In this lesson you will
- Work the mark scheme across papers under exam conditions.
- Compare your answers against the mark scheme.
- Identify and classify your own errors.
- Log each error with its correction and rule.
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Orient · target · prepare
Objectives and exam focus
You are exam-ready when…
Tick each as you secure it.
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Session focus
Examiners do not count words — they match your work to **band descriptors**. If you know the descriptors, you can predict your own mark and aim your effort where the marks actually are.
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Recognise · decode
Examiner & command-word vault
Exam & examiner terminology8 terms
اِخْتَرْchoose
أَكْمِلْcomplete
صِفْdescribe
اُذْكُرْstate / mention
عَلِّلْgive a reason
قَارِنْcompare
المُصَحِّحُthe examiner
مُعَايِيرُ التَّصْحِيحِthe mark scheme
Command-word mission
Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on command words and examiner terms — a wrong answer costs a life.
Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points
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Paper 1 — Listening (past-paper style)
Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.
Listen for detail
Choose the correct option
Listening script
يَشْرَحُ المُصَحِّحُ: أَنَا لَا أَعُدُّ الكَلِمَاتِ، بَلْ أُقَارِنُ إِجَابَتَكَ بِالوَصْفِ. إِذَا أَتْمَمْتَ المُهِمَّةَ بِلُغَةٍ مُتَنَوِّعَةٍ وَقَلِيلِ الأَخْطَاءِ، مَنَحْتُكَ المُسْتَوَى الأَعْلَى. أَمَّا إِذَا كَثُرَتِ الأَخْطَاءُ الَّتِي تَمْنَعُ الفَهْمَ، فَإِنَّكَ تَنْزِلُ إِلَى مُسْتَوًى أَقَلَّ.
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Paper 2 — Reading (past-paper style)
Read for detail
Prove each answer from the text
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Speak · develop your answers
Paper 3 — Speaking (past-paper style)
Prompts
- كَيْفَ يُقَرِّرُ المُصَحِّحُ دَرَجَتَكَ؟
How does the examiner decide your mark? - أَيُّ مِعْيَارٍ سَتُرَكِّزُ عَلَيْهِ لِتَرْفَعَ دَرَجَتَكَ؟
Which criterion will you focus on to raise your mark?
Model exchange
Examiner
كَيْفَ يُقَرِّرُ المُصَحِّحُ دَرَجَتَكَ؟
QuestionYou
يُقَارِنُ المُصَحِّحُ إِجَابَتِي بِالوَصْفِ، وَلَا يَعُدُّ الكَلِمَاتِ. لِذَلِكَ سَأُرَكِّزُ عَلَى الدِّقَّةِ لِأَنَّ أَخْطَائِي فِي التَّطَابُقِ تُنْزِلُ مُسْتَوَايَ، وَسَأُنَوِّعُ مُفْرَدَاتِي لِأَرْفَعَ المَدَى.
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)
Task
Write about 80–90 words: explain in your own words how the mark scheme works and which criterion you will target, using the descriptors. Give reasons.
- Address every required content point.
- Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
- Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
- Keep to the word count.
Reveal a model answer
المُصَحِّحُ لَا يَعُدُّ الكَلِمَاتِ، بَلْ يُقَارِنُ إِجَابَتِي بِأَوْصَافِ المُسْتَوَيَاتِ. فِي مِعْيَارِ إِتْمَامِ المُهِمَّةِ يَنْظُرُ هَلْ غَطَّيْتُ كُلَّ النِّقَاطِ، وَفِي المَدَى هَلْ نَوَّعْتُ لُغَتِي، وَفِي الدِّقَّةِ كَمْ خَطَإٍ يَمْنَعُ الفَهْمَ. سَأُرَكِّزُ عَلَى الدِّقَّةِ لِأَنَّهَا نُقْطَةُ ضَعْفِي، فَأُرَاجِعُ التَّطَابُقَ وَالأَزْمِنَةَ قَبْلَ التَّسْلِيمِ. عِنْدَمَا أَعْرِفُ الأَوْصَافَ، أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَوَقَّعَ دَرَجَتِي وَأَرْفَعَهَا.
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Score like an examiner
Mark scheme — how the examiner scores you
Communication / Task Completion — 6 marks
- Every required point is addressed clearly.
- Content is relevant and developed with detail.
Range — 4 marks
- Varied vocabulary and structures.
- Opinions with reasons and more than one tense.
Accuracy — 4 marks
- Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
- Errors do not block meaning.
Papers 1 and 2 are point-marked (one mark per correct answer); Papers 3 and 4 use these band criteria. Mark yourself honestly against the descriptors, not against how much you wrote.
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Log · correct · learn
Error log
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Reflection
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