 05, 13, 33 06, 11, 31 06, 12, 32 06, 13, 33 11, 31, 85 12, 32, 85 05, 21, 41 05, 22, 42 05, 23, 43 06, 21, 41 06, 22, 42 06, 23, 43 21, 41, 85 22, 42, 85

A* N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 80 84 84 80 84 84 80 84

A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 73 78 78 73 78 78 73 78

B N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 65 69 69 65 69 69 65 69

C 62 67 67 62 67 67 62 67 57 61 61 57 61 61 57 61

D 56 61 61 56 61 61 56 61 50 53 53 50 53 53 50 53

E 50 55 55 50 55 55 50 55 44 46 46 44 46 46 44 46

F 35 42 42 35 42 42 35 42 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

G 20 29 29 20 29 29 20 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Grade Thresholds are published for all GCE A/AS and IGCSE subjects where a corresponding mark scheme is available.

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