Hi Katharine,
I have 5 students to sit in June 2008 Chinese AS exam, which is the same
specifications as 2007. The June 2009 AS exam will be for the new AS
specifications starting teaching in Sept 2008, the major difference is 2009
Chinese new AS exam will have 4 skills.
The specimen paper can be found in the Chinese GCE specifications on Exdece
l
website. You can also get paper from the following sites:
For A2 Chinese past paper 2006 and 2007
https://shop.edexcel.org.uk/search.asp?searchbox3=Chinese&subcategory=M
odern+Foreign+Languages&category=A2+level&templateid=10
For AS Chinese past paper 2005 and 2006
https://shop.edexcel.org.uk/search.asp?searchbox3=Chinese&subcategory=M
odern+Foreign+Languages&category=AS+level&templateid=10
For GCSE Chinese past paper 2005, 2006 and 2007
https://shop.edexcel.org.uk/search.asp?searchbox3=Chinese&subcategory=M
odern+Foreign+Languages&category=GCSE&templateid=9
Hope it helps.
Lisa
Calday Grange Grammar School
Quoting Katharine Harwood <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>
> Thanks Lisa,
> Sorry for not replying sooner. I don't suppose you're students are
> sitting AS exams this year? This is the first time I've prepared
> students for the exams and I was just wondering if you have sample
> assessment material for this year's exams? I have a booklet from
> Edexcel dated September 2007, but the material is for 2009/2010
> exams. I've just called Edexcel to check if this year's AS paper is
> going to be the same format as previous past papers, for example,
> 2007 past paper had reading passages in Chinese with questions and
> answers to be done in Chinese. This will obviously benefit native
> speakers, so I wanted to know if that system is still in place.
> Edexcel said yes and that the changes to the AS paper won't be made
> until 2008-2009. Can you confirm this?
> Many thanks,
> Katharine Gun
> --- ON TUE, 8/4/08, LISA WANG __ wrote:
> From: Lisa Wang
> Subject: Re: Edexcel GCSE/GCE exam standards
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, 8 April, 2008, 6:16 PM
>
> Hi, I have been marking Edexcel Chinese GCSE writing paper for a
> few years and I understand that you should encourage your Cantonese
> speaking students to write standardised Chinese, rather than
> Cantonese in colloquial style. Some expressions, if the difference
> is not too big, can be accepted, but some expressions if too
> different, will not be accepted. I think zhongwen ke is the right
> one your students should use, but zhongwen tang although it is
> passable for communicating the meaning, it may affect the marks for
> the accuracy of language. As for what is and what is not acceptable
> in the writing exam, it will be decided each year at the Edexcel
> standardisation meeting prior to the marking. If you have experience
> in teaching Chinese and would like to improve your teaching to improve
> your students' writing skills, I think you will be benefited from
> joining the examiners' team to do the marking of the writing paper.
> You can find out the details from Edexcel's website
> www.edexcel.org.uk if you are interested in my suggestion, or phone
> their customer service at 08702409800 for advice and details. Hope
> it helps. Lisa Wang Head of Chinese Calday Grange Grammar School
> Quoting Katharine Gun : > Hi, > > I'm preparing a group of Cantonese
> students for Chinese GCSE > and GCE exams this summer. I was
> wondering if anyone was > aware what Edexcel examiner's board think
> of students using > Cantonese colloquialisms in their Chinese writing
> papers. For > instances, using 中文堂 'zhongwen
> tang' instead of > 中文课 > 'zhongwen ke'? > >
> Thanks for any insight. > > Katharine >
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