Pearson Edexcel GCE In German (9GN0) Paper 03 Speaking Mark Scheme
(Results) Summer 2025
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel
GCE In German
(9GN0) Paper 03
Speaking
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
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We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational
and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications
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with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
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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
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Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number 74506-74508
Publication Codes 9GN0_03_2506_MS
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© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,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.
, Paper 3 mark scheme
For this paper, there are a number of levels-based mark schemes to be
applied to each task.
General guidance on using levels-based mark schemes Step 1
Decide on a band
• You should first of all consider the answer as a whole and then decide
which descriptors most closely match the answer and place it in that
band. The descriptors for each band indicate the different features
that will be seen in the student’s answer for that band.
• When assigning a level, you should look at the overall quality of the
answer and not focus disproportionately on small and specific parts
of the answer where the student has not performed quite as well as
the rest. If the answer covers different aspects of different bands of
the mark scheme you should use a ‘best fit’ approach for defining the
level and then use the variability of the response to help decide the
mark within the level, for example if the response is predominantly
band 5–8 with a small amount of band 9–12 material, it would be
placed in band 5–8 but be awarded a mark near the top of the band
because of the band 9–12 content.
Step 2 Decide on a mark
• Once you have decided on a band you will then need to decide on a
mark within the band.
• You will decide on the mark to award based on the quality of the
answer; you will award a mark towards the top or bottom of that
band depending on how students have evidenced each of the
descriptor bullet points.
• You will modify the mark based on how securely the trait descriptors
are met at that band.
• You will need to go back through the answer as you apply the mark
scheme to clarify points and assure yourself that the band and the
mark are appropriate.
Guidance on timing of the speaking assessment
The speaking assessment should last between 16 to 18 minutes. The
timing of the assessment begins with the candidate’s first utterance in
relation to Task 1. Once the maximum stipulated assessment time has
passed, the teacher-examiner must bring the assessment to a natural end,
allowing the candidate to complete their last sentence.
You must stop marking at the end of the sentence once the maximum
assessment time has passed, even if the recorded conversation has gone
(Results) Summer 2025
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel
GCE In German
(9GN0) Paper 03
Speaking
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
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 2025
Question Paper Log Number 74506-74508
Publication Codes 9GN0_03_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,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.
, Paper 3 mark scheme
For this paper, there are a number of levels-based mark schemes to be
applied to each task.
General guidance on using levels-based mark schemes Step 1
Decide on a band
• You should first of all consider the answer as a whole and then decide
which descriptors most closely match the answer and place it in that
band. The descriptors for each band indicate the different features
that will be seen in the student’s answer for that band.
• When assigning a level, you should look at the overall quality of the
answer and not focus disproportionately on small and specific parts
of the answer where the student has not performed quite as well as
the rest. If the answer covers different aspects of different bands of
the mark scheme you should use a ‘best fit’ approach for defining the
level and then use the variability of the response to help decide the
mark within the level, for example if the response is predominantly
band 5–8 with a small amount of band 9–12 material, it would be
placed in band 5–8 but be awarded a mark near the top of the band
because of the band 9–12 content.
Step 2 Decide on a mark
• Once you have decided on a band you will then need to decide on a
mark within the band.
• You will decide on the mark to award based on the quality of the
answer; you will award a mark towards the top or bottom of that
band depending on how students have evidenced each of the
descriptor bullet points.
• You will modify the mark based on how securely the trait descriptors
are met at that band.
• You will need to go back through the answer as you apply the mark
scheme to clarify points and assure yourself that the band and the
mark are appropriate.
Guidance on timing of the speaking assessment
The speaking assessment should last between 16 to 18 minutes. The
timing of the assessment begins with the candidate’s first utterance in
relation to Task 1. Once the maximum stipulated assessment time has
passed, the teacher-examiner must bring the assessment to a natural end,
allowing the candidate to complete their last sentence.
You must stop marking at the end of the sentence once the maximum
assessment time has passed, even if the recorded conversation has gone
