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June 2003

INTERNATIONAL GCSE

MARK SCHEME

MAXIMUM MARK: 60

SYLLABUS/COMPONENT: 0508/02
FIRST LANGUAGE ARABIC
Reading and Directed Writing
Page 1 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 2

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 2

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 2

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 2

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

June 2003

INTERNATIONAL GCSE

MARK SCHEME

MAXIMUM MARK: 40

SYLLABUS/COMPONENT: 0508/03
FIRST LANGUAGE ARABIC
Continuous Writing
Page 1 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 3

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 3

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 3

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
IGCSE EXAMINATIONS JUNE 2003 0508 3

University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate 2003

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0508 (First Language Arabic) in the June 2003
examination.

maximum minimum mark required for grade:

mark
A C E F
available
Component 2 60 45 32 19 13
Component 3 40 34 24 14 10

The threshold (minimum mark) for B is set halfway between those for Grades A and C.
The threshold (minimum mark) for D is set halfway between those for Grades C and E.
The threshold (minimum mark) for G is set as many marks below the F threshold as the E
threshold is above it.
Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component.