Cambridge Assessment International Education

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

FRENCH 0520/12
Paper 1 Listening May/June 2019
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 45

Published

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for
Teachers.

Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2019 series for most
Cambridge IGCSE™, Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and
some Cambridge O Level components.

This syllabus is regulated for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 14 printed pages.

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Generic Marking Principles

These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the
specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these
marking principles.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:

Marks must be awarded in line with:
• the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
• the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
• the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:

Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:

Marks must be awarded positively:
• marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the
scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate
• marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
• marks are not deducted for errors
• marks are not deducted for omissions
• answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the
question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:

Rules must be applied consistently e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level
descriptors.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:

Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may
be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:

Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or
grade descriptors in mind.

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1 General Marking Principles

1.1 It is not possible to list all acceptable alternatives in the Detailed Mark Scheme provided in Section 2. You will need to consider all
alternative answers and unexpected approaches in candidates’ scripts, make a decision on whether they communicate the required
elements, in consultation with your Team Leader if necessary (or with your Product Manager if you are a single Examiner), and
award marks accordingly.

The following marking principles underpin the detailed instructions provided in Section 2 of the Mark Scheme. Where a decision is taken to
deviate from these principles for a particular question, this will be specified in the Mark Scheme. Often the general principles will have
to be weighed up against each other, e.g. the answer might pass the look-alike test (1.5(c)), but if the candidate has produced an answer that
is another word in the target language they will not score (1.6).

1.2 Crossing out:

(a) If a candidate changes his/her mind over an answer and crosses out an attempt, award a mark if the final attempt is correct.

(b) If a candidate crosses out an answer to a whole question but makes no second attempt at it, mark the crossed out work.

1.3 More than the stipulated number of boxes ticked/crossed by the candidate:

(a) If more than one attempt is visible, but the candidate has clearly indicated which attempt is his/her final answer (e.g. by crossing out
other attempts or by annotating the script in some way), mark in the usual way.

(b) If two attempts are visible (e.g. 2 boxes ticked instead of the 1 box stipulated), and neither has been crossed out/discounted by the
candidate, no mark can be awarded.

(c) Where candidates must tick a number of boxes (e.g. tick the 6 true statements) and tick too many, apply the following rule: deduct the
number of ‘extra’ answers indicated by the candidate from their number of correct answers. The remaining number is the mark
awarded, e.g. the candidate is asked to tick 6 statements, but ticks 8. 5 of the ticks are correctly placed, but 2 are ‘extras’ (8 ticks
placed by candidate minus 6 ticks required by rubric = 2 ‘extras’). Therefore the candidate is awarded a mark of 3.

(d) Answers in pen do not take precedence over answers in pencil, e.g. if a candidate is asked to tick 1 box and ticks 2, one in pen and
the other in pencil, the mark cannot be awarded unless there is explicit indication from the candidate as to which is his/her final
answer.

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1.4 For questions requiring more than one element for the answer, (i) and (ii), where the answers are interchangeable:

(a) Both correct answers on line 1 and line 2 blank = 2

(b) Both correct answers on line 1 and line 2 wrong = 1

(or vice-versa)

1.5 Answers requiring the use of French (rather than a non-verbal response) should be marked for communication. Tolerate inaccuracies
provided the message is clear.

(a) Spellings recognised by the Académie Française will be accepted.

(b) ‘If in doubt, sound it out’: if you read what the candidate has written, does it sound like the correct answer?

(c) Look-alike test: does what the candidate has written look like the correct answer?

(d) Accept incorrect gender or person unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise.

(e) Accept incorrect possessive adjectives, e.g. mon, ton, son etc., unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise.

(f) Accept incorrect tense unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise.

(g) Tolerate incorrect auxiliary unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise.

(h) Tolerate incorrect use of infinitive unless Mark Scheme specifies otherwise.

1.6 Unless the Mark Scheme specifies otherwise, do not accept incorrect French if the word given means something else in French.
(Incorrect French which constitutes a word in any language other than French is marked (i) on the basis of whether it is accepted or refused
in the Mark Scheme and (ii) if not mentioned in the Mark Scheme, on the basis of 1.5 above).

1.7 Where words are combined or split inappropriately do not award the mark, e.g. ‘sonpère’ and ‘lar ticle’ (inappropriate splitting or
combination is an indication that the candidate has not understood).

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1.8 Annotation used in the Mark Scheme:

(a) INV = invalidation and is used when additional material included by the candidate is judged to invalidate an otherwise correct answer
thus preventing him/her from scoring the mark (INV = 0).

