GCSE
GERMAN
8668/SH
Paper 2 Speaking Higher
n n n
Mark scheme including Guidance for Role-plays
n n n n n
June 2022
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Version:n1.0nFinal
X226G 66 /SH/MS* n
, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GERMANn –n 8668/SHn –n JUNEn 2022
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’ntests.nAlternativenans
wersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisat
ionnprocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonrefe
rnthesentonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessmen
tnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnfornth
eirnownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowl
edgedntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2022nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GERMANn –n 8668/SHn –n JUNEn 2022
Contents
Page
4 PartnOnenMarknScheme
6 Sectionn1:nRole-play
9 Sectionn2:nDiscussionnofnphotoncard
11 Sectionn3:nGeneralnconversation
15 Appendixn1:nSubjectncontentn(Themes)
16 Appendixn2:nSpeakingnScorenSheet
17 Appendixn3:nSymbolsnfornannotatingnSpeakingnScorenSheet
19 Appendixn4:nMarkingnofnphotoncardn–nGuidancenNotes
27 Appendixn5:nRole-playsn–nGeneralnPrinciples
29 Appendixn6:nPhotoncardsn–nGeneralnPrinciples
30 Appendixn7:nPhotoncardsn–nGuidancenonnParaphrasing
31 PartnTwonMarknScheme
31 Sectionn1:nRole-playsn–nspecificn2022nmarknschemes
40 Sectionn2:nPhotoncardsn–nspecificn2022nguidance
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GERMANn –n 8668/SHn –n JUNEn 2022
Speaking Tests –
n n
Higher tierPart One Mark Sc
n n n n n
heme
Principlesnofnmarking
ThenSpeakingnTestsnarenmarkedninnaccordancenwithnthenassessmentncriterianprovidednlaterninnthisndoc
ument.n Nonallowancencannbenmadenfornpoornteachernconductnofnthentests.n Youncannonlynassessnwhatny
ounhear.
Ifnancandidatenrequiresnanpromptnornexplanationnofnanynkind,nincludingnthenprovisionnofnannitemnofn
obviouslynunknownnvocabulary,nthisnmustnbengivennclearlynandnaudiblynbynthenteacher-
examinernwithoutnstoppingnthenrecording.
Levelnofnresponsenmarkingninstructions
LevelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenusedninnthenPhotoncardnandnGeneralnconversationntasks.n Thencrit
erianarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnshowsnt
henaveragenperformancenfornthatnlevel.
Stepn1nDeterminenanlevel
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenstudentnperfor
mancenmeetsnthendescriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesn
thatnmightnbenseenninnthenstudent’snperformancenfornthatnlevel.nIfnitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonth
ennextnonenandndecidenifnitnmeetsnthisnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescri
ptornandnthenperformance.nWithnpracticenandnfamiliarity,nyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternperformancesnyoun
willnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevelsnofnthenmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevel,nyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenperformancenandnnotnlookntonpi
cknholesnwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.n Ifnthenperformancencoversn
differentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknscheme,nyounshouldnusenan‘bestnfit’napproachnforndefin
ingnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenperformancentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,n
ienifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedni
nnleveln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Stepn2nDeterminenanmark
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevel,nyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusedn
duringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snperformancenwithnthenexamplesn
markednbynthenLeadnExaminerntondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthene
xamples.n Youncannthennusenthisninformationntonallocatenanmarknfornthenperformance.
Younmaynwellnneedntongonbacknthroughnthentestnasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonassurenyourselfnt
hatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
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GERMAN
8668/SH
Paper 2 Speaking Higher
n n n
Mark scheme including Guidance for Role-plays
n n n n n
June 2022
n
Version:n1.0nFinal
X226G 66 /SH/MS* n
, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GERMANn –n 8668/SHn –n JUNEn 2022
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’ntests.nAlternativenans
wersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisat
ionnprocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonrefe
rnthesentonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessmen
tnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnfornth
eirnownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowl
edgedntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2022nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GERMANn –n 8668/SHn –n JUNEn 2022
Contents
Page
4 PartnOnenMarknScheme
6 Sectionn1:nRole-play
9 Sectionn2:nDiscussionnofnphotoncard
11 Sectionn3:nGeneralnconversation
15 Appendixn1:nSubjectncontentn(Themes)
16 Appendixn2:nSpeakingnScorenSheet
17 Appendixn3:nSymbolsnfornannotatingnSpeakingnScorenSheet
19 Appendixn4:nMarkingnofnphotoncardn–nGuidancenNotes
27 Appendixn5:nRole-playsn–nGeneralnPrinciples
29 Appendixn6:nPhotoncardsn–nGeneralnPrinciples
30 Appendixn7:nPhotoncardsn–nGuidancenonnParaphrasing
31 PartnTwonMarknScheme
31 Sectionn1:nRole-playsn–nspecificn2022nmarknschemes
40 Sectionn2:nPhotoncardsn–nspecificn2022nguidance
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n GCSEn GERMANn –n 8668/SHn –n JUNEn 2022
Speaking Tests –
n n
Higher tierPart One Mark Sc
n n n n n
heme
Principlesnofnmarking
ThenSpeakingnTestsnarenmarkedninnaccordancenwithnthenassessmentncriterianprovidednlaterninnthisndoc
ument.n Nonallowancencannbenmadenfornpoornteachernconductnofnthentests.n Youncannonlynassessnwhatny
ounhear.
Ifnancandidatenrequiresnanpromptnornexplanationnofnanynkind,nincludingnthenprovisionnofnannitemnofn
obviouslynunknownnvocabulary,nthisnmustnbengivennclearlynandnaudiblynbynthenteacher-
examinernwithoutnstoppingnthenrecording.
Levelnofnresponsenmarkingninstructions
LevelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenusedninnthenPhotoncardnandnGeneralnconversationntasks.n Thencrit
erianarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnshowsnt
henaveragenperformancenfornthatnlevel.
Stepn1nDeterminenanlevel
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenstudentnperfor
mancenmeetsnthendescriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesn
thatnmightnbenseenninnthenstudent’snperformancenfornthatnlevel.nIfnitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonth
ennextnonenandndecidenifnitnmeetsnthisnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescri
ptornandnthenperformance.nWithnpracticenandnfamiliarity,nyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternperformancesnyoun
willnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevelsnofnthenmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevel,nyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenperformancenandnnotnlookntonpi
cknholesnwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.n Ifnthenperformancencoversn
differentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknscheme,nyounshouldnusenan‘bestnfit’napproachnforndefin
ingnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenperformancentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,n
ienifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedni
nnleveln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Stepn2nDeterminenanmark
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevel,nyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusedn
duringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snperformancenwithnthenexamplesn
markednbynthenLeadnExaminerntondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthene
xamples.n Youncannthennusenthisninformationntonallocatenanmarknfornthenperformance.
Younmaynwellnneedntongonbacknthroughnthentestnasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonassurenyourselfnt
hatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
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