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    • Middle level response

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    • Part 1 - Presentation

      Content: The teacher/examiner is familiar with the requirement of the Cambridge IGCSE Hindi as a Second Language Speaking Test and understands her role.
      The teacher/examiner gives praise to the candidate for his ideas in the Presentation. The teacher/examiner should not comment on the candidate’s performance in a live test condition.

      Presentation time: 2:58 minutes with limited ideas about changing picture of food choices made by youngsters and parental responsibility to teach them about healthy eating. An adequate coverage of the topic, and a loosely organised Presentation is slow.

      Vocabulary:  The candidate uses a sufficient range of vocabulary and verbs which sometimes lacks precision, such as सामूहिक परिवार. for संयुक्त परिवार, पेड़ से गिरे for पेड पर पके, होते हैं for रहते हैं।

      Pronunciation and intonation are clear.

      Structure: Occasional errors in number-verb- agreement occur in simple structures, such as,

      चश्मे लगना शुरू हो जाते हैं। It should be चश्में लगने शुरू हो जाते हैं / चश्मा लगना शुरू हो जाता है। Some sentences are started in one way and then rephrased in a different way. This shows lack of confidence in grammatical structure, e.g. लेकिन दोनों में असल में ये दोनों चीजें कच्चा मैदा हैं।

      Mark awarded for Content and Presentation = 8 out of 10

      Mark awarded for Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Intonation = 4 out of 5

      Mark awarded for Structures = 4 out of 5

       

      Total mark awarded = 16 out of 20

    • Part 2 - Topic Conversation

      Conduct of the test

      The teacher/examiner informs the candidate about Part 2 of the test before asking a Topic Conversation question. In order to tease out a more detailed answer, the teacher/examiner should ask open questions.

      Candidate response

      Errors occur when the candidate attempts complex sentences. Limited vocabulary, hesitations and errors in verb forms, परवरिश नहीं रह पाता, instead of परवरिश नहीं कर पाता can occasionally impede communication.

      Examples of errors in pronouns, verbs and agreement are, वह बच्चों की in place of उन बच्चों की, गलत खाना भी शुरू हो जाते हैं in place of गलत खाना शुरू कर देते हैं and संस्कृतियाँ आते जा रही in place of संस्कृतियाँ आती जा रही।

      Mark awarded for Comprehension and Responsiveness = 7 out of 10

      Mark awarded for Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Intonation = 4 out of 5

      Mark awarded for Structures = 4 out of 5

       

      Total mark awarded = 15 out of 20

    • Part 3 - General Conversation


      Conduct of the test

      The question which is taken from Area C, The world around us, is a statement. The teacher/examiner asks another closed question that can only have a YES/NO answer.

      Candidate response

      The candidate uses limited vocabulary and mostly uses simple structure.

      Mark awarded for Comprehension and Responsiveness = 7 out of 10

      Mark awarded for Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Intonation = 3 out of 5

      Mark awarded for Structures = 3 out of 5

       

      Total mark awarded = 13 out of 20

    • Moderator comments - Whole test

      Conduct of the test

      • The Speaking Test was conducted well.
      • The teacher/examiner clearly introduced the candidate at the start of the test.
      • The teacher/examiner clearly indicated the start of each section of the test.
      •  The quality of recording was good.
      • Time keeping in all three parts followed the syllabus, Presentation: 3 minutes, Topic Conversation: 3:30 minutes and General Conversation: 4:07 minutes.
      • The teacher/examiner should ensure that questions in both the Topic Conversation and the General Conversation offer the candidate plenty of opportunities to express opinions and justifications so as to reach the level of conversation appropriate for the qualification.
      • Many questions were not challenging enough for the level of a Cambridge IGCSE qualification. They were mostly statements that could have YES/NO answers. They did not give opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate their command of wider vocabulary and a variety of structures.
      • The General Conversation covered questions from Area C, The World around us and Festivals. At least two topics should be covered in the General Conversation: one from Areas A–B and one from Areas C–D as set in the syllabus. This aspect of the Speaking Test was not fulfilled by the teacher/examiner.
      • The teacher/examiner must not help the candidate or complete their half-finished sentences during the Speaking Test.

      Candidate response

      Content and Presentation

      In Part 1 the candidate demonstrates limited knowledge of his chosen topic. In Part 2, the candidate takes lead from the teacher/examiner, mostly agrees with the teacher/examiner’s ideas and opinions by affirming / repeating the question and attempts to justify his answers by examples. Some of the examples are neither relevant nor convincing.

      Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Intonation

      The candidate uses limited vocabulary, mostly appropriately, pronunciation and intonation are clear.

      Structures

      Generally, the candidate uses very simple structures accurately, hesitation and errors occur when complex structures are attempted, and communication is impeded.

       

      Total mark awarded = 44 out of 60

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