Use this ZIMSEC O-Level English Language June 2019 marking scheme for checking answers, revision, and exam preparation in Zimbabwe.
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This is the ZIMSEC O-Level English Language marking scheme from June 2019. It shows how marks are awarded, so you can mark your own answers.
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE/ NOTES- JUNE 2019400501 1. A descriptive topic. Focus is on the description of the invention and its importance. Accept unexpected interpretations of invention. [30] 2. A narrative topic. Candidates should successfully incorporate the elements of a short story such as characterisation, pace, atmosphere, suspense and a wellcontrolled plot structure. Look for and reward originality. Candidates should create original responses. Accounts should have a link with the given statement (a) Focus is on the sense of achievement/ burden lifted/change of fortunes and a painful past relived. Accounts should display hope for a better future. [30] (b) Focus is on the circumstances that made it inevitable for the priest to cancel the wedding. Both metaphorical and literal interpretations of the topic may be acceptable. [30] 3. A discursive topic. Candidates are expected to examine different reasons for splits in churches. Accept a non-committal middle-of-the-road approach, where one takes a neutral position. [30] 4. A descriptive and imaginative topic. Focus is on hopes and aspirations of one's life in ten years' time. [30] N.B: Candidates are expected to write about their future not in retrospect. 5. An expository topic. Candidates are expected to look at the different ways that can be adopted to stop people from taking bribes such as: -maintaining law and order -awareness campaigns/educational programmes -exchange programmes with other communities -improving the standard of living [30] 6. An argumentative/discursive topic. Candidates may examine both sides of the topic, while some may take a firm position and argue strongly either for or against the assertion. [30] 7. An open ended topic. Candidates may write stories in which commitment is evident or they may define and illustrate what commitment is, i.e. write a factual essay on the topic. [30] N.B: Candidates should not treat the topic as a name of a person.