Ms Esl 202306 PL
Ms Esl 202306 PL
Ms Esl 202306 PL
Mark scheme
June 2023
Version: 1.0 Final
*236Y9280/L/MS*
MARK SCHEME – INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE – 9280/L –
JUNE 2023
Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant
questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the
standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in
this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’
responses to questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way.
As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts. Alternative
answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the
standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are
required to refer these to the Lead Examiner.
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expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark
schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of
assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination
paper.
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MARK SCHEME – INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE – 9280/L –
JUNE 2023
Task 1
Accept
01 1 A (Having coffee) 1
Accept
01 2 C (Sunday afternoon) 1
Accept
Accept
02 2 B (20 minutes) 1
Accept
03 1 C (Table tennis) 1
Accept
03 2 A (Mr Brown) 1
Accept
04 1 A (His cousin) 1
Accept
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MARK SCHEME – INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE – 9280/L –
JUNE 2023
Task 2
For all open response questions, accept reasonable spelling variations where the intended meaning from
the transcript is not lost and, if said phonetically, would be understood.
Accept
05 1 (His/Her) brother 1
Accept
08 • Go to a music festival 2
• Visit friends (in the city)
• Buy books (for university)
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MARK SCHEME – INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE – 9280/L –
JUNE 2023
Task 3
For all open response questions, accept reasonable spelling variations where the intended meaning from
the transcript is not lost and, if said phonetically, would be understood.
Accept
09 Rainforest 1
Accept one mark for each of the following words which fill the gaps
10 • (Thick) socks 2
• (Good) map
Accept one mark for each of the following words which fill the gaps
11 • Wash/get clean 3
• Monkeys
• Sunset (over the trees)
Accept one mark for each of the following words which fill the gaps
12 • Cave 2
• Motorbike/motorcycle
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MARK SCHEME – INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE – 9280/L –
JUNE 2023
Task 4
For all open response questions, accept reasonable spelling variations where the intended meaning from
the transcript is not lost and, if said phonetically, would be understood.
Accept
13 Five / 5 years 1
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MARK SCHEME – INTERNATIONAL GCSE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE – 9280/L –
JUNE 2023
Task 5
For all open response questions, accept reasonable spelling variations where the intended meaning from
the transcript is not lost and, if said phonetically, would be understood.
Accept
17 B (Worried) 1
Accept
Accept