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    Examiners Report/

    Principal Examiner Feedback


    June 2011

    International GCSE Bengali (4BE0)


    Paper 1

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    June 2011
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    Edexcel Ltd 2011

    General comments
    A good proportion of candidates performed well and scored high marks in
    the paper. The demand of the paper is comparable with the previous paper.
    It was also pleasing to see that overall candidates performances this
    season were slightly better than last year.
    Candidates had every opportunity to produce good and proper translations.
    Some key words and phrases helped to differentiate between good and
    adequate performance of the candidates. Also a number of outstanding
    pieces of translations including examples of continuous pieces of writing
    were evident from a number of responses.
    Question 1
    It is quite pleasing to see that almost all candidates were able to translate
    all five sentences though at varied level where they were tested on specific
    grammar points. However, the weaker candidates while transmitting 1(a)
    and 1(c) often struggled or ignored to translate key words e.g. novel 1(a)
    and must in 1(c) The rest of the sentences were pretty straight forward
    and easily answered by stronger candidates. However, the global accuracy
    mark led weaker candidate to score less than expected. The average score
    recorded for this question was 12.
    Question 2
    This required an English passage about green living to be translated into
    Bengali. The majority of the candidates succeeded to transmit the content
    of the passage fairly well. The stronger candidates performed the
    translation task in standard Bengali with a good flow. However, on some
    occasions the time sequence, syntax and basic grammar was not
    transmitted appropriately. Weaker candidates often struggled to transmit
    words such as, climate, crucial, reduce & reuse.
    A good number of
    candidates had struggled to translate the last couple of sentences of the last
    paragraph properly. However, on the whole, candidates performed quite
    successfully, displaying good literacy skills in both languages. The average
    score recorded for this question was 18.
    Question 3
    This required a Bengali passage about an unemployed youngster and his
    struggle in to seek a job, to be translated into English. The majority of the
    candidates translated the passage accurately. The stronger candidates were
    able to transmit the major key ideas from the Bengali passage into English
    with only a few spelling mistakes. They also applied the use of correct
    grammatical structures and the appropriate use of tenses. However, the
    weaker candidates often struggled to translate some words and phrases
    such as covered, imaginative, thoughtful, cruel reality of life, werent
    much use, jerked and scrambled. The average score recorded for this
    question was 18.

    Question 4
    Amongst the essay options, 4a was the most popular option. Again, there
    was a requirement of an anticipation of facts, good flow, analysis and
    opinion. It was evident amongst stronger candidates. On average, the
    responses were mainly descriptive. Also not very many candidates used
    high level vocabulary or idiomatic phrases. The manipulation of languages
    was very basic on occasions. On the other hand, candidates who fulfilled
    these criteria and displayed a coherent piece of writing, obviously scored
    better marks. Amongst the essay options, 4c was the least popular. But
    those who attempted this scored good marks. The average score recorded
    for this question was 27.
    Conclusion
    On the whole, this paper appeared to be fair and well balanced. The overall
    performance of candidates showed that the standard of literacy including
    the transmission skills to and from the target language has improved
    though on occasion, candidates performances were not as good as
    expected due to their lack of good grasp of a range of structures and tense
    concepts, knowledge of grammar. Also, a wide display of transliterated
    words / phrases was evident in the candidates performances across the
    board. Centres are reminded to read the specification to ensure candidates
    are fully prepared for the requirement of the exam.

    Grade Boundaries
    The modern foreign languages specifications share a common design, but
    the assessments in different languages are not identical. Grade boundaries
    at unit level reflect these differences in assessments, ensuring that
    candidate outcomes across these specifications are comparable at
    specification level.
    Grade boundaries for this, and all other papers, can be found on the website
    on this link: http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/Pages/grade-boundaries.aspx

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