GCSE Bitesize Examinations

General Certificate of Secondary Education

GERMAN WRITING MOCK EXAM

HIGHER TIER

MARKING SCHEME

Maximum marks: 50 marks

Exercise 1

This question is marked for Content and Knowledge and Use of Language and
Accuracy. The marks given for the three categories are then added together to give
a total mark for the question.

(20 marks)

Content
Mark Description
9 - 10 task clearly understood; all tasks fully
completed
7-8 task mostly completed
5-6 about half task completed
3-4 some relevant information conveyed
1-2 much ambiguity and difficult for a native
speaker to understand

Knowledge + Use of language

Mark Description
5 generally accurate & appropriate
vocabulary, spellings, verbs and genders
4 some weakness in vocabulary, spellings,
verbs & genders
3 inaccuracies make meanings sometimes
unclear
2 considerable inaccuracy makes meaning
often unclear
1 only odd words and phrases correct

Accuracy
Mark Description
5 spellings, genders, agreements & verbs
accurate, with perhaps the odd minor slip
4 mostly accurate
3 fairly accurate in simple language
2 many basic errors
1 much inaccuracy isolated examples of
correct language
Exercise 2

This question is marked for Content and Knowledge and Use of Language and
Accuracy. The marks given for the three categories are then added together to give
a total mark for the question.

(30 marks)

Content
Mark Description
13 - 15 task clearly understood; all tasks fully
completed
10-12 task mostly completed
7-9 about half task completed
4-6 some relevant information conveyed
1-3 much ambiguity and difficult for a native
speaker to understand

Knowledge + Use of language

Mark Description
5 variety of vocabulary and confident use
of more complex structures
4 variety and confidence as above but
some mistakes
3 generally accurate and appropriate to
task
2 limited vocabulary and structures
1 very limited language

Accuracy
Mark Description
5 high level of accuracy though not
necessarily faultless
4 generally accurate
3 fairly accurate
2 many basic errors
1 frequent basic errors isolated examples
of correct language