(b) tc = ‘tout court’ and means that on its own the material is not sufficient to score the mark.

(c) HA = harmless additional material which in conjunction with the correct answer does not prevent the candidate from scoring the mark.

(d) BOD = benefit of the doubt and is used to indicate material considered by the Examiner and judged to be more correct than incorrect:
the benefit of the doubt is given to the candidate and the mark is awarded.

1.9 No response and '0' marks

There is a NR (No Response) option in RM Assessor.

Award NR (No Response):

If there is nothing written at all in the answer space or

If there is only a comment which does not in any way relate to the question being asked (e.g. ‘can’t do’ or ‘don’t know’) or

If there is only a mark which isn’t an attempt at the question (e.g. a dash, a question mark).

Award 0:

If there is any attempt that earns no credit. This could, for example, include the candidate copying all or some of the question, or any working
that does not earn any marks, whether crossed out or not.

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1.10 Extra material:

It is the candidate’s responsibility to answer questions in such a way as to demonstrate to the Examiner that s/he has understood the
recorded material. Where candidates introduce extra, irrelevant material to an otherwise correct answer the danger is that the Examiner is
being forced to ‘choose’ the correct answer and s/he cannot be certain that the candidate has shown understanding. Where the Examiner is
put in this position the mark cannot be awarded. The Detailed Mark Scheme cannot cover all eventualities and where specific instructions are
not provided, Examiners must check the transcript to ensure the correct elements which would qualify for the mark are not contradicted or
distorted by any extra material. The following, general, rules should be applied:

(a) Extra material, mentioned in the this is acceptable and is not penalised
Mark Scheme, which reinforces
the correct answer or in itself
constitutes an alternative correct
answer:

(b) Extra material which constitutes the Examiner needs to decide, by consulting the transcript and the Team Leader if necessary, whether
an alternative answer, but which the alternative answer constitutes:
is not explicitly mentioned in (i) an alternative correct answer, in which case this falls into category (a) and the answer should be
the Mark Scheme: rewarded
(ii) or an answer which on its own would be refused, in which case this falls into category (c) and the
answer should be refused

(c) Extra material which constitutes this puts the Examiner in the position of having to ‘choose’ which is the candidate’s ‘final’ answer – the
an alternative answer Examiner cannot be sure what the candidate has understood – and the mark cannot be awarded
specifically refused in the Mark
Scheme:

(d) Extra material which distorts or this affects communication – the Examiner cannot be sure what the candidate has understood – and the
contradicts the correct answer: mark cannot be awarded

(e) Extra material introduced by the this affects communication – the Examiner cannot be sure what the candidate has understood – and the
candidate and which does not mark cannot be awarded. It can sometimes be difficult to draw the line between what is a deduction
feature in the original transcript: made by an able candidate on the basis of what they have heard and pure guesswork. Therefore where
a particular answer is not covered in the Mark Scheme, Examiners should consult their Team Leader

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2 Detailed Mark Scheme

Section 1 Exercise 1

Question Answer Marks Guidance

1 D 9h30 1

2 A guichets 1

3 D jus d’orange 1

4 C serviette 1

5 D poisson 1

6 A assiettes 1

7 B centre commercial 1

8 A parapluie 1

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Section 1 Exercise 2

Question Answer Marks Guidance

9 juillet 1 Refuse any other month

Refuse julie / july / julier / juier / juile
Must start jui
Must end l(l)(i)et(t)(e)

Also accept jul(l)et

10 A plage 1

11 A chalet 1

12 B armoire 1

13 C chaise longue 1

14 C planche à voile 1

15 B soirée musicale 1

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Section 2 Exercise 1

Question Answer Marks Guidance

(a) 9 Aminata trouve les habitants de son village gentils.

(b)

(c) 9 Aminata préfère vivre à la campagne.

(d) 9 Dans la ville de Luc, il y a beaucoup à faire.

(e)

(f)

(g) 9 Quand elle était petite, Nina aimait sa vie à la ferme.

(h)

(i)

(j) 9 Omar ne veut plus habiter en ville.

(k)

(l) 9 Selon Omar, les rues ne sont pas propres.

16 Type in the letter for each correct option: 6 If more than 6 boxes are ticked by the candidate, indicate
‘working’ in ‘Comments’ box: e.g. 7 boxes ticked of which 6
are correct use formula 6 – 1 = 5 (where 1 = the number of
extra boxes ticked).

