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Achieving Successin Urdu and Arabic
At GCE AS and A2 levelswith Edexcel
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Aims of this talk:
• Receive key observations from Summer 2009 Examiners’ Reports on the new AS papers
• Consider potential areas for improvement in candidates’ performance.
• Tips on preparing for the A2 units : focus on translation and essay writing
• Support: Handouts Free downloads via Edexcel websites
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Examiners’ Reports:Common concerns and advice
Follow the required procedures:• Instructions on cover page• Rubric: know exactly what is required• Answer in full within the word limit• Keep focussed on question• Avoid slang, repetition, vague language.
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Translation from and into English:
• Look for obvious phrases which require a knowledge of idiomatic expressions, avoiding word-for-word anglicised renderings
• Do not leave gaps by omission
• Develop confidence by practising with short, familiar pieces of English, and gradually lengthen / less familiar extracts
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Translation (continued)
• Read the passage through carefully • Check carefully for obvious pitfalls (adjectives,
agreements, gender, case, tenses) • Devise your own checklist based on your recurrent
errors!• Do not offer alternatives. Make up your mind on
which phrase translates the original best.• Do not paraphrase. • Re-read your translation and check that it makes
sense.
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• Choose the right essay! - fully understand title and all its implications
• Analyse title – plan clear structure
• Ensure content is relevant and always related back to title
• Produce a balanced argument in your discursive essay, with clear and logical conclusion
URDU: Creative / Discursive EssayARABIC: Topics and Texts
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Practical tips:
• Pre-learned essay phrases can enhance writing but beware of clumsiness and over-use.
• Examiners want to read what you have to say and not what has been borrowed from others.
• Avoid long introductions . Tackle the subject fairly promptly.
• Keep to prescribed word limits: answers that are too long lose marks for
content (defective structure/organisation) answers that are too short are self-penalising
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Clearly indicate which question is being attempted
Cross out rough work neatly
Write clearly, on alternate lines
No gel pens / tippex / footnotes / asterisks, etc
Practical tips:
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URDU: Research-Based Essay
A successful RBE: • reflects candidate’s views and opinions ,• has an analytical or evaluative dimension,• answers the essay question set as fully as
possible,• does not rely too heavily on English sources ,• shows evidence of individual research and
reflection,• conveys candidate’s genuine enthusiasm for
and interest in the chosen topic .
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SupportEdexcel websites: free downloads• URDU: Oral Training Guide featuring sample assessments and related
commentaries plus tips on requirements of tests:
http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/GCE-2008-Urdu-OTG.pdf
ARABIC:Past papers, mark schemes, exemplification booklet,
Specification and Sample Assessment Materialshttp://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/gce08/lang/arabic/Pages/default.aspx