GCE Latin H443/03: Prose Literature Advanced GCE Mark Scheme for November 2020

Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations GCE

Latin

H443/03: Prose Literature

Advanced GCE

Mark Scheme for November 2020

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Annotations

Annotation Meaning

correct - comprehension questions and style of translation

incorrect

omission

Incorrect (comprehension); major error (translation)

Slight error

Consequential error

Repeated error

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Guidance on assessing set-text translation

The general principle in assessing each section should be the proportion (out of 5) of sense achieved. The passage is divided into 11 sections, each worth 5 marks. Assessors award up to 5 marks per translated section according to the following grid:

Marks Description

• Accurate translation with one slight error allowed
• Mostly correct
• More than half right
• Less than half right
• Little recognisable relation to meaning of the Latin
• = no response, or no response worthy of credit

One approach for each section is given. Acceptable alternatives will be illustrated during Standardisation, but examiners should assess on its own merits any approach that satisfactorily conveys the meaning of the Latin – the crucial consideration being the extent to which every Latin word is satisfactorily rendered in some way in the English.

Where marks of 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0 are applicable, the overall proportion of meaning conveyed in the section is the only consideration. The determination of what constitutes a 'slight' or 'major' error is only necessary when it is the only error in a section; this distinction will then determine whether a mark of 5 or 4 is appropriate.

The classification below should be seen only as a general guide, the intention of which is to maintain standards year-on-year. Lead markers should consider each instance on its own merits, in the context of the passage and the section. Some errors may be regarded as 'major' if they appear in a relatively short and straightforward section, whereas in longer or more complex sections they are more likely to be a 'slight' error.

The final decisions on what constitutes 'slight' and 'major' errors will be made and communicated to assessors during the standardisation process, after full consideration of candidates’ responses, and these decisions will be captured in the final mark scheme for examiners and centres.