Mark Scheme (Results) November 2021 Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in English Language (4EA1) Paper 01

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Question Number AO1 Read and understand a variety of texts, selecting and interpreting information, ideas and perspectives. Mark 1 Accept any of the following, up to a maximum of two marks: •... ’48 (-year-old)’ (1) • ‘New-Zealander’ (1) • ‘(at the very top of an) elite (group of pilots)’ / ‘at the very top of … group of pilots(1) • ‘flying (the most dangerous) high altitude rescues (in the world)’ (1) (2) Question Number AO1 Read and understand a variety of texts, selecting and interpreting information, ideas and perspectives. Mark 2 Accept any reasonable description of Jason Laing’s memories of the 2015 earthquake, in own words, up to a maximum of four marks. For example: • Laing was up in his helicopter within an hour and a half • he saw that villages had been destroyed • the next day he was in the area around Mount Everest • he helped to rescue many people from the mountain camps • he saw that Base Camp had also been wrecked • after the rescue Laing went to Lukla to give assistance • he remained in Lukla for a few days • he knew many of the people in the valley • providing aid to the community helped him to deal with the tragic situation Reward all valid points. (4) https://britishstudentroom-b430a.web.app/6 Question Number AO1 Read and understand a variety of texts, selecting and interpreting information, ideas and perspectives. Mark 3 Accept any reasonable explanation of the problems rescue pilots face, up to a maximum of five marks. For example: • rescue pilots have to consider ‘the limits for the performance of the helicopter’ • the air becomes ‘too thin’ the higher they go which causes difficulties • if they fly too high the helicopter loses power and ‘can’t sustain flight’ • the pilots have to take the changing weather into account: ‘the vagaries of weather, cloud, fog…wind’ • there are many other factors – ‘a thousand other things’ – that can create problems • it is an extremely dangerous environment: ‘the riskiest place to fly in the world’ • the pilots have to ‘wear oxygen’ as the air is so thin • the people they rescue may speak a different language • those rescued may not realise what is going on and be ‘disoriented’ • pilots have to take time to plan the best course of action and ‘work out the situation’ Reward all valid points. (5) https://britishstudentroom-b430a.web.app/7 Question Number Indicative content 4 Reward responses that explain and analyse how the writer uses language and structure to convey his impressions of the adventures of the two men. Examiners should refer to the following bullet points and then to the table on page 8 to come to an overall judgement. Responses may include: • by using the quotation from Jo Vestey as part of his headline, the writer immediately disparages the two men’s adventures through the childish connotations of the noun ‘boys’ and the verb ‘messing about’ • the structure of the headline and the comment that ‘Either way, taxpayer gets rescue bill’ shows that Morris disapproves of their actions whether they are deemed to be explorers or not • a semantic field of the theatre is employed: ‘farce’ suggests comedy but the phrase ‘almost led to tragedy’ indicates how serious the situation was; ‘The drama began’ could lead the reader to infer that the writer felt that the men were putting on some kind of show for attention • the early reference to how their previous expedition led to ‘the Russians threatened to send in military planes to intercept them’ shows the possible far-reaching repercussions of their acts • the verb ‘plucked’ could suggest that the men are somehow feeble and insubstantial • the extent of the rescue required is highlighted through the use of a list - ‘the Royal Navy, the RAF and British coastguards’ - and the fact that two of these are part of the British Armed Forces suggests how serious the situation was • the fact that ‘there was resentment’ at the cost to taxpayers suggests further disapproval on the part of the writer, but he is vague as to whom exactly he is referring as he simply states ‘in some quarters’ • the writer says that there has been ‘confusion about what exactly the men were trying to achieve’ implying a lack of purpose on their behalf and the statement that their website ‘claims’ that they were intending to fly between the poles insinuates that he does not believe this • the use of inverted commas in the phrase ‘‘‘trusty helicopter’’’ signals that this is a quotation from the men’s website but it appears, perhaps deliberately, as if a sarcastic tone has been employed • the inclusion of the two men’s ages seems to imply that these are middle-aged people who should have had more sense • Mr Smith’s nickname ‘Q’ is given; whilst probably just a shortened form of his first name, Quentin, inevitably links are https://britishstudentroom-b430a.web.app/8 made to the Bond character with the further inference that he is acting a part or has an inflated sense of his own importance • Jo Vestey’s remark that her husband had asked her to ‘“call the emergency people”’ gives the impression that he is an amateur who does not know the appropriate term • the reference to Steve Brooks’ ‘Breitling emergency watch’ suggests that he is a wealthy man prone to misadventure, although it could also be interpreted as a wise precaution • the contrast of the Royal Navy’s genuine mission of ‘surveying uncharted waters’ with the confusion about what exactly ‘the two explorers were trying to achieve’ reveals the writer’s apparently scathing thoughts about them • both of HMS Endurance’s Lynx helicopters were ‘dispatched’ to help but one had to return because of ‘poor visibility’, which implies that the pilots might have been endangered by the rescue attempt • several paragraphs are devoted to describing the previous adventures of the two men but the writer expresses no sense of admiration • the writer returns to the ‘last expedition’ mentioned in the opening sentence, providing more detail; some people might be impressed by their apparent bravery but the author is using the episode to support his statement that ‘it is not the first time they have hit the headlines for the wrong reasons’ • the writer’s dismissive comment that ‘Ironically, one of the aims of the expedition…was to demonstrate how good r [Show More]

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