Pearson Edexcel GCE In English Language (9EN0) Paper 3: Investigating Language
Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2024
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In English Language (9EN0) Paper
3: Investigating Language
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All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the last
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the first.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for whatthey
have shown they can do rather than be penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme – not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always
award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should
also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit
according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles bywhich
marks will be awarded and exemplification/indicative content will not be exhaustive.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a
candidate’s response, a senior examiner must be consulted before a mark is given.
Crossed-out work should be marked unless the candidate has replaced it with an
alternative response.
Specific Marking Guidance
The marking grids have been designed to assess student work holistically. The grids identify
which Assessment Objective is being targeted by each bullet point within the level descriptors.
One bullet point is linked to one Assessment Objective, however please note that the number of
bullet points in the level descriptor does not directly correlate tothe number of marks in the
level descriptor.
When deciding how to reward an answer, examiners should consult both the indicative content
and the associated marking grid(s). When using a levels-based mark scheme, the‘best fit’ approach
should be used:
examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely matches the answerand
place it in that level
the mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the quality of theanswer
and will be modified according to how securely all bullet points are displayed at
that level
in cases of uneven performance, the points above will still apply. Candidates will be placed
in the level that best describes their answer according to each of the Assessment Objectives
described in the level. Marks will be awarded towards the top or bottom of that level
depending on how they have evidenced each of the descriptor bullet points
examiners of Advanced GCE English should remember that all Assessment
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