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NSS English / S4/ DS Listening/ Unit 3 – Marking Scheme
Listening – Part B2 (20+20+19=59 marks)

Task 7: Promotional poster (20 marks)

Mark Allocation
Section Marks awarded
7.1-7.3 Name of workshop/ why organize it/ speaker’s full 3
name
7.4-7.7 Speaking/ Work style 4
7.8 What she usually talks about 1
7.9-7.11 Her work-related achievements 3
Content Total 11

Content Language Organization Appropriacy C: /11

0-3 0 0 0 L: /5
4-6 1 1 1 O: /2
7-9 3 1 1 A: /2
10-11 5 2 2 T: /20

*** Mention Jonathan Chu in the poster – No mark for Appropriacy

*** Mention ‘becoming a mother’ in work-related achievements – No mark for Appropriacy
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Task 7: Promotional poster (20 marks)

End of Task 7
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Task 8: Open letter of advice (20 marks)

Mark Allocation
Section Marks awarded
8.1 Background + Purpose of writing (Opening Op) 1
“In this letter, we attempted to offer some solutions to the problem.”
8.2-8.3 Findings 2
8.4-8.5 Advice to deal with family stress (most pts in DF 6 are related to the 2
family)

8.6-8.7 Invite students to attend a workshop 2

8.8-8.9 Details of the workshop 2
(date/ time/ venue/ how to join)
Content Total 9

Opening (Op) Refer to above ---

Closing (Cl) e.g. We look forward to your participation in the 1
workshop..

Content Language Organization Appropriacy C: /9

0-3 0 0 0 L: /3
4-6 1 1 1 O: /2
7-9 3 2 2 A: /2
OP: ---
F1 – Dear students + Yours sincerely, Cl: /1
F2 – Samuel Lee (signature + name in full) F: /3
F3 – (student) assistant (post)(to Jenny Mak, Head Counsellor T: /20
At most 1 mark for Organization without any linking device.
Eg. ‘There are a number of ways to deal with this.’/ ‘In light of this’. (See sample Task 8)
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Task 8: Open letter of advice (20 marks)

F1

Opening

Linking
device

Linking device

Linking device

We look forward to your participation in the workshop.

Closing
F1

F2

F2

F3

End of Task 8
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Task 9: Report (19 marks)

Mark Allocation
Section Marks awarded
9.1 What stress is (definition) 1
9.2 and the most common reason for it 1
9.3 The background information for the survey 1
9.4-9.5 The biggest source of stress for boys and girls 2
9.6 Compare how the 2 genders deal with stress 1
9.7-9.8 The most effective way to deal with stress and why it is 2
effective
9.9-9.10 Remind students to open up to others and explain why it is 2
important (can be the points adopted from DF8)
(9.9 “share your thoughts and feelings with others” / 9.10 “lesson the burden of stress”)

Content Total 10

Sub-headings 1-3 Background/ Findings/ Suggestions given

Content Language Organization Appropriacy C: /10

0-3 0 0 0 L: /5
4-5 1 1 1 O: /2
6-8 3 1 1 A: /2
9-10 5 2 2 Subheadings: 0/0
T: /19
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Task 9: Report (19 marks)

Background (Sub-heading 1)

Findings
(Sub-heading 2)

Suggestions/ Conclusion (Sub-heading 3)

End of Task 9
End of Part BII