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WHY CHOOSE THIS SYLLABUS? 

Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language offers learners the opportunity to gain lifelong skills and knowledge including:

- better communicative ability in English
- improved ability to understand English in a range of everyday situations and in a variety of social registers and styles
- greater awareness of the nature of language and language-learning skills
- wider international perspective.

 

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

All candidates take three components.

Candidates who have studied the Core syllabus content should be entered for Paper 1, Paper 3 and Component 5. These candidates will be eligible for grades C to G.

Candidates who have studied the Extended syllabus content should be entered for Paper 2, Paper 4 and Component 5.

These candidates will be eligible for grades A* to E.

 

DETAILS OF THE ASSESSMENT

 

Paper 1 – Reading and Writing (Core)

- Written paper, 1 hour 30 minutes, 60 marks
- Candidates may not use dictionaries.
- There are six exercises in the question paper. The exercises have different mark allocations, and some exercises consist of a series of sub-questions. Candidates must answer all questions and sub-questions in each exercise.
- The balance of assessment of reading and writing skills is equal.
- The paper is an externally set assessment, marked by Cambridge International.

 

Paper 3 – Listening (Core)

- Written paper, approximately 40 minutes, 30 marks
- Candidates may not use dictionaries.
- Candidates write all their answers in spaces provided in a question paper booklet.
- Candidates should attempt all questions.
- Each question tests listening comprehension of recorded texts (e.g. dialogues, announcements, conversations, talks) that will be played in the examination room. Candidates hear each text twice.
- An invigilator, not the candidate(s), controls the audio material. Teachers/invigilators should consult the relevant sections of the Cambridge Handbook about the conduct of listening tests and for details about rooms, equipment, guidance on acoustics and checking the audio material in advance.
- The paper is an externally set assessment, marked by Cambridge International.

 

Paper 2 – Reading and Writing (Extended)

- Written paper, 2 hours, 80 marks
- Candidates may not use dictionaries.
- There are six exercises in the question paper. The exercises have different mark allocations, and some exercises consist of a series of sub-questions. Candidates must answer all questions and sub-questions in each exercise.
- The balance of assessment of reading and writing skills is equal.
- The paper is an externally set assessment, marked by Cambridge International.

 

Paper 4 – Listening (Extended)

- Written paper, approximately 50 minutes, 40 marks
- Candidates may not use dictionaries.
- Candidates write all their answers in spaces provided in a question paper booklet.
- Candidates should attempt all questions.
- Each question tests listening comprehension of recorded texts (e.g. dialogues, announcements, conversations, talks) that will be played in the examination room. Candidates hear each text twice.
- An invigilator, not the candidate(s), controls the audio material. Teachers/invigilators should consult the relevant sections of the Cambridge Handbook about the conduct of listening tests and for details about rooms, equipment, guidance on acoustics and checking the audio material in advance.
- The paper is an externally set assessment, marked by Cambridge International.

 

SUBJECT CONTENT

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking

 

SOURCE 

www.cambridgeinternational.org