Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

0500 First Language English (Oral Endorsement) March 2016

Grade Thresholds

FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH (ORAL

ENDORSEMENT)
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0500 (First Language English (Oral Endorsement)) in the March 2016
examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark A B C D E F G
available
Component 12 50 – – 35 28 21 15 9
Component 22 50 30 27 24 21 18 – –
Component 32 50 34 30 26 22 19 14 9
Component 4 50 44 38 32 26 20 14 8

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark 1 2 3 4 5
available
Component 5 30 25 20 15 10 5
Component 6 30 25 20 15 10 5

Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component.

The maximum total mark for this syllabus, after weighting has been applied, is 100.

The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Combination of
Option A* A B C D E F G
Components
A2 12, 32 – – – 61 50 40 29 18
B2 12, 04 – – – 67 54 41 29 17
C2 22, 32 71 64 57 50 43 37 – –
D2 22, 04 83 74 65 56 47 38 – –

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