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Section 2 Exercise 2: Part 1

Question Answer Marks Guidance

17 année scolaire 1 Refuse scolaire tc

Refuse escolaire
Acceptable spellings of année:
an(n)e(e)(s)

Acceptable spellings of scolaire:

sc(h)ol(l)air(e)(s)

18 famille 1 Refuse family / families

Refuse fam(m)ail(l)e(s)
Must start fam(m)
Must end il(l)(e)(s)

19 construit 1 Accept any part, any tense of the verb construire /

const(r)uire
Must start const
Must end (r)ui(t)(e)(s) Refuse constriuis
Refuse constriut
Also accept the noun construction(n)(e)(s) / Refuse constriure
construc(c)ion(n)(e)(s)

20 mignonne 1 Refuse mingn(n)ogne / mingon(n)(e)(s)

Refuse mignont
Must start mig
Must end n(i)on(n)(e)(s)

21 sec 1 Refuse tresec / treseque (see General principle 1.7)

Refuse sac(s) / saq(u)(e)(s)
Acceptable spellings:
sec(s) / sech(e)(s)

Also accept seq(u)(e)

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Section 2 Exercise 2: Part 2

Question Answer Marks Guidance

22 frais 1 Refuse frais(s)e (as fraise is another word)

Refuse frait / fraid / fret(e)(s) / fre(s)
Acceptable spellings: Refuse f(r)oid(e)(s)
frai(e)(s) / fraich(e)(s) / fraish(e)(s)

23 circulation 1 affreux = HA (see transcript)

Must start circul(l)

Must end ation(n)(e)(s) / as(s)ion(n)(e)(s) / ac(c)ion(n)(e)(s)

24 pas longues 1 Must have notion of negative, i.e. ne or pas

Inclusion of très = HA
Acceptable spellings of longues: Attempts at comme en France = HA
long(u)(e)(s)

25 chatter (en) ligne 1 Accept any part, any tense of the verb chatter / chater /
tchat(t)er / tchatcher
Acceptable spellings of ligne:
lign(e)(s) Refuse line / on line / online
Refuse enligne / onligne (see General principle 1.7)
Also accept (sur) Internet
Also accept on ligne

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Section 3 Exercise 1

Question Answer Marks Guidance

26 C Elle a séjourné aux États-Unis. 1

27 B Elle voyageait avec ses copains de classe. 1

28 B Elle ne gagnait pas d’argent. 1

29 A caissière 1

30 C curieux 1

31 C Elle va continuer à faire de longs voyages. 1

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Section 3 Exercise 2

Question Answer Marks Guidance

32 tombaient 1 Accept any part, any tense of the verb tomber

Ignore attempts at glace

Inclusion of trouver ça facile with the idea of friends falling

over = INV (Alain found ice-skating easy)
33 contacter + parents 1 Accept any part, any tense of the verb contacter
Any other verb = INV (e.g. téléphoner)
Also accept the noun contact

Acceptable spellings of parents:

parent(e)(s)

Also accept père et mère BUT refuse père tc / mère tc

34 section sportive 1 Paris tc but HA

Acceptable spellings of section:

section(n)(e)(s)

Acceptable spellings of sportive:

sportiv(e)(s) / sportif(e)(s)

Also accept section (de) sport

35 (il avait) trop (d’) énergie 1 Refuse denergie / denergy (see General principle 1.7)
Refuse beaucoup / très
Acceptable spellings of trop:
trops

Acceptable spellings of énergie:

en(n)erg(g)i(e)(s) / en(n)erg(g)y(e)(s)

Also accept en(n)erg(g)ique(s) / en(n)erg(g)yque(s) Refuse énergétique (different concept)

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

36 (son/mon) mieux 1 Refuse meux / meiux

Acceptable spellings:
mieu

Also accept meilleur

Must start meil(l) / mail(l) / mel(l)
Must end eur(r)(e)(s) / or(r)(e)(s) / ur(r)(e)(s)

37 plus âgés 1 Must have plus

Acceptable spellings of âgés: Refuse ager(s)

age(e)(s)
qu’Alain = HA
Inclusion of compétitif = INV

38 comité (olympique) 1 Tolerate attempts at olympique

Acceptable spellings: Refuse com(m)it(t)er

com(m)it(t)e(e)(s)

39 spectacle (sur) glace 1 Refuse glas(s)(e)

Acceptable spellings of spectacle: Refuse spectaculair(e)(s) / spectacular(e)(s)

spec(c)tacl(e)(s)

Acceptable spellings of glace: class = INV

glace(s) place = INV

40 (les) regrets 1 Tolerate inclusion of negative such as jamais / pas (see

transcript)
Acceptable spellings:
regret(t)(e)(s) Tolerate attempts at il ne faut jamais avoir

Also accept any part, any tense of the verb regretter

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