WRITING

MARKING PROCEDURES

Marking procedures for Paper 1 (Written Test)

1. Print the marking scheme.

2. The English Language panel should have a moderation marking session before the
actual scripts are marked.

How to conduct a moderation session:

i) The English Language panel should read and understand the question paper and
the mark scheme

ii) Choose 10 scripts (approximately a variety of 10 scripts) and make copies of them
for the moderation exercise

iii) Read and explain the mark scheme to the examiners

iv) Mark a script and award marks according to the mark scheme provided by the
examination syndicate (LPM)

v) Discuss the marks given for the scripts that has been marked

vi) Come to a consensus and make the necessary amendments

vii) Award the final mark

viii) Repeat step 1 viii for the remaining scripts

Note:
At the end of this session, there should be marked scripts of various bands (A-E) for
writing tasks.

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