Excellence30

Excellence exemplar for 90908 2015 Total score 30

Q Grade score Annotation

1 7

Thorough understanding of both Antonia’s and Juan’s opinions about city life vs rural life is communicated. For E8 the candidate could have connected the importance of public transport to its users: students and workers, and clarified that people in the country don’t need a lot of money to have fun (rather than generally ‘live’).

2 8

The candidate fully justifies conclusions to both parts of the question. Understanding of nuance is demonstrated in the description of the parents’ motivation for the move. Also shown is understanding of the nuance associated with Juan’s piece of advice: “quizás cuando seas más grande puedes volver a la ciudad”- the candidate correctly communicates the sense of possibility here.

3 7

Dates are correctly reported. A relevant idea about each festival is selected and expanded upon. For E8 the candidate could have developed the points about the origin of La Tomatina or included some of the more complex information about San Fermín i.e. how the festival begins each year.

4 8

Understanding of nuance is clear in all sections of the question, e.g. “a second language strengthens all aspects of being a human”. The response to part (c) has a secure grounding in the text. Conclusions to part (b) are fully justified with correct details from the text – “China’s economy is growing at an amazing rate” – acting as evidence of thorough understanding.