Pearson Edexcel GCE In Arabic (9AA0) Paper 3 Listening, reading and writing in Arabic Mark Scheme
(Results) Summer 2024
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Arabic (9AA0)
Paper 3 Listening, reading and writing in
Arabic
1
,Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We
provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at
www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the
details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress
in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people,
wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by
working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our
commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2024
Publications Code P75543
Publications Code 9AA0_03_2406_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
2
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark
the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide
the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification
may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be
consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate
has replaced it with an alternative response.
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, Paper 3 marking principles and mark scheme
SECTION A and section B questions 5(a)/5(b): marking
For open response questions, the candidate does not have to write in full sentences. If
appropriate, they may respond using single words or phrases where appropriate.
Example of short phrases with two or more words:
o to become a soldier (verb/noun)
o Christian (values) (adjective/noun).
When responding to open response questions, candidates may use words from the
listening passage or reading extract but they must not transcribe or copy whole
sections where the question requires them to manipulate the language in order to
give an accurate response to the question.
Example:
Text: I mainly eat fruit and veg to stay healthy.
Question: According to the text, what does a healthy diet consist of?
Rewardable answer: Mainly eating fruit and veg.
Non-rewardable answer: I mainly eat fruit and veg to stay healthy.
Candidates who copy the whole sentence, as exemplified above as the non-rewardable
answer, would not be awarded marks without manipulating the verb in the sentence.
This is because it does not render an accurate answer to the question. However, as the
exemplified Rewardable answer shows, candidates may still use words from the listening
passage or reading extract.
There are no marks for quality of language in Section A or questions 5a) and 5b) in
Section B. Therefore, errors and omissions in spelling and grammar will be tolerated as
long as the message is not ambiguous or does not interfere with communication.
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for a 1-mark answer,
the candidate’s first response is taken for assessment, even if this response is incorrect
but the correct information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are available,
award the individual marks discretely but apply the order of elements rule.
Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
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(Results) Summer 2024
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Arabic (9AA0)
Paper 3 Listening, reading and writing in
Arabic
1
,Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We
provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at
www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the
details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress
in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people,
wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by
working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our
commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2024
Publications Code P75543
Publications Code 9AA0_03_2406_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
2
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark
the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide
the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification
may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be
consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate
has replaced it with an alternative response.
3
, Paper 3 marking principles and mark scheme
SECTION A and section B questions 5(a)/5(b): marking
For open response questions, the candidate does not have to write in full sentences. If
appropriate, they may respond using single words or phrases where appropriate.
Example of short phrases with two or more words:
o to become a soldier (verb/noun)
o Christian (values) (adjective/noun).
When responding to open response questions, candidates may use words from the
listening passage or reading extract but they must not transcribe or copy whole
sections where the question requires them to manipulate the language in order to
give an accurate response to the question.
Example:
Text: I mainly eat fruit and veg to stay healthy.
Question: According to the text, what does a healthy diet consist of?
Rewardable answer: Mainly eating fruit and veg.
Non-rewardable answer: I mainly eat fruit and veg to stay healthy.
Candidates who copy the whole sentence, as exemplified above as the non-rewardable
answer, would not be awarded marks without manipulating the verb in the sentence.
This is because it does not render an accurate answer to the question. However, as the
exemplified Rewardable answer shows, candidates may still use words from the listening
passage or reading extract.
There are no marks for quality of language in Section A or questions 5a) and 5b) in
Section B. Therefore, errors and omissions in spelling and grammar will be tolerated as
long as the message is not ambiguous or does not interfere with communication.
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for a 1-mark answer,
the candidate’s first response is taken for assessment, even if this response is incorrect
but the correct information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are available,
award the individual marks discretely but apply the order of elements rule.
Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
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