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Paper 9109/02Listening (Walkman Style)General commentsCandidates generally performed very well on Section 1 of the paper, and quite a number scored almost fullmarks. Section 2 proved rather more demanding. The main cause of marks being lost was the difficultycandidates had in expressing certain ideas and understanding in English.Comments on specific questionsQuestion 1This question was answered well by most candidates. The expression that caused most problems waspulgadas in (a), which was given by some candidates as pugadas and by others as vulgares or paneladas.Mando a distancia was also occasionally a problem, with renderings such as mando assistancia. A fewcandidates failed to score the full mark for (d) because while they gave the correct number, they failed toname the currency (pesetas).Question 2Although this question was generally well answered, comparatively few candidates scored all five marks.The main problem was in (v), where many candidates failed to notice that el jueves pasado (in the recording)was the date of the information and not the date of the inspection, selecting K instead of L. A few also failedto realize that para cerciorarse de que no se han hecho modificaciones, in the recording, was linked toquerían saber si se habían hecho cambios in option D.Question 3Although this question was generally well answered, few candidates scored all five marks. The correctstatement that was most frequently missed was La gente llegaba y se iba durante la noche, which seems tosuggest a failure to realize that in this case en la madrugada (in the recording) and durante la noche (in thequestion) were synonymous. The most popular incorrect answers were Los millonarios escribían muchascartas (indicating a failure to distinguish the different meanings of las cartas in the expressions partidas decartas and escribían cartas) and Los clientes repartían invitaciones (which showed a failure to recognize thesignificance of a los que in the speaker’s words los clientes, a los que repartían invitaciones).Question 4Several candidates scored full marks for this question. Amongst others, the most common mistake was tobase answers simply on the words marcó su vida and estuve delante de uno de los hechos. A few of thosewho correctly identified the key information (uno de los hechos más importantes de la segunda mitad delsiglo veinte) omitted the qualifying expression de la segunda mitad.Question 5Almost all candidates answered this question very well.Question 6The only problem that occurred with this question was with the word delegar, which was understood by someas alegar or de legal.Question 7Almost all candidates gave two correct reasons.53