General Certificate of Secondary Education January 2012 - Spanish (Specification 4695) - Unit 1 Listening (Higher) Mark Scheme

Sep 5, 2026

AQA General Certificate of Secondary Education January 2012 Spanish (Specification 4695) Unit 1 Listening (Higher) mark scheme provides marking principles and detailed guidance for awarding credit. It sets rules for accepting non-verbal and verbal answers, handling alternatives and additional information, and applying line-based and section-based credit. It also defines how to treat multiple answers in letter/number questions, crossed-out responses, spelling and language spelling constraints, and gives specific higher-tier accept options and mark allocations for selected questions.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages8

Reading Time20 min

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Notes on the Marking Scheme

Non-verbal Answers

Verbal Answers

Higher Tier Mark Allocations

General Certificate of Secondary Education January 2012 Spanish (Specification 4695) Unit 1: Listening (Higher) 46951H Mark Scheme Further copies of this Mark Scheme are available from: [aqa.org.uk](aqa.org.uk)[ ](aqa.org.uk)[Copyright](Copyright) © 2011 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Copyright AQA retains the copyright on all its publications. However, registered centres for AQA are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use, with the following important exception: AQA cannot give permission to centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within the centre. Set and published by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 3644723) and a registered charity (registered charity number 1073334) . Registered address: AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX. LISTENING TESTS Notes on the Marking Scheme Non-verbal Answers Follow the mark scheme as set out. Verbal Answers 1. The basic principle of assessment is that candidates should gain credit for what they know, understand and can do. The following guidance should be borne in mind when marking. (a) Credit should be given for all answers which convey the key idea required intelligibly and without ambiguity. A separate assessment of spelling, punctuation and grammar is not required on these papers because of the nature of the answers. However, these aspects are an integral part of assessing communication and marks cannot be awarded where errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar lead to a failure to communicate the required information without ambiguity. (b) Where a candidate has given alternatives or additional information in an answer, the following criteria should be applied: - if the alternative/addition does not contradict the key idea or make it ambiguous, accept; - if the alternative/addition contradicts the key idea or makes it ambiguous, reject. (c) Where numbered lines are given within a question/section of a question, credit should be given for correct answers, no matter which line they appear on. (d) Where a question has more than one section, a candidate may include as part of the answer to one section the information required to answer another section. For instance, the information required to answer section (b) might be given as part of the answer to section (a) . In such cases, credit should be given for having answered section (b), provided that no incorrect answer has been given for that section in the correct place. (e) Where a question or part of a question carries more than one mark, candidates are given credit for all the correct answers they give, even if they have given incorrect answers as well, except where any of the latter contradicts a correct answer that they have given. 2. / means that these are acceptable alternative answers. ( ) means that this information is not needed for full marks. 3. In questions where candidates are asked to name, for example, three types of vegetable sold in the market, only the first three items they write down should be considered. 4. Accept - T/F/? - 􀀗/X/? - a mix and match approach using the above, where the response is clear and unambiguous (eg. T and 􀀗 are both used by the candidate) . 5. In multiple choice questions where candidates must choose one letter or number, they should automatically get no mark awarded if they give more than one. If the rubric instructs them to write one letter or number in the box and they do so, but write a second letter or number outside the box too, then the answer in the box should be considered. 6. No mark scheme can cover all possible answers. When in doubt: - look for the key idea, where this is appropriate. - NFP = no further penalty 7. Where a candidate has crossed out an answer and what was underne

FAQs

What marking principles guide the award of marks in this scheme?

Marks are awarded for answers that convey the key idea clearly and without ambiguity. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar are integral to communication, so errors can prevent marks where they stop unambiguous communication.

How should alternatives or additional information be treated?

If an alternative or addition does not contradict the key idea and is unambiguous, it is accepted. If it contradicts the key idea or makes the answer ambiguous, it is rejected.

How are multiple-choice answers handled when a candidate gives more than one option?

In questions where one letter or number must be chosen, giving more than one automatically receives no mark. If the rubric allows one entry in a box and a second entry appears outside it, the boxed answer is considered.

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